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Sabeth Pérez, Elsa Nilsson, Scandinavian Art Ensemble, Tomasz Stańko & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
The stirring new album by Sabeth Perez, the versatility of Elsa Nilsson, jazz for social justice, a stunning debut album and a much-rumored lost recording featuring Tomasz Stańko make up this playlist of compelling new releases. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Sabeth Pérez “Reconciliation" Searching for Beauty (Tone Rogue) 0:16 Host speaks 6:37 Scandinavian Art Ensemble, Tomasz Stańko “Before the Rain" Copenhagen Sessions Vol. 1 ...
Continue ReadingMarshall Gilkes: LifeSongs
by Dan Bilawsky
A sojourn in the city of Cologne is akin to a homecoming for Marshall Gilkes. The lauded trombonist spent four memorable years in that cultural hub beside the Rhine, making his mark within the ranks of the WDR Big Band's brass section, and his departure in December of 2013 did nothing to dampen his love for the region and the tremendous fellow feeling binding him to his colleagues. Illustrating this point, one month later Gilkes returned for a proper farewell ...
Continue ReadingMarshall Gilkes and WDR Big Band: Life Songs
by Jack Bowers
Maryland-born trombonist Marshall Gilkes, who spends much of his time working in and around various jazz bases in North America, returns to his “second" home, Cologne, Germany, for Life Songs, his eighth album as leader and third with his former employer, Cologne's world-class WDR Big Band. Gilkes spent the years 2010-13 in the WDR trombone section, shortly before he and the ensemble released the widely praised albums Koln (Alternate Side, 2015) and Always Forward (Alternate Side, 2018). ...
Continue ReadingOf Cabbages and Kings: Aura
by Tyran Grillo
On Aura, the first album by self-styled neo a capella quartet Of Cabbages and Kings, we find ourselves dancing on razor-edged arrangements of popular songs, settings of Shakespeare and Brecht, and originals besides. The vocalists are Veronika Morscher, Sabeth Pérez, Rebekka Ziegler, and Laura Totenhagen. The many shades of meaning in their music outnumber even the letters of their names, each a doorway opening to another. Among them, Ziegler's voice as both composer and performer is especially broad. This is ...
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