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Jacopo Ferrazza: Theater
by Daniele Vogrig
In perfetto equilibrio fra tradizione e avanguardia, la produzione musicale di Jacopo Ferrazza rappresenta un unicum nell'attuale panorama jazzistico internazionale, all'insegna di un trio il cui raro amalgama costituisce il fertile terreno sul quale, nel giro di pochi anni, è germogliata una scrittura tra le più complesse e ardite attualmente in circolazione. Rimarcherei ...
Marlene Rosenberg: MLK Convergence
by Dan Bilawsky
There's MLK, and then there's MLK. In this particular context we're talking about a three-letter acronym referencing the musical union of bassist Marlene Rosenberg, drummer Lewis Nash, and pianist Kenny Barron. And in broader terms those initials obviously point to the late Martin Luther King, Jr. With MLK Convergence the sounds of the former meet up ...
Hans Koch / Jacques Demierre: Incunabulum
by John Eyles
Although their discographies are both liberally sprinkled with duo recordings, this album seems to be the first time that the Swiss pair of reed man Hans Koch and keyboardist Jacques Demierre have recorded together as a duo. Both have been members of Insub Meta Orchestra and, for a period, were simultaneously in the ensemble long enough ...
Gabriel Ferrandini: Volúpias
by Don Phipps
Portuguese American drummer Gabriel Ferrandini's album Volúpias offers fascinating, impressionistic sound-portraits of the streets and avenues of Lisbon. Yet, unlike what one might expect from an ode to the urban experience, Ferrandini's portraits are often sedate and abstract, more a stroll than a view from a passing vehicle window. These impressions are given form ...
Jesse Palter: Paper Trail
by Chris Mosey
Carole King and her then husband Gerry Goffin once wrote a song titled “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?" It was condemned in some quarters as being likely to encourage promiscuity and this gave King and Goffin a certain cachet. The song was originally recorded in 1960 by the African American girl group The Shirelles and ...
Raffaele Casarano: Oltremare
by Neri Pollastri
Album “internazionale" per il sassofonista pugliese Raffaele Casarano, alla quarta prova per la Tük: tredici brani della sua penna, interpretati con tre musicisti di spicco quali il pianista belga Eric Legnini, il contrabbassista svedese Lars Danielsson e il batterista francese Manu Katché. La scelta dell'organico è ben funzionale al genere di musica, visto che ...
Sheila Jordan: Lucky to Be Me
by Angelo Leonardi
Un nuovo disco di Sheila Jordan, registrato nel novembre 2016 ad 88 anni, non può che suscitare rispetto e amore. La voce mostra fragilità nella pronuncia e nell'intonazione ma la grande cantante statunitense, amica di Charlie Parker e allieva di Lennie Tristano, combatte i limiti dell'età con l'intatta passione, l'intensità interpretativa e l'autenticità di chi non ...
John Luther Adams: Become Desert
by Mark Sullivan
American composer John Luther Adams has long felt a connection with the natural environment, and Become Desert marks the conclusion of a trilogy he never intended to create. Become River (2010) was followed by 2013's Become Ocean (Cantaloupe Music, 2014), which won the Pulitzer Prize for music in 2014. Become Ocean divided the orchestra ...
Lisbon Freedom Unit: Praise Of Our Folly
by John Sharpe
History has repeatedly demonstrated that it may be foolish to bring together large numbers of musicians without any form of roadmap. Those who have set out the slender case for the opposing view include the Globe Unity Orchestra and Peter Brötzmann's Chicago Tentet, but not many more. To that number should now be added the Lisbon ...
Jose Dias: After Silence, Vol. 1
by Don Phipps
To take a single instrument--in this case, the guitar--and compose an album's worth of material that will both entertain and fascinate, is a tall order. But Jose Dias has done just that. Dias' album After Silence, Vol. 1 sports a cover showing a deep-sea diver emerging from a body of water, surrounded by sea gulls and ...
