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Darek Oleszkiewicz: Blues For Charlie
by Jim Worsley
The serious jazz musician or listener will tell you that to hear the music that prolific bassist Charlie Haden left us, is to be given a rare gift. Haden's extraordinary abilities first made an impact in the 1950s. Perhaps best known for his work with the Ornette Coleman Quartet, Haden's most influential mark was in the ...
Claire Ritter, Ran Blake: Eclipse Orange
by Alberto Bazzurro
Misura, buon gusto e un po' di accademia: questo, in estrema sintesi, ciò che troviamo in questo elegante album inciso dal vivo alla Queens University of Charlotte nel luglio 2017 da uno degli autentici decani del pianismo jazz, Ran Blake (classe 1935), accanto alla collega ed ex-allieva Claire Ritter (1952), di fatto principale artefice dell'operazione (sua ...
Arlo Bigazzi: Tribæ Soundtrack
by Neri Pollastri
Ha una particolarità questo album del bassista e compositore Arlo Bigazzi: la prima delle sue quattro tracce--che peraltro ispira anche le rimanenti--nasce come “colonna sonora" di una graphic novel del disegnatore Luca Brandi, Tribæ -The Cascade, un albo in bianco e nero, senza alcun testo ma dalla grafica ricercatissima, che narra una storia tra il fantascientifico ...
The Casimir Connection: Cause and Effect
by Ian Patterson
Though perhaps best known as a writer, arranger and leader of big bands, particularly the seventeen-piece Giant Steppes, saxophonist Diane McLoughlin is no stranger to the cut and thrust of small ensemble dynamics; the London-based musician plays with both the Alison Rayner Quintet and the Chris Hodgson Quartet. The Casimir Connection, however, is a different proposition; ...
Joachim Zoepf: Geschmacksarbeit
by John Eyles
Among other skills, Germany's Joachim Zoepf plays various saxophones as well as bass clarinet and piano. Having recently come across free improv, in 1989 he recorded for the first time, the result being the solo album Solo Reeds -Elements (Musikverlag H. Burger & M. Müller, 1989) on which he played soprano and baritone saxophones plus bass ...
Larry Corban: Emergence
by Geannine Reid
New York guitarist Larry Corban has once again come together with the Aperturistic Trio—pianist James Weidman, bassist Harvie S, drummer Steve Williams—for his fifth recording Emergence. Though titled like a debut album Emergence features a seasoned Corban employing a Gibson L-5 that easily navigates bold swinging on up-tempo burners, and tender musings on lyrical ballads. The ...
Dino Betti van der Noot: Two Ships in the Night
by Neri Pollastri
Torna Dino Betti van der Noot, il nostro più singolare compositore per grandi organici, che all'incirca ogni due anni ci regala un nuovo lavoro, ogni volta articolato, ricco di colori e scenari diversi, ma anche di colte citazioni extramusicali che rendono ancor più appassionanti i racconti sonori sviluppati dalle sue composizioni. Stavolta il titolo ...
Michael Leonhart: Suite Extracts Vol. 1
by Angelo Leonardi
Credo proprio di non esagerare ma è dall'uscita di There Comes a Time di Gil Evans che non ascoltavo un album orchestrale così eclettico nella sintesi di materiali diversi. Il nuovo disco di Michael Leonhart segue il debutto di The Painted Lady Suite (Sunnyside 2018), il maestoso affresco musicale che evocava l'impressionismo del primo Evans, con ...
Michael Dease: Never More Here
by Dan McClenaghan
Trombonist Michael Dease released Bonafide (Posi-Tone Records) in 2018. The disc was a testament to some of his influences—pianist Geri Allen, trumpeter Marcus Belgrave, trombonist J.J. Johnson. For his 2019 testament, Never No More Here, he tips his hat to saxophonist Charlie Parker. But he doesn't cover “Confirmation" “or “An Oscar For Treadwell" or “Segment," familiar ...
Jo Berger Myhre & Ólafur Björn Ólafsson: Lanzarote
by Gareth Thompson
A testament to water and fire, Lanzarote is the fourth largest island in the Canary archipelago. In the 1960s, tourism was encouraged there at all costs, elements of which survive in Brit-pubs and karaoke bars on the waterfront at Puerto del Carmen. But the island's moon-like terrain has more recently lured visitors seeking yoga and yurts, ...
