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Vana Gierig, Sean Conly & Marcello Pellitteri At Klavierhaus
by Tanja Momcilovic
Ute Lemper: Pirate Jenny
by Scott Gudell
Germany's optimistic yet fragile Weimar Republic period was wedged between two brutal wars during the early 20th century. Extending from 1918 to 1933, it was proudly called the Jazz Age and the Golden Twenties and offered an abundance of free-flowing entertainment choices. It was also a time of inflation, chaos and conflict dominated by economic instability and political extremism. Although German cabaret had its origins at the beginning of the century, its true glory days reigned during those ...
Continue ReadingVana Gierig: Making Memories
by Neri Pollastri
Quarto CD da leader ed esordio con la Enja per il pianista tedesco Vana Gierig, studi bostoniani e illustri collaborazioni con Eddie Gomez e Wynton Marsalis, oltre che con Paquito D'Rivera, ospite anche in questo Making Memories. Il lavoro ruota attorno al trio di Gierig, che lo vede accanto al batterista Marcello Pellitteri (sostituito da Gene Jackson in “Morning Cadence") e, a turno, ai contrabbassisti Sean Conly e Matthew Parrish. Il trio rimane però da solo in ...
Continue ReadingVana Gierig: Making Memories
by Dan Bilawsky
German-born, New York-based pianist Vana Gierig was making memorable music long before Making Memories came into existence. This Berklee and New England Conservatory-trained ivory tickler has been turning heads with his own work, and through sideman stints with everybody from über-hip cabaret singer Ute Lemper to violinist Regina Carter, for quite some time, but no single project has been able to properly display the true depth and breadth of his artistry; that is, no single project until this one.
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