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Riccardo Tesi, Claudio Carboni: Un ballo liscio vol. 2
by Neri Pollastri
Era il 1995 quando Riccardo Tesi fece uscire per l'etichetta Silex il suo Un ballo liscio, un disco che per la prima volta svelò a molti la suggestione e la ricchezza di una tradizione musicale troppo spesso trascurata, quando non denigrata. E la fece scoprire per primo allo stesso artista pistoiese che, quando la stessa Silex ...
Collin Sherman: Noir
by Dan McClenaghan
Making music is most often a collaborative affair. Big bands, duos, trios, quartets and quintets--take your pick. Miles Davis (or any other of your favorites) calls his guys into the studio or to the stage where they bump elbows and trade riffs, drawing their individual personalities out to form a collection of sound waves to craft ...
Emil Viklicky / Imogen Ryall: Songs
by Neil Duggan
In addition to being highly regarded as a classical composer, Czech pianist and composer Emil Viklický has been a significant presence on the international jazz scene for over 50 years. His jazz compositions, often influenced by Moravian folk songs, have seen him perform and record in the company of such significant artists as Bobby Wellins, Bill ...
Karen Borca: Good News Blues
by John Sharpe
Pioneering jazz bassoonist Karen Borca has had to wait a long time for her leadership debut. It arrives courtesy of the adventurous Lithuanian NoBusiness imprint, compiled from archival recordings of two appearances at New York City's fabled Vision Festival. But that is not to say that she does not have a weighty resume. An acolyte of ...
Joëlle Léandre, Elisabeth Harnik, Zlatko Kaučič: Live In St. Johann
by Neri Pollastri
Tre eccezionali maestri dell'improvvisazione, che si conoscono e si stimano, dopo varie occasioni d'incontro con formazioni diverse, si trovano a suonare assieme nella forma più classica, quella del piano trio, e ne approfittano per dar vita a tre quarti d'ora di musica intensa e sorprendente, articolata e vivacissima. Stiamo parlando della contrabbassista francese Joelle ...
Mike Holober & the Gotham City Orchestra: This Rock We're On: Imaginary Letters
by Angelo Leonardi
Dopo gli ultimi superlativi album orchestrali (Balancing Act, Palmetto 2015 e Hiding Out, Zoho 2019) la nuova incisione di Mike Holober con la Gotham Jazz Orchestra non dovrebbe stupirci, eppure questo doppio album ci ha nuovamente colpito. L'aggiunta di Chris Potter, John Patitucci, Nir Felder e della cantante brasiliana Jamile Staevie Ayres all'orchestra rende ...
McCoy Tyner / Joe Henderson: Forces Of Nature: Live At Slugs'
by Mike Jurkovic
When recordings like Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' seemingly falls from yonder jazz sky, we must stop to thank those swinging stars above for our grand fortune. Because despite all our flaws--a broken politic, a poisoned planet, constant wartime bickering--we are a fortunate, if mostly undeserving, race of peculiarities. That becomes especially apparent when random, ...
Laila Biali: Wintersongs
by Pierre Giroux
Laila Biali is an award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist whose recording Wintersongs offers an immersive journey into the delicate beauty and serene power of winter all through the lens of her jazz and classical roots. With two exceptions, all tracks were composed by Biali in a cabin surrounded by snow-capped mountains in the heart of Canada's ...
Jeff Kaiser & Paul L. Botelho: Dome
by Glenn Astarita
Recorded in an abandoned munitions factory in Alvira, PA. using an ambisonics system without overdubs. The collaborative effort between vocalist and multimedia artist/educator Paul J. Botelho and avant-garde trumpeter/educator Jeff Kaiser push against the boundaries of conventional sound, creating an experience that redefines the relationship between voice and brass. The marketing text for this ...
Finn Carter Quartet: Hymn for My Dad
by Neil Duggan
From working as a cloakroom attendant at Ronnie Scott's in London to performing on the club stage to a sellout audience with one's own quartet is quite a journey. It might sound like a corny plot from a TV series, but since playing their first show in 2021, Finn Carter and his quartet have gone from ...
