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Stefano Onorati, Fulvio Sigurtà: Extended Singularity
by Neri Pollastri
Basandosi su un'intesa consolidata e sulla loro vena compositiva, Fulvio Sigurtà e Stefano Onorati, accompagnati da Gabriele Evangelista al contrabbasso e Alessandro Paternesi alla batteria, realizzano un album piuttosto atipico per il panorama nazionale, in quanto né “mediterraneo," né ispirato alle novità d'oltreoceano, ma aperto, modale e fortemente narrativo senza esser melodico. Il lavoro ...
Brent Laidler: Hidden Gems
by Patrick Burnette
Guitarist Brent Laidler has released mainstream jazz albums infused with a cheerful attitude throughout his career. They tend to feature all original tunes, but unlike most jazz releases featuring (cursed with?) the All-Original Syndrome, his tunes are catchy, accessible, and sometimes even mood-enhancing. Given that hundreds--if not thousands--of small group jazz albums are released each year, ...
David Caffey Jazz Orchestra: At the Edge of Spring
by Jack Bowers
With his album, At the Edge of Spring, composer and arranger David Caffey and his Colorado-based Jazz Orchestra not only defy the widely-held belief that big bands are dead, they emphatically blow that axium out of the water. This is an ensemble with no discernible weaknesses, as proficient and powerful as any that have come before ...
Livio Almeida: Brasília Sessions
by Richard J Salvucci
This is a good recording by a very good instrumentalist. Livio Almeida is a Brazilian saxophonist living in New York, but whether or not Almeida sounds particularly “Brazilian" is for others to say. Frankly, his tenor playing is straight ahead and while there are Latin rhythms galore, Almeida's “Brasilia Afro Samba" really recalls the guitar riff ...
Noah Preminger: Ballads
by Alberto Bazzurro
Il ritorno a casa. Col suo bellissimo suono di tenore, Noah Preminger inanella in meno di trentotto minuti sette sue composizioni ispirate--anzi totalmente concepite--nel segno del titolo, molto semplicemente Ballads. E qui naturalmente si apre la querelle: i tradizionalisti andranno in brodo di giuggiole (evocando magari l'omonimo album di John Coltrane), perché il disco è assolutamente ...
Califano, Tino, Marzano: What's New?
by Neri Pollastri
Un trio di giovani musicisti--due ventisettenni e un trentasettenne--e un programma di storici brani per omaggiare la tradizione in modo personale: questo in estrema sintesi What's New?, il CD del trio formato dall'alto sassofonista Federico Califano con il contrabbassista Francesco Tino e il batterista Alessandro Marzano e pubblicato dalla AUT Records. Il disco prende ...
Jon Lloyd / John Law: Naissance
by Mike Jurkovic
It hardly matters whether or not Naissance goes down in musical history as one of the greatest or best-of piano/saxophone duet recordings. Comfortingly ethereal and most assured of itself, Naissance is a beautiful recording with a serenity and sense of open accomplishment all its own. British pianist/composer John Law and tenor/alto saxophonist Jon Lloyd ...
The Dam Jawn: Forward!
by Jack Bowers
An addendum to the title of the Amsterdam-based quintet Dam Jawn's latest album, Forward!, reads “featuring Dick Oatts," which is perfectly suitable, as the acclaimed alto saxophonist plays a pivotal role in the tight-knit group's latest discourse, as he did on its earlier recording, Master Street (Challenge Records, 2023). For those who may ...
Andrew Barker: Bakunawa
by Fran Kursztejn
William Parker turned 73 last month, yet despite sharing his newest release with the 54-year-old Andrew Barker and 46-year-old Jon Irabagon, his playing has never been as buoyant as it is here. All three New York staples have played with one another in various duos and orchestral arrangements (Barker himself is an alumni of Parker's Little ...
Umiak: Irrlicht
by Alberto Bazzurro
"L'umiak--ci viene detto--è un elegante e delicato battello aperto utilizzato dagli Inuit e dagli Yupik (popoli eschimesi canadesi, ndr) per il trasporto e la caccia. La barca è alimentata da diverse persone che remano e una che guida. Un accordo simile a quello del trio Umiak." Che sta poi per la trentatreenne sassofonista Eva-Maria Karbacher e ...
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