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Jim Rotondi & Dena DeRose: Out of the Past
by Jack Bowers
Although trumpeter Jim Rotondi and pianist-singer Dena DeRose had wanted to record together for years, life always seemed to get in the way. Finally, when they were both on faculty at the University for Music and Dramatic Arts in Graz, Austria, Rotondi decided to make it happen. He booked a studio in Vienna, enlisted the services ...
Max Ionata Special Edition: Tivoli
by Neri Pollastri
Da anni residente in nordeuropa, il sassofonista Max Ionata presenta questo suo ultimo lavoro alla testa di un classico quartetto di musicisti scandinavi. Classico è anche lo stile musicale, in un programma per metà fatto di omaggi e per metà di originali, uno dei quali a firma del da noi più noto componente del ...
Tim Larkin: Setting Standards
by Acacia Grace
Immerse yourself in the smooth, sophisticated sounds of contemporary jazz with Tim Larkin's Setting Standards. From the opening notes, Larkin establishes an effortless atmosphere, allowing his horns to take center stage without overpowering the arrangements. There is a relaxed confidence to his playing that makes the album particularly inviting: music that feels equally suited to attentive ...
Earth Tongues: Phases
by Mark Corroto
When we think about a recording, we rarely consider its tactile qualities. We hear pulse, rhythm and momentum, the obvious physicality of sound. A rave, for example, can be experienced as much through the body as through the ears, its bass frequencies vibrating through bone and muscle. But the trio Earth Tongues approaches physicality from the ...
Mike Jones: Mike Jones With Strings
by Jack Bowers
Pianist Mike Jones' With Strings does not denote a sizable orchestral design but a piano-jazz trio in which a guitar replaces the drums, a format introduced in the 1930s by Nat King Cole's peerless trio and favored for years by the legendary Canadian pianist Oscar Peterson with Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel or Joe Pass on guitar. ...
Josh Warren: The Path
by Glenn Astarita
Brevity, done well, remains an underrated virtue in jazz. Josh Warren is not yet a household name, though he has been building a reputation the honest way, working alongside a string of notable artists before ever stepping out as a leader. Based in Toronto and only 22 years old, he arrives at The Path with more ...
Ilaria Capalbo: The Brightest Sun
by Ian Patterson
"Look at the darkness," penned Lebanese-American poet Khalil Gibran, “giving birth to the sun." The arrival of a firstborn child also gives birth to the mother, who did not exist before. For Stockholm-based bassist-composer Ilaria Capalbo the profound experience of motherhood triggered a musical response of significant measure. Whereas her impressive debut, Karthago (Bluenord Records, 2022) ...
Satoko Fujii: Second Attempt
by Glenn Astarita
Satoko Fujii has spent three decades assembling large ensembles the way other composers assemble scores, treating personnel as raw material shaped alongside melody and structure. Her Berlin orchestra, formed during a 2014 residency, reunites nine years later. Recorded live in Berlin on May 3, 2026, the album closes out a tour Fujii nearly abandoned after a ...
EMEM: EMEM
by Marco Iacoboni
Emem è un nome utilizzato dagli Efik, un gruppo etnico del sud della Nigeria, e viene dato ai bambini come auspicio per un futuro sereno e armonioso. Significa “pace" e Tranquillità." Mi piace pensare che il collettivo con Simone Graziano al pianoforte, Francesco Ponticelli al contrabasso e Marco Frattini alla batteria e percussioni, abbia ...
Karl Berger, Ingrid Sertso, Giancarlo Mazzù, Luciano Troja: One Mind
by Neri Pollastri
"Quest'opera straordinaria è una raffinata miscela di poesia, preghiera, influenze orientali, canto e interazione musicale. Un viaggio, un canto, una ricerca spirituale. Un vero incontro tra Mente e Spirito. Più lo ascolti, più lo sentirai. Una vera opera d'arte." Così, nelle note di copertina, Rocco John Iacovone descrive quest'album che, registrato a New York nel 2019 ...
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