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John Williams and Berliner Philharmoniker: The Berlin Concert
by Nenad Georgievski
Composer John Williams turned 90 in February 2022, but the “force is still strong with him." Williams, who is an Academy Award-winning composer behind some of the most famous film scores in cinema history, is considered as one of the most prolific composers of our time. Having soundtracked more than 100 films and worked with great ...
Ilmiliekki Quartet: Ilmiliekki Quartet
by Pat Youngspiel
When opener “Three Queens" kicks off seemingly mid-motion, Verneri Pohjola, Tuomo Prättälä, Antti Lötjönen and Olavi Louhivuori—a foursome going by the name of Ilmiliekki Quartet—sound as though they've already been at it for a while. They're all warmed up, in complete sync and have found a common groove at which they're smoothly tugging and pulling in ...
Binker & Moses: Feeding The Machine
by Karl Ackermann
After saxophonist Binker Golding and drummer Moses Boyd released their debut album, Dem Ones (Gearbox Records, 2015), the duo earned the U.K. Jazz FM Awards' “Best Jazz Act" trophy (2016). Unquestionably the soul of their own machine, Binker and Moses have rarely functioned simply as a duo. By their second Gearbox release, Journey To The Mountain ...
Matt Gordy: Be With Me
by Richard J Salvucci
There is an expression of high regard for playing, “in the tradition," which basically means, yeah, that is jazz, music of the highest order. Matt Gordy's “Be With Me" is particularly arresting because it is in the tradition, but neither a recreation nor an exercise in nostalgia. Everyone from Charlie Christian to Modern Jazz ...
Futari: Underground
by John Sharpe
Pandemic enforcement of geographic separation in no way inconveniences the adventurous combo of pianist Satoko Fujii and vibraphonist Taiko Saito, working together under the banner Futari. Having explored the option of a virtual band on Mosaic (Libra, 2021) by her This Is It! trio, Fujii tries a different approach on Underground, her second album with Saito ...
Eberhard Weber: Once Upon A Time - Live in Avignon
by Mario Calvitti
Sono trascorsi quasi 15 anni da quel giorno del 2007 in cui il contrabbassista Eberhard Weber fu vittima di un ictus, le cui conseguenze lo lasciarono incapacitato a proseguire l'attività concertistica. La semiparalisi al lato sinistro di cui soffre da allora gli impedisce di riprendere in mano lo strumento e dedicarsi alla musica. Non è comunque ...
Todd Zimberg with Michael Gotz and Perry Thoorsell: An Afternoon in Sellwood
by Jack Bowers
Sellwood, for those who may have been wondering, is a Portland, Oregon neighborhood, the home base--more or less--of drummer Todd Zimberg and his bandmates, pianist Michael Gotz and bassist Perry Thoorsell. Based on its playing time, Zimberg's debut album as leader, An Afternoon in Sellwood, could have borne the title A Half Hour in Sellwood. Well, ...
Ryoko Akama: Songs for a Shed
by John Eyles
With Songs for a Shed being the seventh Another Timbre album that Ryoko Akama has appeared on—either as player, composer or both, dating back to 2014's Next to Nothing alongside Bruno Duplant and Dominic Lash—she is certainly an established member of the label's “family." That is borne out by the fact that this album's compositions were ...
Omri Ziegele Where's Africa: That Hat
by Dan McClenaghan
Omri Ziegele, the Zürich-based saxophonist, makes music with his big band Billiger Bauer and in duo format with pianist Irene Schweizer, and also with his smaller groups, Noisy Minority and Where's Africa. He has established himself as a major force in the Zürich jazz scene and as a major artist for Intakt Records. That Hat, his ...
Kappeler / Zumthor: Herd
by John Sharpe
Swiss duo pianist Vera Kappeler and percussionist Peter Conradin Zumthor deliver a haunting program of eleven simple but effective mood pieces. They share a spare aesthetic which marries elements of minimalism, folk, jazz and circus music into an idiosyncratic, but by no means inaccessible, whole. While their previous outing together, Babylon-Suite (ECM, 2014), was inspired by ...
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