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Jazz in Church Festival 2015
by Adriana Carcu
Jazz in Church Festival Bucharest, Romania Lutheran Church April 16-19, 2015 The Jazz in Church Festival reaffirmed its call of unconventionality by bringing together artists of most diversified styles and orientations. A subtly assorted lineup consolidated the nascent tradition of open dialog and transgender interplay set forth three years ago. ...
Flying Soul
By Aki Takase
Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Into The Woods; Rouge Stone; Wasserspiegel; Onigawarau; Finger Princess;
Morning Bell; Turtle Mirror; Reading; Intoxication; Schoolwork; Flying
Soul; Tarantella; Twelve Tone Tales; Moon Cake; Piece for “La Planete.”
Kurt Gottschalk's Top 12 for 2014
by Kurt Gottschalk
A dozen of my top picks and in no particular order. <br /><br />Dave Burrell & Steve Swell Turning Point No Business Neneh Cherry & FourTet Blank Project Smalltown Supersound Gato Libre Dudu Libra JazzWerkstatt Wien ...
Aki Takase La Planète: Flying Soul
by Alberto Bazzurro
La sessantaseienne pianista di Osaka firma con questo Flying Soul uno dei suoi lavori più alti e densi di significato, composizioni tutte sue (tranne “Twelve Tone Tales" del marito Alex von Schlippenbach) interpretate da un quartetto dalle geometrie e dai cromatismi assolutamente particolari. Ovunque affiora il retaggio “anfibio" dei quattro performer, che pur ...
Aki Takase La Planete: Flying Soul
by Glenn Astarita
Japanese pianist, composer Aki Takase collaborates with her peers on what could be considered an all-star international lineup, originating from her partnership with French clarinetist Louis Sclavis. Interspersed with several pieces, spanning one-minute to two- minutes in length, the nouveau chamber, jazz, and improvised segments are brusque, changeable and smoothly cohesive. In addition, many of these ...
The Necks: Open
by Mark Corroto
Listening to a recording by the Australian trio The Necks is akin to over- hearing a conversation between two giant sequoia trees. While humans might not perceive the growth and movement of the trees, mom and pop Sequoiadendron giganteum might comment, “Little Billy sure has sprouted up these past 400 years, he's outgrown all his school ...
Kitchen Orchestra with Alexander von Schlippenbach
by Eyal Hareuveni
The Norwegian, Stavanger-based Kitchen Orchestra may be one of Europe's best kept secrets. A collective of local musicians who come from classical, jazz, free improvisation and electronics. The orchestra was founded in 2005 and since then collaborated with guest conductors such as Danish saxophonist Lotte Anker and former Stavanger resident, bassist Per Zanussi, dance troupes and ...
Sven Ake Johansson: Jazzbox
by Mark Corroto
Funny how listening to the five-CD Jazzbox by free jazz drummer Sven-Åke Johansson may remind you of the British punk rock band The Clash's first hit single “Train In Vain" (1980). Like Joe Strummer and Mick Jones, Johansson's career has been one that has worked to challenge the language of American music. In The Clash's case, ...
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