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Ahanes: Petrichor
by Glenn Astarita
This European sextet, with members from Athens and Stockholm, dishes out an absorbing journey through diverse soundscapes which blend genres effortlessly throughout the four tracks. Hence, the album immerses the listener in a rich tapestry of sonic exploration.Ahanes confidently navigate through diverse musical territories, seamlessly weaving together disparate elements of jazz, electronica, and ambient ...
Barbiero Manera Sartoris: Verrà la notte e avrà i tuoi occhi
by Neri Pollastri
Uscito quasi contemporaneamente al lavoro in solo In Hora Mortis, questo album vede Massimo Barbiero nuovamente in trio con la violinista Eloisa Manera e il pianista Emanuele Sartoris, formazione che nel 2022 aveva realizzato l'ottimo Woland, che traeva ispirazione da Il Maestro e Margherita di Bulgakov. Ancora una volta, l'album si ispira a un'opera ...
Jeremy Monteiro: Sings
by Ian Patterson
Singapore's King of Swing, as pianist Jeremy Monteiro is fondly known in the Lion City-state, has been plying his professional craft since 1976. Since then, Monteiro has played thousands of gigs, many of those with the likes of James Moody, Jimmy Cobb, Michael Brecker, Benny Golson, Charlie Haden, Jay Anderson and Ernie Watts. Talk about paying ...
Constantine Alexander: Firetet
by Jack Bowers
On his debut recording, Firetet, Chicago-based trumpeter Constantine Alexander pays tribute to Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, the late great Clifford Brown and modern-day disciples Nicholas Payton and Sean Jones. Alexander does not do so by imitating anyone--that would be fruitless--but the swinging spirit of Blakey, Brown and the present-day artists already noted is ever- present on ...
James Brandon Lewis / Red Lily Quintet: For Mahalia, With Love
by Pat Youngspiel
Moving on chronologically from George Washington Carver--the African-American musician and influential agricultural scientist to whom James Brandon Lewis' previous recording with the Red Lily Quintet, Jesup Wagon (Tao Forms 2021), was dedicated--For Mahalia, With Love continues the pattern of paying homage to influential Afro-Americans who, in their own way, changed the course of history. This album's ...
Orquesta del Tiempo Perdido: Sepk
by Alberto Bazzurro
Un'aria vagamente zappiana, ma del resto prossima anche a svariati altri (eventuali) referenti fra quanti amino mettere a “friggere" insieme ingredienti di diversa provenienza (colpendo fin da una copertina abbastanza sorprendentemente à la Baglioni degli anni d'oro...) è quanto ci arriva da questo singolare album olandese (ma portoghese per produzione), il terzo dell'ensemble diretto dal chitarrista-tuttofare ...
Eduardo Elia: Una pregunta, tres respuestas
by Mike Jurkovic
With its dramatic undertow and harmonic tension, “Sobreviviente" steps from the plane into the deep blue sky, free falling from a high dive. It sets the head up very nicely for the hypnotic, human interplay and conceptual artistry that is Una Pregunta, Tres Respuestas, Argentinian pianist Eduardo Elia's latest pursuit into the unchartered. On ...
Asynchrone: Plastic Bamboo
by Chris May
Put preconceptions aside and cast no nasturtiums. Against expectations, the free(ish) jazz / electro mash-up Plastic Bamboo is a winner, convincingly bringing together the unpredictability of the one with the robotic iterations of the other. The album collects eleven pieces written or co-written by Ryuichi Sakamoto, a founder member of Yellow Magic Orchestra in 1978 and ...
Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel: A Lovesome Thing
by Pierre Giroux
At Philharmonie de Paris on September 5, 2012, pianist Geri Allen and guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel delivered the mesmerizing performance preserved on this album. Geri Allen is known for her innovative perspective on the piano. Kurt Rosenwinkel has a distinctive approach to the guitar. They seamlessly blend their craft to approach a thoughtful selection of standards and ...
BlankFor.ms: Refract
by Neri Pollastri
Uscito il primo settembre, nove mesi dopo From the Dancehall to the Battlefield, lo splendido lavoro dedicato a James Reese Europe, questo Refract illustra l'altra faccia di un autore geniale e poliedrico qual è Jason Moran. Di fatto diretto da BlankFor.ms, alias Tyler Gilmore, artista elettronico già allievo di Moran che usa nastri degradati e sintetizzatori ...
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