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Cannonball Adderley: Burnin' In Bordeaux: Live In France 1969
by Stefano Merighi
Altra nuova perla della Elemental Music, e sempre con la produzione di Zev Feldman, “Burnin' in Bordeaux" (doppio CD) celebra il magistero di Julian Cannonball Adderley, un poeta assoluto del sax contralto, e la solidità nonché la brillantezza del suo quintetto di fine anni '60. Adderley, scomparso a soli 46 anni nel 1975, è ...
Electric Gumbo: It's On!
by Neil Duggan
Best known as the bassist and founder of the popular jazz quartet Sharp Little Bones, Simon Paterson found that not all of his compositions were suitable for that small band format and needed a more expansive outlet. He achieves this with Electric Gumbo, a winning combination of established musicians and rising talents who form a 17-member ...
Frank Kimbrough: The Call
by Dan Bilawsky
Pianist Frank Kimbrough's untimely passing--on December 30, 2020--left a void in the world. Nothing can or ever will fill it, but his work and influence sound eternal, resonating and rippling across space and time. Kimbrough still has plenty to show us and teach us about the beauty inherent in the art of pianistic elocution, melodic variation, ...
Christoph Irniger's Pilgrim: Human Intelligence (live)
by Mark Corroto
"The one thing I concluded was not to try and reproduce a live event--I thought, live goals are different. There might be more improvisation, more risk," Christoph Irniger reflects in the liner notes to Pilgrim's 2023 studio album Ghost Cat (Intakt). The saxophonist and composer reinforces the idea with this electrifying live recording, captured at Red ...
Matthieu Saglio: Al Alba
by Thierry De Clemensat
European jazz is often deeply inspired by classical music and, on Al Alba, this influence is undeniable. In fact, this album is more a contemporary classical music album than a jazz record--unless one considers a few rhythmic flourishes. It is, therefore, best admired for the sheer beauty of its compositions, its interpretation, its arrangements and its ...
Charles Mingus: In Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts
by Dan McClenaghan
So many live jazz dates have been taped over the years. Then the tapes have been shelved. With that in mind, there may be no end to the ongoing supply of uncovered jazz gems begging to be discovered. But Zev Feldman, the Jazz Detective, is doing his best to dig out as many as possible. His ...
WDR Big Band: Bluegrass
by Jack Bowers
Violinist Darol Anger literally had a dream, one in which he was performing his bluegrass music not with the David Grisman Quintet or another small group but in front of a full-fledged big band--and in Germany, of all places. Even though it was a dream he thought would never come true, it was so vivid and ...
Michael Attias: Quartet Music Vol I: LuMiSong & Vol II: Kardamon Fall
by John Sharpe
Saxophonist Michaël Attias has impressed on the NYC scene for over three decades. He has recorded with Paul Motian, Anthony Braxton and Taylor Ho Bynum, while artists like Eric Revis, Anthony Coleman and Kris Davis have covered his compositions. But despite such recognition, Attias's discography undeservedly languishes in single figures. His decision to issue ...
Helge Albin: Homemade
by Fran Kursztejn
If the word “fussy" occasionally rears its head when relating the Helge Albin Quintet's newest release, it is not meant as a slight. Albin--an undeniable staple of the Swedish and wider North European jazz scene--is nothing if not insatiable. Before the quintet's founding, he led the impressive Tolvan Big Band, certainly Sweden's most ambitious musical project ...
Alessandro Presti: Otosfera
by Angelo Leonardi
Vincitore del “Top Jazz" 2022 della critica italiana nella categoria nuovi talenti, Alessandro Presti ha dimostrato nei suoi lavori da leader (Halaesa del 2014 e Intermezzo del 2022) ottime doti di autore oltre che di trombettista. In quest'incisione accantona il mainstream avanzato, che condivide anche negli ensemble di Roberto Gatto, Stefano di Battista e ...
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