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Deep Energy Orchestra: Playing with Fire
by Chris M. Slawecki
Deep Energy Orchestra is unique in its musical repertoire, approach, and style, all of which burn light and heat into their first live recording Playing with Fire. DEO's lead voice comes equally from progressive guitar pot-stirrer and King Crimson mainstay Trey Gunn; Carnatic percussionist V. Selvaganish, a member of John McLaughlin's transcendent group Remember Shakti; electric ...
Gianni Mimmo, Silvia Corda, Adriano Orrù: Clairvoyance
by Neri Pollastri
La pianista Silvia Corda e il contrabbassista Adriano Orrù sono due eccellenti improvvisatori cagliaritani, soliti suonare con musicisti che si muovano su analoghi territori -in passato hanno registrato per esempio con Giancarlo Schiaffini o con Marco Colonna. In questo Clairvoyance si incontrano con il sassofonista soprano Gianni Mimmo, che produce il lavoro per la sua etichetta ...
Sun Ra And His Astro Infinity Arkestra: Pathways To Unknown Worlds
by Ian Patterson
To make sense of Sun Ra's teeming discography would require a forensic sensibility. The Alabaman's output was vast, reissues on multiple labels numerous, and the provenance of much of his studio work--the dates, location, personnel etc—is often uncertain. This reissue of Pathways to Unknown Worlds, first released in 1975 on ABC/Impulse!, is a case in point. ...
Vin Gordon: African Shores
by Chris May
In 2019, British saxophonist Nat Birchall is celebrating twenty years as a bandleader. His specialism is post-John Coltrane spiritual jazz. Since 1999 he has released an album every two years or so. The most recent was the outstanding Cosmic Language (Jazzman, 2018). The next is due later this year. Fittingly for an anniversary year, it will ...
Ilia Belorukov, Gabriel Ferrandini: Disquiet
by Don Phipps
"Energetic" may not be a strong enough word to describe this fascinating collaboration between Russian saxophonist Ilia Belorukov and American drummer Gabriel Ferrandini. Like the near-infinite splatter-patterns of a Pollack painting, the two drip, drop, slam, stutter and explode across the musical canvas of their album Disquiet, with a sense of urgency that brings to mind ...
Das Rad: Das Rad
by Glenn Astarita
More from the imaginary artistic world of multi-instrumentalist, multi-reedman, producer Martin Archer and associates is a welcome surprise. Then again, the artist's Discus label offers a huge discography devised on dissimilar, futuristic and unorthodox outcomes. Other than the one-off modern jazz outings, Archer is a crafty, forward-thinking musician, spanning numerous ensembles, large and small. Here, the ...
The Ayn Inserto Jazz Orchestra: Down a Rabbit Hole
by Angelo Leonardi
Meno nota al pubblico di Maria Schneider, Ayn Inserto non è meno brava. In questo quarto lavoro orchestrale in 12 anni riafferma d'essere la straordinaria bandleader formatasi per un intenso biennio con Bob Brookmeyer al New England Conservatory. Nata a Singapore e trasferitasi con la famiglia in California quando aveva 14 anni, Ayn ha collezionato prestigiosi ...
Idan Morim: I.M.
by Claudio Bonomi
Idan Morim, chitarrista e compositore israeliano, da anni risiede a New York dove ha affinato tecnica, pratica e uno stile originale che sposa eleganza timbrica e groove. Prima con un proprio trio, battezzato, I.M., e più recentemente con un quintetto in cui spicca il trombettista Adam O'Farrill, già noto agli addetti ai lavori per aver lavorato ...
Pete Coco: Lined With A Groove
by Dan McClenaghan
Bassist Pete Coco tips his hat to his fellow four-stringers with his debut recording, Lined With A Groove, in a piano-trio setting, with New Orleans-bred Sullivan Fortner on the eighty-eights, and Matt Wilson sitting in on drums. The setlist is drawn from the compositions of fellow bass men Charlie Haden, Ron Carter, Paul Chambers, Ray Brown, ...
Patrick Brennan / Abdul Moimême: Terraphonia
by Karl Ackermann
Somewhere on a timeline that includes studying guitar in Madrid and architecture in Boston, Portuguese native Abdul Moimême studied saxophone with American artist Patrick Brennan. Moimême has been prolific as part of almost two-dozen leader/co-leader releases since his debut Nekhephthu (Creative Sources, 2008). Brennan is lightly recorded with four leader dates over the past two decades. ...
