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Sara Serpa: Close Up
by Jerome Wilson
Portuguese vocalist Sara Serpa has been a significant presence on the New York jazz scene for several years now, creating music with literary and artistic allusions in the company of renowned musicians like Ran Blake, Nicole Mitchell and Tyshawn Sorey. For her latest project she leads a trio that also features saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock and cellist Erik Friedlander. The music they make together, with Serpa often singing wordlessly, creates an airy tapestry of sound. On “Sol Enganador" Friedlander ...
read moreVadim Neselovskyi: Get Up And Go
by Jerome Wilson
Ukrainian pianist Vadim Neselovskyi has an affecting, organic sound that draws more from classical and folk idioms than the usual jazz materials. It can range from fragile to overpowering and on this CD, it allows him to establish a strong, individual presence in the crowded piano trio field.On fast pieces like “On A Bicycle" and “Who Is It?" Neselovskyi's playing is busy and relentless and stays in close rapport with bassist Dan Loomis and drummer Ronen Itzik who ...
read moreVadim Neselovskyi Trio: Get Up And Go
by Dan Bilawsky
In June of 2014, Pianist Vadim Neselovskyi was in his native Ukraine, eager and ready to bring his singular brand of energy to a crowd at that country's premier jazz gathering--the Alfa Jazz Fest. Minutes before his trio was set to take the stage, Neselovskyi learned that a Ukrainian military plane had been shot down by separatists. The audience he was due to perform for was in a downhearted state, reflective of the feeling(s) across the entire nation, and the ...
read moreSara Serpa, André Matos: All the Dreams
by Alberto Bazzurro
Elegante, delicato, gradevole, ma anche edulcorato, epidermico, plastificato, sostanzialmente vacuo, oltre che veramente troppo ripetitivo: questo il ritratto che ci sentiremmo di trasmettere del secondo lavoro del duo portoghese composto da Sara Serpa, cantante (ma qui anche più o meno occasionale tastierista), già nota per opere in proprio e accanto a Ran Blake, soprattutto, e André Matos, chitarrista. La partenza, e di fatto tutta la prima quaterna di brani, indulge prevalentemente sui difetti del disco, sui tratti che ...
read moreSara Serpa – Ran Blake: Aurora
by AAJ Italy Staff
Secondo album (dopo Camera Obscura, datato 2010) del duo composto dalla trentaquattrenne cantante di Lisbona e dal settantottenne pianista del Massachusetts, Aurora raccoglie i riflessi di una doppia seduta (dal vivo e in studio) tenutasi nella capitale portoghese nel maggio 2012. Il clima che lo contraddistingue è lieve, ora più colloquiale, ora più scarno, quasi scabro, giocato per lo più su tinte tenui e volumi ridotti, con rare impennate verso temperature più accese. Ci sono eleganza e coerenza espressiva, ma ...
read moreSara Serpa: A Musical Journey
by Hrayr Attarian
Vocalist and composer Sara Serpa is one of the most original and innovative musicians to emerge since the turn of the century. She has already made an indelible mark on the modern music scene in the span of a mere four years. Her unique style of vocalese allows her to utilize the full range of her exquisite and clear voice with the agility of an instrumentalist and stand out of the crowd as a sublime interpreter and a bold improviser. ...
read moreSara Serpa / Ran Blake: Aurora
by Hrayr Attarian
Aurora is vocalist Sara Serpa's second release with her mentor, pianist Ran Blake. A duet recital recorded live at Lisbon's Auditório da Culturges, despite being more laidback and slightly less adventurous, it is just as creative as the pair's engrossing Camera Obscura (Inner Circle, 2010). Serpa and Blake's sparse and atmospheric delivery of these dozen songs is inventive, intellectually stimulating and satisfying. The cinematic “Dr. Mabuse" features Serpa's wordless vocals, moving from wistfully contemplative to fiercely passionate, ...
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