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Emmet Cohen: Masters Legacy Series Volume 4: Emmet Cohen Featuring George Coleman
by Mike Jurkovic
So here we are, nearly knocking on the door to February 2020, and we're listening to the second of Emmet Cohen's two entrancing, late 2019 releases: Masters Legacy Series Vol. 4 Emmet Cohen featuring George Coleman--a good harbinger for the new year. And heaven knows we could use a boatload of good harbingers these exhausting days. ...
Kuzu: Purple Dark Opal
by Mark Corroto
Thank your lucky stars that Kuzu's previous disc Hiljaisuus (Aerophonic/Astral Spirits, 2019) was not a one-off meeting. That recording, their first concert together in 2017, inspired the trio to tour and explore their brand of free jazz. Purple Dark Opal, recorded live in Milwaukee in October 2018, found the trio in the midst of an extended ...
Marilyn Lerner / Ken Filiano / Lou Grassi: Intention
by John Sharpe
Unlike a novel, where the writer needs to pique prospective purchasers' interest with the first paragraph, the instant attention-grabbing tactic is not always possible with music, especially if it's a live recording which captures the arc of a performance. So, while the opening track of Intention by the threesome of pianist Marilyn Lerner, bassist Ken Filiano ...
Ben van Gelder & Reinier Baas: Mokum in HI-FI
by Vincenzo Roggero
Avevamo lascito gli ineffabili Ben Van Gelder e Reinier Baas alle prese con la Metropole Orkest nello sfavillante Smash Hits , ed eccoli ripresentarsi a distanza di un anno in duo, ossia con la formazione che si è esibita sui palchi di mezza Europa e li ha fatti conoscere al grande pubblico. I due non hanno ...
Kyoko Katsunuma + Jun Miyake: Colomena
by Friedrich Kunzmann
From collaborating with the likes of Arto Lindsay (Ambitious Lovers), Caetano Veloso or Ichiko Aoba, through contributing to the Wim Wenders' 2011 Piana Bausch documentary soundtrack or providing the score to Joseph Ceder's 2016 feature film Norman, to even composing the music for Mercedes-Benz commercials, Japanese composer/trumpeter Jun Miyake's creativity seems inexhaustible. After compiling and producing ...
Matthew Shipp / Nate Wooley: What If?
by Mark Corroto
Sixty years after Miles Davis recorded “So What" during his Kind Of Blue (Columbia, 1959) sessions, the duo of pianist Matthew Shipp and trumpeter Nate Wooley ask the question What If?, as in, “What if, in the 21st century, all music was free?" Free as in free range, without prejudgement, unbiased and without partisanship. ...
Dave Rempis / Joshua Abrams / Avreeayl Ra / Jim Baker: Apsis
by John Sharpe
After appearing on one half of Perihelion (Aerophonic, 2016), keyboardist Jim Baker has joined Chicago saxophonist Dave Rempis' working trio with bassist Joshua Abrams and drummer Avreeayl Ra on a permanent basis. In one respect the band seems one of the most traditional of the reedman's projects. That's largely down to how the ...
Woody Black 4 & Voices: The Fire This Time
by Alberto Bazzurro
Il quartetto denominato Woody Black capitanato dal clarinettista austriaco Leonhard Skorupa giunge al suo terzo album e lo fa abbinandosi a una serie di voci, invero più dette che cantate, in inglese e tedesco, che contrassegnano massicciamente i tracciati del lavoro. Il loro intersecarsi (meglio: sovrapporsi, perché la loro posizione risulta in effetti quasi sempre preminente) ...
Steve Beresford & John Butcher: Old Paradise Airs
by John Eyles
Recorded in May 2019, at London's Iklectik venue (which is located in Old Paradise Yard), Old Paradise Airs pairs Steve Beresford on piano, objects or electronics with John Butcher on tenor or soprano saxophone, a duo which dates back to 1988 when Beresford and Butcher (plus trombonist Alan Tomlinson) recorded a five-minute track for a compilation ...
Giuseppe Millaci & Vogue Trio: The Endless Way
by Mike Jurkovic
There is a distinct lived-in, road-tested and chops confidence permeating bassist-composer Giuseppe Millaci & Vogue Trio's second recording The Endless Way. Road-tested is the key concept here. With each of the album's nine tracks composed to reflect upon moments and experiences along the global roads yearning for jazz, Millaci, premiere pianist Amaury Faye and ...
