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Kate Gentile: Mannequins
by Hrayr Attarian
With the stimulating Mannequins, the New York based drummer Kate Gentile has created a cohesive and engaging album. On this first release under her own name, Gentile superbly balances emotive passion and intellectual acumen. Her intricate compositions are simultaneously fully realized and vibrantly supple and pliant as to allow for independent spontaneous expressions. The ...
Jasmine Lovell-Smith's Towering Poppies: Yellow Red Blue
by Dan McClenaghan
Soprano saxophonist/composer Jasmine Lovell-Smith released her excellent debut CD, Fortune Songs in 2012, two years after her move from her native New Zealand to New York. Four years later--after studies with Anthony Braxton and a move to Morelia, Mexico--she offers a follow-up effort, Yellow Red Blue. First rate debuts set up the expectations. Sophomore ...
Signal Problems: Signal Problems
by Libero Farnè
Il trombettista Danny Gouker, dopo anni di attività a capo del quartetto Signal Problems, ha deciso di lasciarne traccia discografica. In questa sua prima fatica come leader firma tutti i brani, che si basano su un'idea semplice ma efficace, forse non estremamente originale, ma condotta con personalità e polso sicuro: quella di partire da moduli ritmici ...
Moers Festival 2014
by Henning Bolte
Moers Festival Moers , GermanyJune, 6-9, 2014 Moers is a small city of about 100,000 inhabitants at the periphery of the former mining and industrial Ruhrpott area in Germany, about 40 km from the Dutch border and near the cities of Duisburg and Düsseldorf. Moers Festival, a four-day annual event always ...
