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Martin Wind, Dimitri Nassar, Toninato & Thiessen, Tigran Hamasyan
by Cheryl K.
During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music, pianist Lucian Ban, reed player John Surman, and violist Mat Maneri; bassist Martin Wind; vocalist Maja Jaku; pianists Wajdi Cherif, Dimitri Nassar, and Tigran Hamasyan; saxophonist Ida Toninato and violist Jennifer Thiessen; and drummer Ryan Scott.Playlist John Carter “Moon Waltz" from Dance of the Love Ghosts (Gramavision) 7:04 Lucian Ban/John Surman/Mat Maneri/ “Dark Forest" from Cantica Profana: The Bela Bartok Field Recordings (Sunnyside) 4:54 Tommy Halferty “La Mine" ...
Continue ReadingTigran Hamasyan, Randy Hoexter, Igor Wilcox and Japanese band Trix
by Len Davis
This show includes music from Armenian keyboard player Tigran Hamasyan with his latest, pianist and composer Randy Hoexter with Jimmy Haslip, the Igor Willcox Quartet, German duo Nils Wulker and Arne Jansen, and keyboard player Will Lowry. Guitarist's Plini and Kiko Loureiro, Japanese band Trix, French trumpeter Erik Truffaz, El Trio-Live with John Beasley and Andrew Renfro and Curtis Nowosad. Playlist Tigran Hamasyan “The Quest Begins" from The Bird Of A Thousand Voices (Naive) 00:00 Randy Hoexter “Particle ...
Continue ReadingThe Aristocrats, Tigram Hamasyan, Lyle Workman and Jizue
by Len Davis
New releases from The Aristocrats, Tigran Hamasyan, Polish band EABS, and Japanese band Jizue. Lyle Workman, Bill Laurence, Forq, Amsterdam funk band The Jig with saxophonist Bill Evans and Scott Kinsey's Luniwaz--Live. Playlist The Aristocrats “Aristoclub" from Duck (Boing) 00:00 Fiasco “Drop Test" from anger artist (Unit Records) 06:05 Tigran Hamaysan “Only The One Who Brought The Bird Can Sing" from The Bird Of A Thousand Voices (Naive) 11:53 EABS “Boratka" from Reflections Of Purple Sun (Astigmatic) 17:50 Jizue ...
Continue ReadingAdam Holzman, John McLaughlin, Antoine Fafard and Brett Garsed
by Len Davis
The Big Picture from Adam Holzman and Brave New World, Black Light from John McLaughlin, CMD & The Nomads-Live, Antoine Fafard, Larry Coryell, Tom Coster and Steve Smith. Chris Minh Doky-Live, Allan Holdsworth, Tigran Hamasyan and Brett Garsed. Playlist Adam Holzman “Iron Curtain" from The Big Picture (Escapade) 00:00 John McLaughlin “Panditji" from Black Light6 (Abstract Logix) 08:25 Allan Holdsworth “The Fifth" from Blues For Tony (Moonjune) 16:45 CMD & The Nomads-Live “Spherical" from The Board Tapes (Red ...
Continue ReadingBen Wendel: All One
by Claudio Bonomi
Classe 1976, canadese di nascita, cresciuto a Los Angeles e attualmente residente a Brooklyn (New York), Ben Wendel è considerato un astro nascente del jazz contemporaneo da diversi anni. Sassofonista e compositore, oltre ad essere stato nel 2001 tra i fondatori dei Kneebody, si è costruito negli anni una solida reputazione di solista e leader firmando ben sette album che hanno suscitato l'attenzione di pubblico e critica. Questo All One non fa eccezione. È stato concepito in tempi ...
Continue ReadingBen Wendel: All One
by Jerome Wilson
Saxophonist Ben Wendel came up with a unique approach for this album of duets. He plays with a different musician on each of these six tracks, but while his guests stick to their primary instruments, Wendel fills in the space around them with multiple saxophone and bassoon parts, electronic effects, and percussion. The most conventional results of this approach are heard in the two vocal tracks. Cecile McLorin Salvant's sensitive singing on “I Loves You Porgy" and Jose ...
Continue ReadingTigran Hamasyan: Shoger Jan (Live at the Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall, 2010)
by Mike Jacobs
