Results for "Alma Records"

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First Spring

Label: Alma Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Hound's Tune; Calvary; First Spring; Maid On The Shore; Winter In June; Loosin Yelav; Short Life; Solstice; Rain And Snow.

ARTICLE: MULTIPLE REVIEWS October 31, 2019

3x3: Piano Trios: October 2019

By GENO THACKARA

Esbjörn Svensson Trio Live in Gothenburg ACT Music 2019 At the time, it was a marvel. The Esbjorn Svensson Trio had already come a long way since their early-'90s beginnings in reshaping the already-skewed traditions of Monk-ian jazz. Their audiences back in 2001 would have been continually thrilled at discovering this ...

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW September 17, 2019

Florian Hoefner Trio: First Spring

By DAN MCCLENAGHAN

Many piano trios reach back to past masters for inspiration, playing in the style of Bud Powell, Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson. Others craft their sounds under the influence of contemporary players: Herbie Hancock, Brad Mehldau, McCoy Tyner, Kenny Barron, Ahmad Jamal. On the other hand, the occasional piano trio comes down the road rolling its own ...

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW January 22, 2019

Myriad3: Vera

By JEROME WILSON

The number of contemporary jazz piano trios that take their inspiration from non-jazz sources seems to grow all the time. To a list that includes The Bad Plus, Phronesis, and E.S.T. add the Canadian group Myriad3 which draws from concepts in classical music and progressive rock. They often begin their pieces with one repeated figure and ...

ALBUM

Vera

By MYRIAD3

Label: Alma Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: Pluie Lyonnaise; Tamboa; Ward Lock; Diamond; Piano-Rag-Music; Fortress; DNA; Couche Tard; Meme Art; Total.

ALBUM

Come Fall

By ELLEN DOTY

Label: Alma Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: 1. You're Too Late 2. Maybe I Knew 3. Sea of Hearts 4. September Moon 5. Midnight 6. Dreams You Don't Remember 7. Go Easy 8. Give Love 9. Favourite Sweater 10. Give It Up 11. Stranger 12. Tried to Sing

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW September 18, 2018

Myriad3: Vera

By DAN BILAWSKY

Vera, the fourth album from the Toronto-based trio collective Myriad3, is a fascinating example of how fastidious design principles and shrewdly executed extemporization can truly complement and even counterpoise one another. There's serious attention to detail in each of these ten pieces, but the music benefits greatly from its embrace of uncertainties and creative expression(s).

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Antidote

By ROTEM SIVAN

Label: Alma Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Shahar; Antidote; Over The Rainbow; Reconstruction; Aloof; Sun Song; Rustic Heart; Make You Feel My Love; Knives; For Emotional Use Only; Bruchim Ha Nimtzaim

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Music For Lonely Souls (beloved by nature)

By LYDIAN SOUND ORCHESTRA

Label: Alma Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Caravan; Un capanno (di montagna) in mezzo al mare; Midsummer night; In a Sentimental Mood; Rd 514; Les (arbres); Mood Indigo; Les feuilles (de grands arbres) ne peuvent pas mourir; Nassim; Half the Fun; Ch. City; Freedom Day.

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW June 29, 2017

Rotem Sivan Trio: Antidote

By DAN BILAWSKY

Heartbreak knows no true cure, but music can act as something of an antidote or coping mechanism to assist in dealing with it and suffering through it. That's what guitarist-composer Rotem Sivan discovered after a long-term relationship came to a swift and unexpected end. He turned to music to help him grapple with his demons and ...