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Matthias Spillmann Trio: Live at the Bird’s Eye Jazz Club
by Don Phipps
Matthias Spillmann's Live at the Bird's Eye Jazz Club is a trumpet trio tour de force. Recorded live in Basel, Switzerland, Spillmann, bassist Andreas Lang and drummer Moritz Baumgärtner add a fascinating spin to five classics and one original number. The trio's simple format gives Spillmann plenty of room to energize the music, and his tone has a clarity of purpose which shines whether he's slurring notes or simply enunciating long legato phrases. On the two Ornette Coleman ...
Continue Reading...Reinhold Schmolzer & Orchestraconteur: Miraculous Loss of Signal
by Jerry D'Souza
Reinhold Schmölzer is a vivid impressionist, a trait he makes evident as a composer, arranger and drummer on his debut, Miraculous Loss of Signal. He is as eloquent in his writing as he is in his arrangements, letting his Orchestraconteur express itself in all its majesty while opening the door for soloists, who go out on trails that are free, yet stay within the compass of the tunes which can weave in and out of idiomatic patterns. The result is ...
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Ornette Coleman
saxophone, alto
Miles Davis
trumpet
Kenny Dorham
trumpet
Gil Evans
composer / conductor
Bert Joris
trumpet
