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Joëlle Léandre / Evan Parker / Agustí Fernández / Zlatko Kaučič: A Uiš?
by John Sharpe
Though the instrumentation on A Uiš evokes the classic jazz quartet, the outcome resides a world away from that tradition. To celebrate 40 years as a professional musician, Slovenian drummer Zlatko Kaučič assembled a quartet of top drawer improvisers for a 45-minute collectively navigated journey, recorded live at the jazz festival in his home town of ...
Giovanni Palombo: Taccuino di Jazz Popolare
by Mario Calvitti
nuovo album del chitarrista romano Giovanni Palombo, che segue di tre anni il precedente Retablo, raccoglie materiale da tre dei suoi ultimi progetti: il quartetto Camera Ensemble con Gabriele Coen, già attivo da diversi anni, e i più recenti duetti con il sassofonista Pasquale Laino e con il suonatore di organetto Alessandro d'Alessandro. Il disco rappresenta ...
Ron Miles: Rainbow Sign
by Ian Patterson
The symbolism of the rainbow varies from one culture to the next, and not all interpretations are positive, but the notion of the rainbow as a pathway between this life and the afterlife is perhaps the most pertinent for Ron Miles. Rainbow Sign, the Blue Note debut of the Colorado-based cornetist, was mostly written as his ...
Vadim Bessarab Trio: Differences
by Dan McClenaghan
When the COVID-19 virus hit Ukraine in early 2020, the nascent Vadim Bessarab was forced to abandon its concert plans. But the no-concerts mode gave the group the opportunity to engage in rehearsal with “double power and passion." This resulted in the trio's first recording, documented with the help of what Bessarab describes as an “aspiring ...
Vanessa Perica: Love is a Temporary Madness
by Jack Bowers
Even as the year 2020 has slid ignobly into the dustbin of history, music-lovers have been buoyed by a number of encouraging signs that the future of big-band jazz is in capable hands. While splendid recordings by old hands Mike Barone, Steve Spiegl, Mark Masters and Maria Schneider have helped keep the flame burning brightly, their ...
Francesca Naibo: Namatoulee
by Angelo Leonardi
La lezione di Derek Bailey, volta a estendere la libera ricerca improvvisata sulla chitarra, è stata esemplare ma pochissimi l'hanno seguita. Se negli Stati Uniti spicca Henry Kaiser nel nostro Paese i nomi si contano sulle dita di una mano ed il ricercatore più coerente e implacabile resta Roberto Zorzi. È quindi sorprendente il debutto di ...
Mirco Ballabene, Stefano Battaglia, Massimiliano Furia: Oltranza Oltraggio - La Beltà
by Neri Pollastri
Esplorare il linguaggio dei poeti novecenteschi, coniugandolo in musica attraverso l'improvvisazione: questo l'obiettivo che si è posto Mirco Ballabene, contrabbassista e studioso di letteratura, dando vita, assieme a Stefano Battaglia e Massimiliano Furia, al progetto Oltranza Oltraggio, del quale vede qui la luce il primo capitolo, che prende spunto dalla raccolta di poesie di Andrea Zanzotto ...
REKON: REKON
by Dan McClenaghan
For jazz fans of a certain age—those who began their appreciation of the music during the '60s—American trumpeter Art Farmer's To Sweden With Love (Atlantic, 1964) may have served as an introduction to Scandinavian cool. The Nordic subgenre has come into full bloom in the new millennium with music from Norway's Tord Gustavsen Trio, Sweden's electro-piano ...
Florian Ross: Reason & Temptation
by Jack Bowers
Midsummer 2019 was quite a busy time for Florian Ross. Apparently, the German-born pianist recorded the quartet date Reason & Temptation from June 29-July 2, then returned the following day to the same studio in Koln and added a wind ensemble to record Architexture for another label (Naxos). Reason & Temptation was self-produced on Ross's own ...
Francois Carrier: Japan Suite
by John Sharpe
Canadian alto saxophonist François Carrier frequently travels light. Even more so on this occasion as his regular peripatetic partner drummer Michel Lambert was not on board for a 2019 tour of Japan. This 78-minute album presents a first-time meeting with a group of Japanese improvisers, comprising bassist Daisuke Fuwa founder of the Shibusa Shirazu Orchestra, with ...
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