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by Glenn Astarita
Hailing from Canada, but now calling Berlin home base, saxophonist Peter Van Huffel and guitarist Alex Maksymiw (Marcus Strickland) are radiant stars in the progressive jazz universe. As a solo artist, Van Huffel's Gorilla Mask band and similar undertakings have been wowing jazz audiences with a high-impact and kinetic modus operandi. And Maksymiw's Without a Word (Double Moon, 2015) features formidable saxophonist Marcus Strickland and is a program devised on the guitarist's perceptive compositional approach, tasteful riffs, strong soloing and ...
read morePeter Van Huffel: Like the Rusted Key
by Stuart Broomer
Peter Van Huffel is a Canadian-born alto saxophonist who recently settled in Berlin after a six-year period in New York. His new quartet reflects all of those geographic connections, bringing together New York pianist Jesse Stacken, a mainstay of Van Huffel's New York quintet, Canadian bassist Miles Perkin, and the Swiss-born, Berlin-resident drummer Samuel Rohrer. To call Van Huffel a composer, in the casual parlance of jazz, is almost a misnomer. He really composes; almost every piece ...
read morePeter van Huffel Quartet: Like The Rusted Key
by Raul d'Gama Rose
The Berlin-based Canadian alto saxophonist, Peter van Huffel may be one of the most intense performers on this instrument. He creates sharp images with his playing, is exceedingly energetic--in sections of music that demand quieter moments his calmness is most elastic and taut--and although he has a tendency to play with broad glissandi almost throughout Like The Rusted Key, he has an inventive sense of rhythm. In this respect he is like Eric Dolphy, who played with a pulse that ...
read morePeter van Huffel - Sophie Tassignon: Hufflignon
by AAJ Italy Staff
Peter van Huffel, sassofonista canadese e la cantante belga Sophie Tassignon hanno deciso di mettere su un quartetto e di andare in studio, a New York, firmando un lavoro riuscito, meditato e con un attento equilibrio dei suoni. La Tassignon padroneggia sia il repertorio antico (un'appassionata versione di “Cum dederit" di Vivaldi) che i vocalizzi sperimentali sdoganati da cantanti come Lauren Newton. Gridi, mormorii, tutto, ma proprio tutto, il possibile della voce umana viene esplorato in modo logico, in dialogo ...
read morePeter Van Huffel: Silvester Battlefield
by Elliott Simon
New York City continues to be a nexus for jazz musicians from all quarters. Unmatched conservatory performance curriculum combined with world-class working venues and an audience open to creativity continues to make NYC the most vibrant jazz scene in the world. Silvester Battlefield, from Canadian saxophonist Peter Van Huffel's quintet, is illustrative of the kind of synergy that results when musicians get together and play in this fertile breeding ground. These original compositions employ an array of ...
read morePeter Van Huffel: Silvester Battlefield
by Budd Kopman
Armed with a sharp tone and attack, keen rhythmic sense and a wry compositional attitude, saxophonist Peter Van Huffel makes one sit up and listen on Silvester Battlefield. The album is brimming with ideas that manage to sound abstract in their tonality and phrasing while, at that same time, being extremely logical. Hardly a newcomer to the New York jazz scene, the adaptive Van Huffel can also be heard in Lily Maase's band theSuiteUnraveling and Dan Nettle's ...
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