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Jasper Høiby: Fellow Creatures: We Must Fight
by Andrew Hunter
Fellow Creatures is the band that bassist Jasper Høiby has assembled around himself and they are clearly a talented bunch. They would have to be, to revisit material from Høiby's previous band, Phronesis. That trio of Høiby, Anton Eger and Ivo Neame were almost hyperbolically highly regarded. A quick internet search will show how well reviewed ...
David Bode: Good Hang
by Jack Bowers
Good Hang. That is not only a good name for an album but one that depicts the luminous spirit animating a splendid debut recording by New Orleans-bred composer, arranger and saxophonist David Bode's stellar nineteen-member Crescent City-based big band. From end to end, top to bottom, stem to stern or inside out, this studio session is ...
Loke Risberg: Solo
by Alberto Bazzurro
Abbinando brani suoi (per lo più) e di altri (fra cui Bach e Berg), in questo album inciso nell'ottobre 2022 ma uscito solo di recente Loke Risberg, al secolo Eva Susanna Linnéa Risberg, chitarrista svedese (quasi) trentacinquenne, già a fianco, fra gli altri, di Maria Schneider e Mats Gustafsson, approda alla formula del solo, sfoggiando una ...
Anton Mikhailov: Today Yesterday
by Jack Kenny
Anton Mikhailov's life, like his music, reflects the complex and often tumultuous journey of an artist in Eastern Europe. Born in the conflict- ridden Horlivka, Donetsk region of Ukraine, his path led him from the Murmansk College of Art to Moscow and eventually to his current home in Tbilisi, Georgia. This nomadic existence and the emotional ...
Randy Napoleon: Waking Dream
by Pierre Giroux
In Waking Dream, guitarist Randy Napoleon has assembled a musical family whose shared history fosters a strong sense of cohesion, one that goes beyond the leader's skillful guitar work. Longtime collaborators bassist [[ {{m: Rodney Whitaker, pianist Rick Roe and drummer Quincy Davis form the rhythmic and harmonic foundation, while four additional guitarists , Luke Sittard, ...
Dino Betti van der Noot: Brahm Dreams Still
by Neri Pollastri
Quello che a buon diritto possiamo definire “il nostro Gil Evans," ovvero Dino Betti Van Der Noot (leggi l'intervista che ci ha rilasciato lo scorso anno), non tradisce le aspettative di chi apprezza l'assoluta unicità dei suoi lavori orchestrali e, rispettando quella che da qualche anno è una cadenza biennale, presenta questo nuovo Brahm Dreams Still, ...
Freddie Hubbard: On Fire: Live from the Blue Morocco
by Stefano Merighi
Dice bene Bennie Maupin, nelle sue note incluse nel libretto del CD, quando ricorda che dopo aver suonato nei Jazz Messengers di Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard era forse il più forte trombettista in circolazione. Hubbard ha suonato in tutte le situazioni chiave dal 1960 in avanti, scelto sempre dai migliori in campo, e pure ...
Mark Winkler: Hold On
by Pierre Giroux
Throughout his extensive career, Mark Winkler has been a steadfast presence on the Los Angeles jazz scene, earning a reputation as one of the most versatile and captivating vocalists in contemporary jazz. With Hold On, his 22nd album, Winkler continues to demonstrate that artistic growth and creative curiosity remain central to his work. While many artists ...
Ben Thomas Tango Project: The Hat with the Grin and the Chuckle
by Jack Bowers
On The Hat with the Grin and the Chuckle, his sixth recording as leader of the Tango Project, composer and multi-instrumentalist Ben Thomas once again invites his audience to put on their dancing shoes and sway to Argentina's unique and emblematic musical genre. In doing so, he affirms that there is far more than one way ...
Jim Witzel Quartet: Very Early (Remembering Bill Evans)
by Troy Dostert
While tributes to pianist Bill Evans have certainly not been in short supply over the years, he has unsurprisingly been given far more attention by pianists than from other instrumentalists. Efforts from guitarists have been particularly rare. There are some noteworthy exceptions: John McLaughlin took a stab at it in 1993 with Time Remembered (Verve) alongside ...
