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Bert Joris

Documentary: Bert Joris and A Song Is Born

January 19, 2024

Bert Joris is a Belgian trumpeter and flugelhornist with a beautiful tone who has been recording since 1978. Let me give you a taste. In 1987, Bert recorded with legendary Belgian vibraphonist Fats Sadi on a spectacular album called Sadi's Nonet. If you dig Miles Davis's Birth of the Cool, you'll love this album. Here's Thanks ...

Chet Remembered

By Enrico Pieranunzi

Label: Challenge Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: From E. To C.; Lost And Found; Chet; Soft Journey; Fairy Flowers; Night Bird; Echoes; Brown Cat Dance; The Real You.

Octet Sessions, Vol. 3

By Bert Joris

Label: Jazz Master Tracks
Released: 2023
Track listing: Triple; Struttin’ with Struttin’; Connections; Magic Box; Anna; Mr. Dodo; Sundown; King Combo.

Jack Bowers' Best Jazz Albums Of 2023

by Jack Bowers
December 19, 2023

2023 was another banner year for jazz of all shapes and sizes. It has been a pleasure to review so many splendid big-band albums along with wonderful enterprises by smaller groups, some of which were recording for the first time (hopefully, not the last). If this was a preview of things to come, we look forward ...

Bert Joris: Octet Sessions, Vol. 3

by Jack Bowers
June 27, 2023

For the Octet Sessions, Vol. 3 in Brussels-based Jazz Master Tracks' series of accessible apps, the renowned Belgian trumpeter/composer Bert Joris was tasked with rearranging eight of his splendid compositions written for big bands, symphonic orchestras and other large ensembles for an octet comprised of some of western Europe's leading jazz musicians. Joris chose to do ...

Enrico Pieranunzi & Bert Joris: Chet Remembered

by Chris May
June 23, 2023

Chet Remembered is the second disc the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi has recorded with a big band in as many years. Both are what used to be called “concept albums." 2022's offering, Blues & Bach (Challenge), was made with the Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana, and celebrated the compositions of John Lewis, mainly those Lewis recorded with the Modern ...

Samuel Blaser: As the Sea

by John Kelman
May 27, 2023

Plenty has been written about musical camaraderie--the building of long-term musical relationships and their unmistakable impact on the evolution of a group. Few, however, discuss the inevitable impact of personal relationships behind the music. Times have changed, and few jazz groups tour for more than a couple of consecutive weeks; still, hitting the road for even ...

Afterglow

By Enrico Pieranunzi

Label: Challenge Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Siren’s Lounge; Afterglow; Millie; Cradle Song For Mattia; Five Plus Five; Anne April Sang; Freelude; What’s What; How Could We Forget; Not Found; The Real You.

Enrico Pieranunzi & Bert Joris: Afterglow

by Chris May
December 29, 2020

Enrico Pieranunzi is a multidimensional pianist and composer, but when he is in mellow mood he can remind one of the late, great Henry Mancini—and it is not just his Italian heritage. Pieranunzi is a classically trained jazz musician, whereas Mancini was a jazz trained soundtrack composer with a heaven-sent gift for writing great tunes, “Moon ...