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The George Coleman Quintet: In Baltimore
by Pierre Giroux
Tenor saxophonist George Coleman is an artist who plays with both proficiency and comprehension, but has been under-recognized as a major figure in post-bop jazz. In this Reel To Real 180 gram LP release, co-produced by Cory Weeds and Zev Feldman, Coleman and his cohorts trumpeter Danny Moore, pianist Albert Dailey, bassist Larry Ridley and drummer ...
Francesco Massaro & Bestiario: Quaderni di zoologia imperfetta
by Neri Pollastri
Terzo album di Bestiario, la singolare formazione diretta da Francesco Massaro, che affronta ecletticamente l'universo musicale facendosi guidare da suggestioni derivate dalla natura e dal mondo animale, perlopiù immaginarie e patafisiche. Dopo un capitolo dedicato alle creature marine, Bestiario Marino e uno a quelle aeree, Meccanismi di volo , questo Quaderni di zoologia imperfetta fa riferimento ...
Gianni Mimmo, Alison Blunt: Busy Butterflies
by Neri Pollastri
Secondo album, anche questo edito su LP, per il duo d'improvvisatori composto dal sassofonista soprano Gianni Mimmo e dalla violinista inglese Alison Blunt, i quali riprendono il discorso intrapreso nel precedente Lasting Ephemerals e come allora ne traggono uno splendido poema sonoro a due voci. La prima facciata del disco--registrato nel 2019 nella Chiesa ...
Stephan Thelen: World Dialogue
by Mark Sullivan
Stephan Thelen's compositions for his band Sonar have a minimalist groove that clearly relates to other groups in the experimental sphere like Swiss pianist and composer Nik Bärtsch's band Ronin. These works for string quartet are not stylistically far removed from Thelen's Sonar music, but the classical chamber music context establishes them in the world occupied ...
Michael Sarian: New Aurora
by Jerome Wilson
Trumpeter Michael Sarian leads two large-sized groups, The Chabones and The Big Chabones, that utilize multiple horns and electronic sounds in high energy arrangements. This quartet recording is a different story. Sarian is the lone horn here, playing trumpet on the first track and flugelhorn on the rest, while the music itself is strictly acoustic. Much ...
David Broza: En Casa Limon
by Kyle Simpler
If any instrument captures the spirit of Spain, it is the guitar. Performers such as Tomatito and Paco De Lucia have helped bring flamenco guitar to a global audience, and both have recorded albums at the Casa Limón Studios in Madrid. This studio has a certain mystique about it, and is where David Broza recorded En ...
Keith Jarrett: Budapest Concert
by Karl Ackermann
In October 2020 Keith Jarrett told the New York Times, “I don't know what my future is supposed to be." In that interview, he revealed what had been rumored for some time. A 2018 stroke—one of two that he had suffered—had left him unable to walk and, without the use of his left hand, perhaps permanently. ...
Dafnis Prieto Sextet: Transparency
by John Chacona
In Cuban music, emotional grandeur and extravagant virtuosity is built on a foundation of inexhaustible rhythm. So, it's no surprise to find an abundance of juicy melodies and breathtaking drumming on Transparency from drummer and MacArthur “Genius" Fellow Dafnis Prieto. Yet for all the astonishing things he does behind the kit, what stands out ...
Douglas Olsen: 2 Cents
by Jack Bowers
What seems at first blush to be a nonet on this splendid new album is actually trumpeter Douglas Olsen's core quartet, amplified on various selections by talented guests who raise the number anywhere from a quintet to an octet. Even though Olsen has been a super-busy free-lancer on the New England jazz scene for more than ...
Michael Dalgas Trio: Death of a Tree
by Phillip Woolever
Danish drummer Michael Dalgas' second release was composed while he overcame some considerable challenges, including a bout of depression and an extensive physical rehabilitation process which lasted over ten years. The result is a very good album, with a discernably powerful emotional foundation and varying selection of solid songs. “In 2010 I fell while ...
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