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Giuseppe Doronzo & Pino Basile: Aterraterr
by Karl Ackermann
Multi-instrumentalists/composers Giuseppe Doronzo and Pino Basile make up two-thirds of the AVA Trio. On their newest duo project, Aterraterr, the pair offer compositions influenced by the music of their mutual roots in the Apulian region in Italy. Doronzo is an Amsterdam-based baritone saxophonist with a background in jazz improvisation, classical and non-western music. He ...
Martin Wind Quartet: My Astorian Queen
by Mark Corroto
Bassist Martin Wind reminds us that nostalgia" is not a four-letter word (or nine-letter for that matter). Wind would say, nein" to that idea. The German-born bassist, now a solid member of New York's jazz community, can be heard in piano trios led by Bill Mays, Ted Rosenthal, and Bill Cunliffe, in drummer Matt Wilson's various ...
Pascale Berthelot: Saison secrète
by Mario Calvitti
Ci voleva il recente accordo che ha affidato alla ECM la distribuzione e la promozione dei lavori realizzati dalla label francese La Buissonne per conferire maggiore visibilità a un catalogo ancora troppo poco conosciuto nonostante la qualità eccellente di molte delle sue proposte. La Buissonne nasce come studio di registrazione di alto livello, e come tale ...
Frank Kimbrough, Kirk Knuffke, Masa Kamaguchi: Ancestors
by Angelo Leonardi
Come hanno sottolineato i molti partner di Frank Kimbrough nel recente omaggio della Newvelle Records, c'è sempre stata una chiara vena lirica nell'arte musicale del pianista, espressa in equilibrio tra dimensione tradizionale e ricerca astratta. Nei suoi dischi da leader amava esibirsi in duo o in trio e quest'album postumoregistrato nel 2017mostra già dall'organico la propensione ...
Allen Lowe: A Love Supine: Ascension into the Maelstrom
by Karl Ackermann
There is an exhaustive property to the body of Allen Lowe's work. Composer, saxophonist, sporadic guitarist who composes on piano, and the author of several noteworthy music histories, he has released nearly two dozen albums. Lowe is a member of the quartet East Axis with Matthew Shipp, Gerald Cleaver, and Kevin Ray. A Love Supine: Ascension ...
Roscoe Mitchell: Dots - Pieces For Percussion And Woodwinds
by Mark Corroto
While Dots, a solo recording by Roscoe Mitchell, is divided into nineteen separate tracks, this entire hour plus recording might be best consumed as a single unit. Mitchell's use of silence here is as essential as the woodwind notes blown and the percussive objects struck. One track leading into the next might be marked by silence, ...
Keshav Batish: Binaries in Cycle
by Jerome Wilson
Drummer Keshav Batish is a third-generation musician. His father, Pandit Ashwin Batish, is a sitar player well-versed in both Indian classical music and Western rock, while his grandfather, S. B. Batish, worked in the Bollywood film industry as a singer, composer and arranger. With that background, it is no surprise that Keshav would become a musician ...
John Moulder: Metamorphosis
by Jack Bowers
As approximately fifty of the sixty-eight minutes on Chicago-based guitarist John Moulder's new CD, Metamorphosis, are devoted to the seven-part Metamorphosis Suite," that seems an appropriate point at which to start any appraisal of its contents and purpose. First and foremost, it is clear that considerable thought was given to mapping the structure of the suite, ...
Mary LaRose: Out Here
by Jerome Wilson
Vocalist Mary LaRose has long been putting vocals, with and without words, to the works of modern jazz composers such as Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman, Charlie Haden and Eric Dolphy. This CD is her first full-length exploration of Dolphy, probing the free-wheeling elusiveness of his work with a group which includes several of the instruments he ...
Slowly Rolling Camera: Where the Streets Lead
by Geannine Reid
Slowly Rolling Camera is a jazz ensemble. Its core is pianist-composer Dave Stapleton, producer Deri Roberts, vocalist-lyricist Dionne Bennett, and drummer Elliot Bennett. Their newest album Where the Streets Lead is a follow-up to their acclaimed album, Juniper (Edition Records, 2018). The album presents eight tracks with a large ensemble, including an 8-piece string section and ...

