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Maciej Lewenstein: Quantum Mechanics of Polish Jazz
by Cezary L. Lerski
Maciej Lewenstein was born in 1955 in Warsaw. He is a theoretical physicist and currently an ICREA professor at Institut de Ciències Fotòniques (ICFO) in Castelldefels near Barcelona, Spain. He has written more than 500 scientific papers and is the recipient of many international and national prizes. Next to theoretical physics his other passion is music ...
Mark Kleinhaut, Nat Janoff, Guillermo Bazzola, and Shan Arsenault
by Dom Minasi
Welcome back to Guitarists Rendezvous, our second installment in a series that introduces readers to emerging or established guitarists who fly just under the radar of public recognition. Each will field the same four questions and we've included audio and video so you can sample their music. This installment includes a diverse group ...
Agusti Fernandez / Zlatko Kaučič: Sonic Party
by John Sharpe
Sonic Party documents a live meeting between Catalan pianist Agusti Fernandez and Slovenian percussionist Zlatko Kaucic. Unlike similar encounters with his countryman Ramon Lopez, all the selections here are generated on the fly. Such pairings accentuate the percussive nature of the piano, and all the more so because Fernandez is one of the greatest proponents of ...
Telmo Fernandez Organ Trio: The Soul Jazz Beat Vol. 1
by Bruce Lindsay
The Telmo Fernández Organ Trio is a bit of a throwback--to the classic hard bop organ trios of yore. The title of the trio's first album, The Soul Jazz Beat Vol. 1, tells it like it is--a soulful, jazzy, collection that's high on melody and groove, a head-shaking and hip-swinging sort of album, low on pretention ...
Iñaki Sandoval: Electric Trio Live
by Bruce Lindsay
At the heart of Electric Trio Live from Barcelona-based keyboard player and composer Iñaki Sandoval, there's a feeling of warmth. Whether it's Sandoval's own electric keyboards, Carles Benavent's 5-string electric bass guitar or Roger Blàvia's drums, each instrument has a full, rich sound that lends the recording a welcoming, friendly, feel.Sandoval was born in ...
Paolo Angeli: S'û
by Bruce Lindsay
S'û is the sound of a master musician. The master in question is Paolo Angeli, a virtuoso player of the prepared Sardinian guitar (an instrument he has developed over the past 20 years). Angeli has worked with musicians from many genres--including jazz players such as Pat Metheny, Hamid Drake, Evan Parker and Fred Frith--developing an ever-increasing ...
Agustí Fernández / Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard / Bjørn Heebøll: Amaranth
by Mark Corroto
To call Spanish pianist Agustí Fernández an inside/outside player isn't to suggest that he dabbles in both straight-ahead and free jazz. As a free, improvising pianist, he is one of the most sensitive players in today's scene. No, calling Fernández an inside/outside player literally means he can often be found playing his instrument both from the ...
David Mengual Free Spirits Big Band: Vertebrats
by Bruce Lindsay
This is a bit of a monster. The David Mengual Free Spirits Big Band is a big Big Band--27 musicians--with impressive musical scope, mixing improvisation with written charts, original pieces with tunes by some of the best known and most respected composers of the last 300 years. Vertebrats is the band's third album--a richly varied, ambitious ...
Hat: Twins
by Vincenzo Roggero
La band nasce a Barcellona nel 2004 grazie all'incontro nella città catalana di quattro musicisti i cui percorsi si erano già incrociati in passato sia in terra iberica che oltreoceano. Le buone sensazioni scattano immediate, l'alchimia non stenta a manifestarsi ed ecco che il gruppo si ritrova in sala d'incisione. A distanza di dieci anni esce ...
Barcelona Voll-Damm Internacional Jazz Festival 2014
by Bruce Lindsay
Barcelona Voll-Damm Internacional Jazz Festival Barcelona October 31-November 6, 2014 The 46th Barcelona Voll-Damm Internacional Jazz Festival proved once again that jazz is a crucial contemporary art form--one that encourages us to think; one that engages with many, many cultures around the world; one that can create surprise; one that can ...
