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John Pizzarelli: For Centennial Reasons: 100 Year Salute To Nat King Cole
by Dan Bilawsky
John Pizzarelli's fondness for the work of Nat King Cole isn't exactly a secret. He delivered two full-length tribute albums to that most-revered of figures during the '90s—Dear Mr. Cole (Novus, 1994) and P.S. Mr. Cole (RCA, 1999) —and he's continued to sing Cole's praises in the intervening years. Now, with the great pianist-vocalist's centennial upon ...
Various Artists: Sunny Side Up
by Chris May
London DJ Gilles Peterson's worldwide touring produces some singular jazz and near-jazz experiences, the best of which he documents on his Brownswood Recordings label. Modern Cuban music figures prominently in the catalogue, and there have been several Japanese jazz albums, most memorably the Toshio Matsuura Group's Loveplaydance: 8 Scenes From The Floor (Brownswood, 2018). The label ...
Celine Rudolph: Pearls
by Friedrich Kunzmann
At some point in their career, most vocalists usually make a choice. They decide which language they prefer singing in and what type of music they want to make. Sometimes these things vary from one album to the next, but in most cases a specific style can be traced on a global level over the entire ...
Antonino Restuccia & Santiago Bogacz: Subsuelo
by Hrayr Attarian
Uruguayan bassist Antonino Restuccia and guitarist Santiago Bogacz's second EP, the cinematic Subsuelo, like their first was recorded live in their hometown, Montevideo. Also like their first recording, it contains a single, entirely improvised live track. Even though there is less than year between the two sessions the duo's creativity has developed and their camaraderie has ...
Satoko Fujii: Ninety-Nine Years
by Angelo Leonardi
Com'è noto la vulcanica e prolifica bandleader giapponese ha pubblicato--nell'anno del suo sessantesimo--un album al mese con le formazioni a lei più congeniali. In questo lavoro è di scena la sua orchestra berlinese, con cui ha debuttato in Ichigo Ichie (Libra 2015) con un organico quasi simile: al posto del trombettista Nikolaus Neuser c'è ora Lina ...
Paul Grabowsky, Mirko Guerrini, Niko Schäuble: Torrio!
by Neri Pollastri
Il sassofonista e compositore toscano Mirko Guerrini si è trasferito nel 2013 in Australia, dove insegna alla Monash University di Melbourne e dove ha anche una ricca attività concertistica con musicisti di quel paese—e anche internazionali, vista la frequenza con cui vi si invitano grandi artisti stranieri. In quel contesto è nato il trio Torrio!, che ...
Stephan Thelen: Fractal Guitar Remixes and Extra Tracks
by Mark Sullivan
Swiss guitarist-composer Stephan Thelen (leader of the band Sonar) released his first solo album Fractal Guitar (Moonjune Records, 2019) to great acclaim. This remix album offers a dramatic new look at four of the original five tracks--only “Radiant Day" is skipped--as well as adding three new tracks from Thelen and two collaborators. The remix ...
David Sanchez: Carib
by Friedrich Kunzmann
Puerto Rican Saxophonist David Sanchez belongs to the most prolific jazz musicians of the past twenty to thirty years. Not that the quality of his output suffers from the frequency of publications. Beyond his own highly praised recordings, he is recognized for his contributions to groups led by the likes of Kenny Barron, Pat Metheny and ...
Friends & Neighbors: What's Next
by John Sharpe
With its fourth release, the Scandinavian quintet Friends & Neighbors, whose moniker references Ornette Coleman's album of near enough the same name, continues to find fertile soil in the American free jazz furrow. This time out the unchanged quintet of trumpeter Thomas Johansson, reedman André Roligheten, pianist Oscar Grönberg, bassist Jon Rune Strøm and percussionist Tollef ...
Judy Niemack: New York Stories
by Angelo Leonardi
Non è tra le cantanti più celebri del jazz moderno, ma è certamente tra le più brave. A differenza di quanto accade oggi nel mondo delle vocalist, Judy Niemack non fa surfing da uno stile all'altro ma continua a esaltare la tradizione vocale nata dal bop e dal cool jazz. E lo fa in maniera splendida, ...
