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Peter Evans, Mike Pride: A Window, Basically
by John Sharpe
Trumpet meets drums in a series of superbly balanced exchanges on A Window, Basically. When the trumpet belongs to Peter Evans then not only virtuosity is guaranteed, but also an acute musicality. Nothing exists purely for effect. And double down on that when Mike Pride helms the trapset. Long-time colleagues, the pair recorded the seven cuts ...
Felice Clemente New Quartet: Le Nuvole e il Fulmine
by Angelo Leonardi
Dopo una pausa discografica di alcuni anni--seguita alla cospicua e variegata produzione discografica iniziata nel 2003 e culminata con l'album Solo (Crocevia Di Suoni, 2020)--il sassofonista Felice Clemente torna con un quartetto arricchito dal notevole contributo di vecchi e nuovi partner: accanto al batterista Massimo Manzi e al contrabbassista Giulio Corini entra Alberto Mandarini, che si ...
Randy Ingram: Sound Within
by Pierre Giroux
A sobriquet that could be applied to the pianist Bill Evans is “the poet of the jazz piano," as he more than almost any other pianist combined technical mastery with emotional restraint, creating music that feels introspective rather than demonstrative. Every pianist who has ever fallen under Evans' spell has eventually faced the same dilemma. One ...
Ivo Perelman: Synesthesia
by Mike Jurkovic
Like past gatherings of tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman, pianist Matthew Shipp, bassist William Parker, and drummer Bobby Kapp, inscribed to memory on the highly touted Ineffable Joy (ESP, 2019) and Heptagon (Leo Records, 2017), Synesthesia erupts into consciousness with a punch and flurry. Feverish by design, “First Color Heard" stays true to its title ...
Fjall: Helt
by John Sharpe
Helt finds Fjall refining its communal language into long-form sonic terrains shaped by timbre, patience and mutual purpose. The double album documents complete performances from December 2023 and April 2025, preserving the quartet unchanged from its debut, From the Rough Hill (Discus, 2023). Reed player and keyboardist Martin Archer joins percussionists Richard Jackson and Fran Comyn ...
Francesco Chiapperini: Italian Mottetto
by Vincenzo Roggero
ancesco Chiapperini = 33312}}, clarinettista, flautista, sassofonista, compositore e direttore musicale assai apprezzato, continua l'esplorazione di mondi e di tradizioni musicali/culturali attraverso formazioni pensate per l'occasione. In The Big Earth (Rudi Records, 2018) era un ensemble di dodici elementi per un omaggio alle marce funebri della tradizione pugliese; in On the Bare Rocks and Glaciers (Caligola, ...
Joëlle Léandre, Evan Parker: Long Bright Summer
by Neri Pollastri
Joelle Leandre e Evan Parker, due tra i massimi rappresentanti della tradizione improvvisativa europea, hanno registrato nel 1982, il primo disco assieme, 28 rue Donois, membri di un quartetto che includeva anche due straordinari musicisti come Derek Bailey e George Lewis. Negli oltre quarant'anni successivi sono state numerosissime le documentazioni delle occasioni in cui si sono ...
Denny Zeitlin: Odyssey
by Dan McClenaghan
Pianist Denny Zeitlin takes a trip into his archival book on the first half of Odyssey. He has always mixed eloquence and beauty with adventurousness. That is up front here. A close comparison to his style of playing can be found in the artistry of Bill Evans. And it should be noted that Evans adopted one ...
Bob Nell & Michael Bisio Trios: Trios: We Are Here
by Mark Corroto
Don't be misled by the adjective naïve when describing the collaboration between pianist Bob Nell and bassist Michael Bisio. Their recording We Are Here is hardly “naïve" in the sense of being inexperienced or unsophisticated. Rather, it embodies the word's more generous meaning: music that is natural, unforced and free of affectation. There is no posturing ...
Rob van Bavel: The Ghost, the King and I featuring Scott Hamilton & Strings
by Jack Bowers
As near as can be deduced, The Ghost, the King and I is a Netherlands-based trio comprised of pianist Rob van Bavel, guitarist Vincent Koning and bassist Frans van Geest. After performing in concert with acclaimed American tenor saxophonist Scott Hamilton and Salon de Musique, a three-member string group from South Korea, van Bavel and his ...
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