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Ensemble 5: The Human Factor

Read "The Human Factor" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro


Un camerismo increspato che non di rado si fa decisamente nervoso è ciò che troviamo in questo nuovo album--l'ottavo, con i precedenti sette usciti su Leo fra il 2012 e il 2020--del quintetto svizzero (ma Dell è tedesco, di Darmstadt), inciso a Zurigo nell'ottobre 2022. Il lavoro svolto dai cinque procede generalmente facendo prevalere l'aspetto corale, per irregolare e alterno nelle temperature e nelle dinamiche che si sdipani, perché quello è l'equilibrio che la musica cerca e ...

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Ensemble 5: The Human Factor

Read "The Human Factor" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Ensemble 5, a forward-thinking jazz quintet hailing from Switzerland, has been making waves in the avant-garde jazz scene since its inception. The group, consisting of percussionist Heinz Geisser, bassist Fridolin Blumer, pianist Reto Staub, trombonist Robert Morgenthaler, and guest vibraphonist Christopher Dell, brings a fresh perspective to improvised music with their latest release, The Human Factor. The album opens with “Prelude," setting the tone with an ethereal blend of Dell's vibraphone, Staub's piano, and Morgenthaler's probing lines creating ...

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Stefano Leonardi, Marco Colonna, Antonio Bertoni, Fridolin Blumer, Heinz Geisser: Aura

Read "Aura" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala


Aura è un buon titolo per questo lavoro, che vede impegnato il quintetto del flautista trentino Stefano Leonardi, già protagonista con lo stesso organico del CD l'Eterno, pubblicato nel 2018 sempre dall'etichetta Leo Records. Rispetto alla frenetica turbolenza che impregnava l'opera precedente, qui ci troviamo alla ricerca di una tavolozza che amplia gli episodi eterei e distesi, con attenzione agli impasti timbrici sia affini che contrastanti, di ampio alone allusivo a culture e suggestioni anche lontane, nello spazio e nel ...

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Ensemble 5: The Summary Of 4

Read "The Summary Of 4" reviewed by Mark Corroto


It is refreshing to hear a free jazz improvising group that doesn't abandon meter and melody for the goal of spontaneous music making. For percussionist Heinz Geisser, performing improvised music doesn't require he throw the figurative baby out with the bath water. The dude abides.Like the Collective 4tet he established in the 1990s with bassist William Parker, Ensemble 5 is both a free jazz vehicle and a quartet, yes, a quartet. Geisser, a conservatory trained classical guitarist turned ...

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Heinz Geisser & Guerino Mazzola: Live at Airegin

Read "Live at Airegin" reviewed by Jim Santella


This Swiss duo has been experimenting with creative avant-garde jazz for a long time. Toni's Delight: Live in Seoul (Cadence Jazz, 1997) combined tension and release in a free-flowing format similar to that employed here for their Ayler Records release. Guerino Mazzola's grand piano fingers move like a storm front that wants to hurt the keyboard. At his side, drummer Heinz Geisser provides the kind of swirling thunder and lightning that make a distinctive impression on any audience.

Recorded October ...

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The Human Factor

Ezz-thetics
2024

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Aura

Leo Records
2020

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The Summary Of 4

Leo Records
2014

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Solstice

Leo Records
2013

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On Bashamichi Avenue

Jazz Haus Musik
2010

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