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Carlos Bica, Coltrane/Dolphy & James Brandon Lewis
by Maurice Hogue
This show is highlighted by Portuguese bassist Carlos Bica's latest release on Clean Feed--Playing With Beethoven. Bica creates some very unexpected music. No one expected to hear em>Evenings At The Village Gate: John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy; the original recording sat undiscovered for many years. But it's now available and there's a great deal of buzz about the album. There are other fine saxophonist featured: James Brandon Lewis and a preview track from his latest with his Red Lily Quintet, ...
read moreFavourite Releases of 2019
by Maurice Hogue
This episode features some of my favourite recordings released in 2019, chosen from a year of some pretty damn fine music. It always seems that I tend toward bassist-led sessions, and that's the case again, with great recordings from Carlos Bica, Torbjorn Zetterberg and the Miles Perkin Quartet for starters. As well, more women artists appear on my list each year, including Kris Davis' popular Diatom Ribbons . New releases sampled this week come from Gord Grdina's Nomad Trio, Poland's ...
read moreQuantum Trio, Baba Andrew Lamb & More
by Maurice Hogue
My music GPS keeps pointing to bassist Carlos Bica for riveting music. His new release I Am the Escaped One finds him heading in a different direction than the usual guitar trio. This time he's working with German saxophonist Daniel Erdmann and turntablist DJ Illvibe. The result is captivating. Bica is now living in Germany but he's originally from Portugal. Another fine bassist from that country but living in Rotterdam—Gonçalo Almeida—figures prominently in two trio releases on the Clean Feed ...
read moreCarlos Bica & Azul: Azul in Ljubljana
by Vincenzo Roggero
Azul è una storica formazione del contrabbassista portoghese Carlos Bica che riunisce musicisti dalle personalità e dal background decisamente variegati. Il leader ha lavorato per diversi anni con la vocalist Maria Joao, ha collaborato con prestigiose voci del fado, ha composto musica da film e per teatro. Il chitarrista tedesco {{Frank Mobus vanta studi al Berklee College of Music e collaborazioni eccellenti con Han Bennink, Ray Anderson, Karl Berger, e Jim Black, bé, non ha bisogno di presentazioni avendo attraversato ...
read moreNicole Mitchell, Brom & Thomas Morelli-Bernard
by Maurice Hogue
This episode features another of those wonderful bassists from Portugal: Carlos Bica. His latest release with his trio, Azul, makes its One Man's Jazz debut and an earlier album with Prima Matéria closes the show with a familiar melody. Nicole Mitchell's latest, Maroon Cloud, the German trio, Brom, and the latest instalment of Satoko Fujii's birthday releases and her new quartet Mahodin are all sampled. And Montréal's trombonist and composer Thomas Morelli-Bernard provides a taste of his very ambitious Cuban ...
read moreCarlos Bica & Azul featuring Frank Möbus and Jim Black: More Than This
by Henning Bolte
Azul, comprising Portuguese bassist Carlos Bica, guitarist Frank Möbus from Germany and drummer Jim Black from New York, is one of those trios around with a highly notable profile and characteristic signature. No doubt many dedicated music lovers will have their own history with this group that has been active now for more than 20 years. Azul's self-titled debut album dates from 1996 (EmarCy), featuring eminent Portuguese vocalist Maria João, and trombonist Ray Anderson. It was followed by Twist (1999, ...
read moreCarlos Bica & Azul: Things About
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il bel trio Azul, guidato da Carlos Bica, arriva al quinto album, dopo oltre quindici anni dall'inizio della collaborazione de l contrabbassista portoghese con il chitarrista tedesco Frank Moebus e con il batterista americano Jim Black. Forse il segreto di questo perfetto amalgama sta proprio nella dilatazione dei tempi e nella capacità di lasciare passare per il giusto tempo fra una collaborazione e l'altra. Non c'è spazio per la routine, il lirismo dei brani è alimentato dalla passione e dall'intelligenza, ...
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