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Christoph Irniger Pilgrim: Human Intelligence (Live)
by Alberto Bazzurro
Il quintetto Pilgrim, diretto ormai da una quindicina d'anni dal tenorsassofonista svizzero Christoph Irniger, giunge con questo Human Intelligence al suo sesto album, portando avanti la logica di un suono piuttosto identitario, derivante dalla contemporanea presenza di piano acustico e chitarra elettrica, ma non solo: vi aleggia una risolutezza piuttosto palpabile, un impianto solido e generalmente affermativo, pur non mancando ovviamente i momenti di ripiegamento più o meno marcato, il tutto probabilmente accentuato, nel caso specifico, dal fatto di trovarci ...
Continue ReadingChristoph Irniger's Pilgrim: Human Intelligence (live)
by Mark Corroto
"The one thing I concluded was not to try and reproduce a live event--I thought, live goals are different. There might be more improvisation, more risk," Christoph Irniger reflects in the liner notes to Pilgrim's 2023 studio album Ghost Cat (Intakt). The saxophonist and composer reinforces the idea with this electrifying live recording, captured at Red Horn District in Bad Meinberg, Germany, in November 2023. For 14 years, Irniger's quintet--pianist Stefan Aeby, guitarist Dave Gisler, bassist Raffaele Bossard ...
Continue ReadingSamir Bohringer Quartet: Meta Zero
by Chris May
The Ezz-thetics label's sleeve-design grid and its orange and black colourway is as recognisable a piece of branding as were Reid Miles' sleeves for Blue Note in the 1950s and 1960s (or indeed Impulse!'s orange and black LP spines a little later). It is also a similarly copper-bottomed guarantee of quality. Ezz-thetics does not, of course, have an audience the size of Blue Note's, but that is the way it is for a niche label, or, as in this case, ...
Continue ReadingDave Gisler: Rabbits on the Run
by Glenn Astarita
Young Swiss guitarist Dave Gisler (Christoph Irniger's Pilgrim, Weird Beard) is gradually climbing the guitar hero stairwell, reaffirmed by this captivating trio date with his prominent fellow countrymen providing the oomph and pizazz throughout. And for those who need comparisons, think of Gisler's style skirting the peripheries of Sonny Sharrock, Jimi Hendrix and Bill Frisell, along with dabs of psyche-rock. With bassist Raffaele Bossard's thumping and supple undercurrents amid drummer Lionel Friedli's power-packed beats and pummeling outbreaks, the guitarist reaps ...
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