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Provenance

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Aldebaran; Provenance; Three Thirteen; Squizzle; Trails Crossing; Traces Of A Song; Pendulum; Banyan Waltz; Pulse; Dance; Garden Of Silence; Merry-Go-Round.

Article: Year in Review

Geno Thackara's Best Releases of 2017

by Geno Thackara
December 17, 2017

My second year playing in the All About Jazz sandbox has been even more packed with great times and great musical discoveries than the first. I had the pleasure of reviewing plenty of terrific recordings just as strong or highly-rated as those on this list, not to mention some superb live shows, but these were the ...

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Bjorn Meyer: Provenance

Read "Provenance" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
November 17, 2017

Bassist Björn Meyer strongly believes that there are multiple functions for bass. Born just outside of Stockholm, he started out playing piano and some guitar but when he randomly picked up a bass, he realized that he had found his instrument. Self-taught, he had been inspired by the diverse styles of Marcus Miller and Jaco Pastorius. ...

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Bjorn Meyer: Provenance

Read "Provenance" reviewed by Geno Thackara

by Geno Thackara
November 11, 2017

From the fact that his best-known role consisted of a decade in Nik Bartsch's Ronin (not to ignore his other style-bending collaborations either), it's already clear that Bjorn Meyer isn't interested in what a bass or bassist is normally supposed to do. In keeping with that attitude, his solo debut puts his low-end string work to ...

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Bjorn Meyer: Provenance

Read "Provenance" reviewed by Mark Sullivan

by Mark Sullivan
October 4, 2017

Swedish electric bass guitarist Björn Meyer has worked with Persian harpist-singer Asita Hamidi (the program is dedicated to her memory), Swedish nyckelharpa player Johan Hedin and Tunisian oud master Anouar Brahem, and was a member of Nik Bärtsch's Ronin for a decade, often filling a lead instrument role. So he has a history of fitting his ...

Article: Live Review

April Jazz 2015

by Ian Patterson
April 17, 2015

April Jazz 2015 National Concert Hall Dublin April 10-12, 2015 April Jazz is the latest addition to Dublin's thriving jazz/improvised music scene. The weekend festival is part of the National Concert Hall's Perspectives program, a series of monthly concerts that spans modern bluegrass and fiddle soundscapes, alt country and ...

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Anouar Brahem: Souvenance

Read "Souvenance" reviewed by Mario Calvitti

by Mario Calvitti
February 18, 2015

Sei anni dopo il precedente The Astounding Eyes of Rita, il tunisino Anouar Brahem ritorna con un nuovo progetto. Il lungo intervallo è dovuto agli avvenimenti politici che dalla fine del 2010 hanno interessato tutto il Nordafrica a partire dalla Tunisia dando origine alla cosiddetta 'Primavera araba' evocata dal titolo del disco e dalla foto di ...