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Audrey Ochoa: Frankenhorn
by Dan McClenaghan
Trombonist Audrey Ochoa's Frankenhorn has a big, bold sound. The set was originally planned as a feature for duets with pianist Chris Andrew, with remixes by electronica DJ Battery Poacher. But things got out of hand, in the best sense of things. A rhythm section and strings and keyboard seasonings were brought into the mix, resulting ...
John Abercrombie and Don Thompson: Yesterdays
by Don Phipps
The late John Abercrombie's outstanding and extensive recorded legacy includes two duet albums with fellow guitarist Ralph Towner, Sargasso Sea (ECM 2008) and Five Years Later (ECM, 2014), four Gateway trio albums (with bassist Dave Holland and drummer Jack DeJohnette), and three Baseline Trio albums (with bassist Hein Van de Geyn and drummer Joe LaBarbera).
Tony Adamo: Did Mark Murphy Believe in UFOS?
by Nicholas F. Mondello
The interrogative title of this fine track shares an interesting insight, as well as its supposition. Whether the late singer literally did buy into UFOs--a la Sun Ra who saw “space as the place"--or he didn't is irrelevant. What is key is the fact that Mark Murphy has had a definitive and lasting impact on jazz ...
Eve Risser: Après un rêve
by Alberto Bazzurro
Ventiquattro minuti, un unico lungo brano, dal vivo all'FGO Barbara di Parigi il 16 febbraio 2018, bastano a Eve Risser per dirci tutto e il contrario di tutto: che si può partire lancia in resta, forti di idee, smalto, inventiva, e strada facendo perdere la bussola, smarrire idee, smalto e inventiva, rifugiandosi in un'iteratività decisamente troppo ...
Led Bib: It's Morning
by Claudio Bonomi
Tutta un'altra musica in casa Led Bib con i nuovi ingressi alla voci di Sharron Fortman, co-fondatrice della North Sea Radio Orchestra (ensemble che recentemente ha dato alle stampe Folly Bololey dove propone in compagnia di John Greaves e Annie Barbazza un'affascinante rilettura di Rock Bottom di Robert Wyatt), e di Jack Hues, conosciuto ai più ...
Atom String Quartet: Penderecki
by Ian Patterson
Following its stunning interpretation of the music of Polish jazz violinist Zbigniew Seifert on Seifert (Zbigniew Seifert Foundation, 2017), Atom String Quartet turns its attention to the oeuvre of another great of contemporary Polish music--classical composer and conductor Krzysztof Penderecki. Born in 1933, Penderecki's writing encompasses choral works, operas, symphonies, concerti, chamber music, sacred music, and ...
Jon Hassell / Farafina: Flash Of The Spirit
by Chris May
The trumpeter and keyboard player Jon Hassell is often labelled a practitioner of ambient music. This is a misconstruction resulting mainly from Hassell's encounters with Brian Eno, who is widely perceived as ambient's originator. Hassell's oeuvre, a technologically enabled fusion of western and non-western musics which he calls Fourth World, is a wholly different kettle of ...
Silent Fires: Forests
by John Eyles
Silent Fires is a quartet which brings together Italian pianist and composer Alessandro Sgobbio with three renowned Norwegians, violinist Håkon Aase, vocalist Karoline Wallace and trumpeter Hilde Marie Holsen--whose one-woman album Lazuli (Hubro, 2018) was very well received. As the YouTube clip below shows, in concert the four are often joined onstage by contemporary dancer and ...
Phil Ranelin: Phil Ranelin Collected 2003-2019
by Vincenzo Roggero
Il trombonista Phil Ranelin—classe 1939—rientra a buon diritto nella lunga schiera di unsung heroes, musicisti ai margini della notorietà che da sempre costellano le vicende della musica afroamericana e ne determinano spesso pagine significative. Specialista del trombone a coulisse, Ranelin ha inizialmente prestato i suoi servigi come session man per la prestigiosa Motown per ...
Luca Flores: Innocence
by Angelo Leonardi
Un doppio CD di inediti con Luca Flores al pianoforte nel massimo della sua creatività è un avvenimento e un'occasione da non perdere. La tragica scomparsa nel 1995 del pianista fiorentino a soli 38 anni, aveva scosso profondamente il mondo del jazz italiano e commosso un vasto pubblico, anche grazie al libro Il disco del mondo ...
