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Saso Popovski: Steps
by Nenad Georgievski
Steps is a sublime, gentle and captivating journey into the realm of jazz guitar, reminiscent of the great Kenny Burrell and Bill Frisell but with its own unique flavor. For fans of classical jazz guitars, characterized by their sublime and slow melodies, this album is a must-listen. Saso Popovski, an accomplished guitarist and manager of the ...
Espen Eriksen Trio with Andy Sheppard: As Good As It Gets
by Chris May
Norway's Espen Eriksen Trio is the first Scandinavian piano trio to enjoy a measure of sustained international success since Sweden's Esbjörn Svensson Trio's high-profile run was cut short by Svensson's death in 2008. While some listeners thought that EST's style was becoming over-codifed during its final years, EET still sounds box fresh thirteen years and many ...
Colette Michaan: Earth Rebirth
by Katchie Cartwright
Colette Michaan's bamboo flute calls out over a looming drone as Earth Rebirth opens. Instruments emerge out of time to create a watery soundscape that becomes increasingly lush as John Benitez's bass brings in the tempo, with Yusnier Sanchez Bustamante's percussion chattering behind Luisito Quintero's swirling cymbals and Leo Genovese's fluid piano. Michaan mapped the composition ...
Barry Guy Blue Shroud Band: all this this here
by John Sharpe
Bassist and composer Barry Guy combines a number of his passions on All This This Here in a stunning act of synthesis. For the third major work for his Blue Shroud Band, following its eponymous debut (Intakt, 2016) and Odes And Meditations For Cecil Taylor (Not Two, 2018), Guy sets to music Nobel winning playwright Samuel ...
Ben Wendel: All One
by Claudio Bonomi
Classe 1976, canadese di nascita, cresciuto a Los Angeles e attualmente residente a Brooklyn (New York), Ben Wendel è considerato un astro nascente del jazz contemporaneo da diversi anni. Sassofonista e compositore, oltre ad essere stato nel 2001 tra i fondatori dei Kneebody, si è costruito negli anni una solida reputazione di solista e leader firmando ...
Maria Grapsa: Life
by Neil Duggan
Benefitting from ethnic diversity and multiculturalism, the jazz scene in the UK continues to evolve and thrive. One product of this cultural mix is Maria Grapsa. She has Greek origins but is now London-based. She has brought together a sextet featuring some of the UK's most exciting young talents for her debut album, Life.
Hannah Gill: Everybody Loves a Lover
by Pierre Giroux
Hannah Gill has a passion for jazz and draws her inspiration from the likes of Blossom Dearie, Anita O'Day and Ella Fitzgerald. On this debut release Everybody Loves a Lover, Gill takes on eleven swing-era standards, and while staying true to the original music, she infuses them with her style, which is inflected with blues and ...
The New Wonders: The New Wonders
by Nicholas F. Mondello
In the vast array of jazz styles, if there is one segment which rises phoenix-like over time, it is the music of the first third of the Twentieth Century, the era which saw Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Duke Ellington, and other individuals and bands ignite popularity. With “the New Wonders," NY-based cornetist, vocalist, arranger and ardent ...
Simona Premazzi: Wave in Gravity
by Angelo Leonardi
Residente da quasi un decennio a New York, la pianista Simona Premazzi è ormai una presenza significativa nella scena musicale della Big Apple: dopo studi di perfezionamento con Fred Hersch e Jason Moran ha collaborato e/o inciso con figure di primo piano come Greg Osby, Ari Hoenig, Jeremy Pelt, Melissa Aldana, Rudy Royston, Dayna Stephens, pubblicando ...
Luciano Troja: To New Life: The Music of Earl Zindars
by Neri Pollastri
Il pianista messinese Luciano Troja già nel 2010 aveva dedicato un lavoro alla musica di Earl Zindars--At Home with Zindars--pianista e compositore di Chicago talmente raffinato che Bill Evans, di cui era amico e collaboratore, aveva in repertorio diversi brani da lui composti. In quel lavoro, corredato da note storico-biografiche e realizzato dopo essersi ...
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