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Matt Mitchell: Phalanx Ambassadors
by Troy Dostert
Pianist Matt Mitchell's music can be appreciated on a number of levels. It's remarkably cerebral, on the one hand, with a conceptual apparatus that sometimes verges on the impenetrable; yet there are also moments in which the many moving parts of his compositions come together in ways that are quite emotionally powerful. And then there's simply ...
Paul Bley: When Will The Blues Leave
by John Ephland
Ornette Coleman recorded “When Will The Blues Leave" in early 1958, released the next year on Something Else!!!! (Contemporary). Paul Bley played Coleman's blues four years later on The Floater Syndrome (Savoy Records), a trio recording with bassist Steve Swallow and drummer Pete La Roca. Both versions--Coleman's in a quintet with trumpeter Don Cherry, bassist Don ...
Joe Policastro Trio: Nothing Here Belongs
by Jerome Wilson
The Joe Policastro Trio is a working band that has been playing together in Chicago area clubs for almost ten years. This CD reflects that history in how the three musicians play off each others' twists and turns with a near-telepathic rapport. Guitarist Dave Miller darts and swoops with cool assurance while bassist Policastro and drummer ...
Rob Cope: Gods Of Apollo
by Roger Farbey
Rob Cope's debut album, the first of a trilogy of space-inspired recordings, celebrates the 50th anniversary of man first setting foot on the Moon on July 20th 1969. It traces the history of spaceflight from the first satellites to the last crewed Moon landing in 1972. Cope began playing saxophone at the age of eight and ...
Glenn Ferris Italian Quintet: Animal Love
by Neri Pollastri
Animal Love è il primo CD del quintetto italiano del trombonista statunitense Glenn Ferris, formazione che avevamo visto dal vivo lo scorso anno, in occasione di Girone Jazz, apprezzandone le qualità che adesso si possono ritrovare anche sulla documentazione registrata. Ferris è musicista con un rapporto privilegiato con l'Europa e con l'Italia: per anni ...
Jacques Kuba Seguin: Migrations
by Dan McClenaghan
Montreal-based trumpeter/composer Jacques Kuba Sequin's Migrations celebrates people from a wide array of cultural communities in Quebec, Canada. The exploration of those multicultural groups results in Sequin's dynamically sculpted sound that is cohesive, celebratory and anthemic. His investigative interviews of the people he is celebrating here reveal a conglomeration of unabashed optimists, glowing with the joy ...
Samba Azul: Samba Azul
by Mackenzie Horne
If Brazil had hands, it would grab you and never let you go. It is as much an emotional feeling as it is a location on a map. It is this that inspired drummer Adam Osmianski's 2019 project, Samba Azul, a compilation of beloved Brazilian standards. Osmianksi, who was born and raised in Pittsburgh, ...
Enrico Pieranunzi / Thomas Fonnesbæk: Blue Waltz - Live at Gustavs
by Jakob Baekgaard
The best thing about a live recording is that it captures music made in the moment at a particular time and place. Indeed, when Italian pianist, Enrico Pieranunzi and Danish bassist, Thomas Fonnesbæk teamed up for two evenings of live recording at Gustav's Bistro, nobody could know how special it would be. In fact, Pieranunzi had ...
Ehud Ettun: Deep In The Mountains
by Chris Mosey
The mountains in question are those of South Korea, revered as sacred by the inhabitants of that country. They also made an indelible impression on Israeli bassist Ehud Ettun in the 40 days he spent there. The eleven songs on this album—a mix of originals and standards—are coloured by his meditations on the visit.
Riccardo Tesi & Banditaliana: Argento
by Neri Pollastri
Torna Banditaliana, la formazione stabile dell'organettista Riccardo Tesi, e lo fa con un album pieno di nuove composizioni e con un incredibile numero di ospiti. Il titolo del lavoro—Argento—rimanda all'anniversario della formazione, quei venticinque anni di vita festeggiati al momento della registrazione, nel 2017. I brani originali recano tutti il segno di Tesi, anche ...
