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In Paris: The ORTF Recordings
by Maurizio Comandini
Ogni tanto gli archivi sparsi nel nostro pianeta si aprono per regalare belle e rare emozioni agli attenti cittadini del mondo della musica. Non è cosa così semplice come potrebbe apparire superficialmente: per trovare questi tesori nascosti serve anche l'energia di un gruppo di persone che si appassiona e si mette a caccia delle cose nascoste ...
Pablo Held Trio: Recondita Armonia
by Phillip Woolever
This solid release furthers the evidence that Held's trio (with bassist Robert Landfermann and percussionist Jonas Burgwinkel) continues to set lofty goals, and proves again the group is quite capable of splendid results. After achieving success with a project like their collaboration with John Scofield, some performers might have taken a pause simply to ...
Marc Copland: Zenith and Haunted Heart
by John Ephland
Zenith InnerVoice Jazz 2016 There's some shared, ongoing history here. Between drummer Joey Baron and bassist Drew Gress, pianist Marc Copland has logged some pretty decent music time. Add trumpeter Ralph Alessi and there's a new element, one not found in the rhythm section's work with guitarist John Abercrombie or in the ...
Aki Rissanen: Amorandom
by Roger Farbey
In a world of piano trios, a point of difference is simply essential. This particular trio, hailing from Finland and led by pianist Aki Rissanen, makes that difference clear from the outset. The key to this, and in addition to each of the musicians' individual talents, is the group's ability to change mood subtly and kaleidoscopically. ...
Jeff Williams: Outlier
by Roger Farbey
Drummer Jeff Williams is an American expatriate now residing in London, England. Following his formal drumming studies commencing in 1968 at Berklee College of Music, Williams became a seasoned veteran of the U.S. jazz scene, accompanying some of the biggest names in the business including Stan Getz, Joe Lovano, Dave Liebman, Richie Beirach, Cedar Walton, Lee ...
Marc Copland: Zenith
by Budd Kopman
Whenever pianist Marc Copland is a sideman on a session, much less leading the session, there are very high expectations for the music. Whether it is the lustrous sound he gets from the keyboard, which includes his pedalling, the dense harmonies which create shimmering harmonics or the intelligence of his lines and compositions, Copland has a ...
Bill Evans: What Is There to Say?
If there's a single song that represents a turning point in the career of pianist Bill Evans from soloist to leader, it might be What Is There to Say? from his trio album Everybody Digs Bill Evans (Riverside). Recorded in December 1958, the song provides a glimpse of what's to come in Evans's development as a ...
Lyle Mays Quartet: The Ludwigsburg Concert
by Karl Ackermann
He has been referred to as Pat Metheny's alter ego, in the way that Billy Strayhorn was to Duke Ellington. Pianist/composer Lyle Mays was born with perfect pitch in a tiny rural hamlet of Wisconsin. Had it not been for his family's strong affinity for music, Mays may have had little exposure in that environment. Mays ...
Bill Evans: Live at Town Hall
Yesterday, long-time reader Kurt Kolstad sent along the program sheet (front and back) for the Feb. 21, 1966 concert by pianist Bill Evans at New York's Town Hall. The album, Bill Evans at Town Hall, has always had a Volume One" tagged onto the end of the title. Yet a volume two" was never issued by ...
Keith Tippett: Mujician Solo IV – Live in Piacenza
by Duncan Heining
From its opening notes, it is apparent that Keith Tippett's first solo recording in fifteen years is something very special indeed. Tippett has always been a player with a talent for musical pyrotechnics, cascades of notes--triplets, trills, mordants and arpeggios-colliding with mighty tone clusters. But equally, he has also been an artist of great emotional subtlety ...


