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Giacomo Merega, Joe Morris: Opus Dichotomous
by Alberto Bazzurro
Dopo la comune militanza (a partire dal 2011, con tre album all'attivo) nel quartetto del sassofonista Noah Kaplan completato da Jason Nazary alla batteria, il bassista genovese Giacomo Merega, ormai newyorchese d'adozione, e il chitarrista Joe Morris, noto in particolare per il suo generoso--in quanto a documentazione discografica, specie su Leo--sodalizio con Ivo Perelman (ma non ...
Norman David: Intention
by Victor L. Schermer
Saxophonist/composer/arranger/band leader Norman David grew up and matured as a musician in Montreal and moved to Boston to study with the late, revered, and multifaceted Herb Pomeroy at the famed Berklee College of Music. While there, in 1980, David founded a large jazz ensemble just a few members short of a full big band called the ...
Spinifex: Undrilling the Hole
by Lawrence Peryer
The Amsterdam-based sextet Spinifex borrowed their name from a hardy Australian grass known for thriving in harsh conditions. For nearly two decades, they have forged original music from seemingly incompatible elements--mathematical structures, punk aggression, free jazz fire. Their ninth album, Undrilling the Hole, presents seven new compositions from alto saxophonist Tobias Klein that showcase the band's ...
AALY TRIO: Sustain
by Mark Corroto
The previous recording by the AALY Trio, comprised of saxophonist (and flutist) Mats Gustafsson, double bassist Peter Janson and drummer Kjell Nordeson, was recorded 25 years prior (Double Or Nothing, Okka Disk, 2002). The reunion of this Swedish outfit is cause for celebration. If we rewind the clock a bit, Gustafsson and Janson began ...
Venanzio Venditti Quintet: Inside
by Neri Pollastri
Tenorsassofonista abruzzese dalle molte esperienze e collaborazioni, Venanzio Venditti presenta questo lavoro in quintetto, uscito per Alfa Music nei primi mesi del 2024, nel quale senza imbarazzi o mascheramenti si rifà “ai grandi musicisti del passato," omaggiandoli in tre brani e lasciandosi ispirare per le sette composizioni originali, sviluppando una musica ben piantata nel solco della ...
Giacomo Merega: Opus Dichotomous
by Mark Corroto
The title adopted by Giacomo Merega and Joe Morris' duo release Opus Dichotomous might be a false flag. This recording is anything but an exercise in contrasts. Merega's electric bass and Morris' guitar travel congruously throughout the nine tracks to deliver these improvised gems. Perhaps the dichotomy the title refers to is that of botany where ...
Jazz Sabbath: The 1968 Tapes
by Geno Thackara
The story continues: Jazz Sabbath's eponymous debut (Blacklake, 2020) introduced the premise of a progressive-minded late-'60s piano trio whose unreleased material was plagiarized and adapted in heavy blues style by those young upstarts Black Sabbath. The catalog got an even more fun horn-drenched expansion with 2022's Vol. 2 (Blacklake). The mysterious pianist Milton Keanes (da-dum) and ...
Adam Berenson: What Is This Place?
by Dan McClenaghan
Pianist/keyboardist/composer Adam Berenson is fascinated with Eberhard Weber, the German jazz player probably better known for his “worked with" listing than his own album releases. The influential bassist/composer has helped to shape and shade and color albums by, among others, saxophonist Jan Garbarek, Pat Metheny, guitarist Ralph Towner and vibraphonist Gary Burton. This is a “minimal ...
Al Jarreau: Wow: Live at the Childe Harold
by Mark Corroto
Al Jarreau gained nationwide recognition with the theme to the 1985 hit television show “Moonlighting," which starred Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis. He also had a chart-topping single “We're In This Love Together." Before he was a pop star, R&B singer, and a successful cross-over artist, Al Jarreau was the purest of jazz talents. He gained ...
Jason Robinson: Ancestral Numbers II
by Pat Youngspiel
Jason Robinson's Ancestral Numbers is “a sound meditation on genealogy and family history" and will comprise an “ongoing series of compositions for varying instrumentation." “I" and “II" are merely the starting point for an intimate investigation into the depths of the saxophonist's family tree, set in motion shortly after the passing of Robinson's grandmother. Accompanying the ...
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