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Vasil Hadzimanov at Audiokultura
by Nenad Georgievski
Vasil Hadžimanov Audiokultura Arthemija Skopje, Macedonia May 22, 2025 There is a special kind of magic when a familiar artist plays in a familiar place but reveals something entirely new. Vasil Hadžimanov, best known for leading his dynamic jazz fusion outfit, the renowned Vasil Hadžimanov Band, stepped away from his usual group and into the intimate space of Audiokultura in Skopje for a rare solo piano performance. What unfolded that evening was ...
Continue ReadingMichael Waldrop: Native Son
by Bill Milkowski
Following two successful big band projects--the swinging and swaggering Time Within Itself and Origin Suite--drummer-composer-bandleader Michael Waldrop has brought things down to a more intimate level on Native Son. In some ways a return to his first album as a leader, 2002's Triangularity, a sterling piano trio outing which he reissued in 2019, Native Son finds Waldrop in an interactive piano trio setting, augmented by veteran percussionists Brad Dutz and former Weather Reporter Jose Rossy. Together, the percussive ...
Continue ReadingGuitarist James Leibow,Andy Timmoins, Jukka Haavisto, Joppo Matikanein, Varun Das, Jan Gunner Hoff, Chick Corea, Moonlight Sky
by Len Davis
New music from guitarist James Leibow with Dave Weckl and Tom Kennedy, Andy Timmons Recovery, Finnish bassist Jukka Haavisto Live At Eclipse Club and drummer Joppo Matikanein with Crossing. New York drummer Varun Das, Serbian pianist Vasil Hadzimanov, Azerbaijan saxophonist Rain Sultanov, and German pianist Jan Gunner Hoff with Gary Husband. Chick Corea Elektric Band, Japanese fusion with Mitsuru Sutoh and Prism and we finish with some excellent fusion with Slovenian band Moonlight Sky. Playlist James Leibow “Torque" ...
Continue ReadingSamo Salamon: Dances Of Freedom
by Dan McClenaghan
Slovenian guitarist Samo Salamon released a top-ten-of-the-year masterpiece CD in 2022, Dolphyolgy: Complete Eric Dolphy For Solo Guitar (Samo Records). On this tribute to the late reedman who was always an unconventional, free-flying artist, Salamon examined every composition in the Dolphy songbook. Dolphy for guitar was a surprise and certainly must have been a challenge. Salamon rose to it with an improvisatory zeal and affection for the reedman's work. The guitarist expands his palette in 2024 with Dances ...
Continue ReadingMichel Colombier, Jaco Pastorius and John McLaughlin
by Len Davis
Brazilian drummer Cuca Teixeira, French band Shob, and from Croatia Vasil Hadzimanov Band with David Binney. Fontanelle from their album Vitamin F and Dennis Chambers from Groove and More featuring Scott Henderson. French composer the late Michel Colombier with guest Jaco Pastorius, and Jaco Pastorius again with a track from Modern American Music. We finish with John McLaughlin and a tune from Electric Dreams. Playlist Cuca Teixeira “Tunta" from Groove Reunion (Self Produced) 00:00 Shob “Charpie" from Voraces ...
Continue ReadingVasil Hadzimanov Band: Lines in Sand
by Geno Thackara
Among work with half a dozen musical ensembles and a line in TV/film scoring, one has to wonder when Vasil Hadzimanov has time to sleep, let alone lead his own group. Nonetheless he's managed seven albums with this wildly ambitious electric fusion outfit as well. If the title and cover of Lines in Sand suggest something contemplative or new-agey with a nature theme... perish the thought. This high-energy crew is too busy throwing more things into their loud multicultural melting ...
Continue ReadingVasil Hadzimanov and Bojan Zulfikarpasic: Live at Kolarac
by Nenad Georgievski
The duet album between two simultaneously very similar and very opposite musicians, pianists Vasil Hadzimanov and Bojan Zulfikarpasic documents their two encounters that occurred in February and October 2015 at the prestigious concert hall in Belgrade, Kolarac. Both musicians have their distinguished careers in often different branches of jazz, have different sensibilities and yet they still find mutual ground and communication because of which this set is strangely engrossing. These two hit a remarkable rapport during the performances and that ...
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