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Howe Gelb: Gathered
by Jakob Baekgaard
Singer/songwriter Howe Gelb has made his name with desert-rock/alt-country pioneers, Giant Sand, but he also has a lengthy solo-career, and his 24th album, Gathered, finds him in his usual excellent form. The album follows a flirtation with jazz that came to the fore on the superb Future Standards (Fire Records, 2016) and the ...
Eyolf Dale & André Roligheten: Departure
by Roger Farbey
This follow-up to Eyolf Dale's 2018 album Return To Mind, as with its 2016 predecessor, Dale's Wolf Valley, features André Roligheten on tenor sax and clarinet. But crucially, on Departure Dale and Roligheten have dispensed with a rhythm section. This is not a new format since this Norwegian pair had played in a duo configuration under ...
Carlo Maria Nartoni Norvegian Trio: Syria
by Neri Pollastri
Trio diretto dal pianista Carlo Maria Nartoni, formazione classica ed esperienze nella Civica Jazz Band di Milano, con una giovane ritmica norvegese, Syria è un riuscitissimo lavoro che fonde con molto equilibrio l'estetica nordeuropea, il lirismo compositivo e una grande libertà esecutiva--ben sei dei quindici brani sono completamente improvvisati e l'intero lavoro è registrato come un ...
Joan Torres's All Is Fused: Revolution
by Paul Naser
Since the band's last record, Of The Musical (Self Produced, 2016), Joan Torres' All Is Fused has taken time to dig deeper into its influences and expand its sound. This year All Is Fused returns with an evolved vibe that finds it delving deep into fusion and Latin with a slight nod to the avant-garde and ...
Casper Nyvang Rask's "Slow Evolution Ensemble": Slow Evolution Ensemble
by Dan McClenaghan
Artists presenting their debut album usually draw heavily on their influences, and end up sounding like them, in a watered down way. Danish bassist Casper Nyvang Rask takes a different tangent, assembling his “Slow Evolution Ensemble"—five reeds, two drummers, and two double bass players—to create a unique and personal sound of an engaging avant-garde variety.
Gabriel Zucker: Weighting
by Troy Dostert
If ever there was a novelist whose work seems ideally suited for musical expression, it would be Rachel Kushner. With phrases that jump off the page with infectious energy and themes that reveal themselves fleetingly and mysteriously, her books swirl with ideas, but always with the unmistakable impression that are deeper truths yet to be found ...
Howard Riley: Live In The USA
by John Sharpe
This archival issue should further bolster British pianist Howard Riley's place among the top rank. Riley first came to prominence with the advent of his pioneering trio with bassist Barry Guy and various drummers including Tony Oxley, which extended yet further the egalitarian template first established by Bill Evans and Paul Bley. However Live In the ...
Oytun Ersan: Fusiolicious
by Roger Farbey
Bass prodigy Oytun Ersan is a Turkish Cypriot based in Nicosia, North Cyprus He's performed or collaborated with a host of jazz stars including Wycliffe Gordon, Mitchel Forman and drummer Dave Weckl who's featured on this high voltage fusion album. On the frenetic opener, “Oh, That Butterfly!" there's are coruscating solos from Eric Marienthal, ...
Anthony Braxton: Quartet (Willisau) 1991 Studio
by Alberto Bazzurro
Uscita in origine (1992) in formato CD quadruplo (Studio & Live), questa è un'opera fondamentale (o se preferite la metà di essa) nella discografia di Anthony Braxton, posta al culmine della parabola creativa di quello che è stato senz'ombra di dubbio il suo gruppo più longevo, vale a dire il quartetto con Marilyn Crispell (per un ...
Billy Mohler: Focus!
by Vincenzo Roggero
Strano quartetto quello che dà alle stampe Focus. Vi troviamo Shane Endsley e Nate Wood dei Kneebody, Chris Speed degli Human Feel e Claudia Quintet e... Billy Mohler dei The Calling, proprio la pop band di “Wherever You Will Go" tormentone ai primi posti delle classifiche di mezzo mondo (tra cui anche quella italiana ) nell'ormai ...
