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Mike Monford: The Cloth I'm Cut From (Live at Cliff Bell's)
by Alberto Bazzurro
Partenza felice, che lascerebbe supporre un album tutto diverso da ciò che questo nuovo lavoro del sassofonista contralto Mike Monford, qui anche arrangiatore di tutti i pezzi (due dei quali suoi, gli altri di Lee Morgan, Jackie McLean e Abbey Lincoln), si rivela invece dopo soli tre minuti, con la partenza di quel ritmo latineggiante che ...
Hyeseon Hong Jazz Orchestra: Things Will Pass
by Jack Bowers
There are a handful of things you should know about Hyeseon Hong (pronounced hay-sun hong), as each of them impacts the scope and purpose of the music on Things Will Pass. First, she is well-versed in the shaping and subtleties of contemporary big-band jazz; second, she was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea; third, she ...
Samara Lubelski and Marcia Bassett: Indexical/Rhizome
by Hrayr Attarian
New York based multiinstrumentalists Samara Lubelski and Marcia Bassett are both boundary pushing sonic explorers. Alone or together the pair often take music into uncharted territories. Their eighth duo release, Indexical/Rhizome, is made up of two long improvisations, recorded two years apart, on which Lubelski on violin and Bassett on guitar create electric and electrifying tonal ...
Sentient Beings: Truth Is Not The Enemy
by John Sharpe
"Hills And Valleys," “Valleys And Hills." The titles of the two lengthy tracks on Truth Is Not The Enemy furnish oft-used metaphors for the flowing changes in intensity, volume and dynamics of long-form improvisations. However, on this occasion the hills seem more like summit plateau while the valleys are narrow and deep, as the four piece ...
Giovanni Guidi: A New Day
by Mario Calvitti
Quello che colpisce maggiormente all'ascolto del nuovo lavoro del pianista Giovanni Guidi col suo trio (per l'occasione espanso a quartetto in quattro dei sette brani con l'ingresso del sassofonista James Brandon Lewis) è l'estrema rarefazione della sua musica, evidente già dal primo brano “Canto de ocells," una canzone tradizionale catalana, ma spinta ancora di più nei ...
Dig Dog Do: Evolution
by Edward Blanco
The unusually named jazz group Dig Dog Do is a fine organ trio of highly sought-after musicians from Gothenburg, Sweden. On the simply titled Evolution, the group presents their debut recording offering expressions of classic organ trio music with strong and creative statements producing a unique sound. Led by jazz guitarist Tobias Grim, who penned five ...
Kira Kira: Kira Kira Live
by Glenn Astarita
Kira Kira, a Japanese avant-garde ensemble has been at the forefront of improvisational music since 2017. Their name, translating to “glittering" or “shining" in Japanese, fittingly reflects the radiant quality of their sonic explorations. The ensemble includes an all-star lineup: trumpeter Natsuki Tamura, pianist Satoko Fujii, keyboardist Alister Spence and drummer Tatsuya Yoshida. Together, they blend ...
Lisa Barkas: Cinq Ponts
by John Eyles
Released by INSUB on September 26th, 2024, as a cassette or Bandcamp download, it is a relief to welcome Cinq Ponts as it is the label's first release since Jürg Frey's impressive Circular music (Ext.no1-no2-Ext.no2) was released by the label on September 1st, 2023. Cinq Ponts comprises three tracks with a total playing time of just ...
Norma Winstone, Kit Downes: Outpost Of Dreams
by Neri Pollastri
Nato in modo quasi accidentale --la pianista abituale della cantante non era disponibile e le serviva un sostituto --quest'incontro tra generazioni diverse di artisti britannici ha subito funzionato talmente bene da dare in fretta questo eccellente frutto. La cantante è Norma Winstone, ottant'anni passati e portati benissimo, il pianista Kit Downes, trentotto anni; la prima ha ...
Bill Frisell, Kit Downes, Andrew Cyrille: Breaking the Shell
by Alberto Bazzurro
Ogni tanto Bill Frisell si concede qualche scappatella fuori dai patrii confini (che già per loro conto variano, vedi il recente Orchestras). In questo nuovo, singolare lavoro, uscito in realtà a oltre due anni dalla sua incisione (maggio 2022), il grande chitarrista recupera scorie (nell'accezione più alta del termine) di quel sano sperimentalismo che, all'interno della ...
