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Claudio Scolari: The My Fourteen Songs
by Budd Kopman
The My Fourteen Songs is Claudio Scolari's first release since 2005's Reflex (Principal). That album used many different sounds, textures and ambiences through electronics, drums and voices in order to explore the emotions that could be induced in the listener. Scolari's current effort is a much more stripped-down affair with only drums, synthesizer, ...
Howard Leshaw: Bronx Volume II: Yiddish On The Edge
by Budd Kopman
Howard Leshaw is not only the swinging jazz master of the delightful Shadow Song, he is also a klezmer master. Yiddish On The Edge is the followup release to the more traditional Yiddish, which is closer to what is customarily thought of as klezmer. If you hail from Tulsa or Boise or Reykjavik, ...
Kelly Jefferson: Spark
by Budd Kopman
Spark, a deeply swinging, straight-ahead, no nonsense album from Kelly Jefferson, is a terrific listen from beginning to end. Canada strikes again! The eight tracks, all original Jefferson compositions, are on the long side, most ranging from seven to eleven minutes, which allows for some extended soloing and interesting arrangements. Jefferson has a ...
Francois Carrier: Happening
by Budd Kopman
Listeners who have followed multiple reed player François Carrier, particularly his two 2004 releases Play (482 Music) and Traveling Lights (Justin Time), will welcome this double-CD offering on Leo. Not only is Happening a double dose of outstanding freely improvised (as opposed to “free") jazz, but it is recorded live. Carrier's long-time trio partners Pierre Cote ...
Ergo: Quality Anatomechanical Music Since 2005
by Budd Kopman
Ergo, lead by Brett Sroka, has been performing for about a year, and Quality Anatomechanical Music Since 2005 is a terrific album of sounds, moods and emotions. The trio is completed by Carl Maguire, who recently released the outstanding Floriculture (Between the Lines, 2005), on various electronic keyboards and synthesizers; and Damion Reid, a very fine ...
Tomas Sauter / Daniel Schlaeppi: Indian Summer
by Budd Kopman
The delicate, intimate and compelling Indian Summer, by the guitar/bass duo of Tomas Sauter and Daniel Schlaeppi, is a most welcome release in these closing days of summer. The very sound of the recording is sensuous and surprisingly live, given it's a studio effort. Special care was taken in every step of the process, starting with ...
Tomasz Stanko Quartet: Lontano
by Budd Kopman
Can a recording be appreciated or understood without knowing the full history of the performer? The answer is, of course, yes and no. In this case, yes, the music on Lontano creates a coherent sound world, has an artistic point of view and many levels, and thus is well worth repeated listens. But no, you'll be ...
The Flail: Never Fear
by Budd Kopman
The Flail is a terrific young quintet that feels like a cooperative, but is compositionally led, at least on Never Fear, by trumpeter Dan Blankinship. The band takes the current language of modern jazz and gives it a very personal twist that's full of energy and humor, telling stories along the way by using loose arrangements ...
Zlatko Kaucic: Golden Boat 2
by Budd Kopman
Golden Boat 2, which was inspired by the life and poetry of Srecko Kosovel and is dedicated to the memory of Steve Lacy, is an ambitious work--a total of seventeen mostly short sections covering two CDs and totalling 97 minutes. The pieces use a mix of easily recognizable classical writing for a nine-member string orchestra, sometimes ...
Larry Martus: Transcendence
by Budd Kopman
Solo recordings have to overcome extra hurdles in order to maintain listener interest. Single-line instruments like the saxophone tend to have the most difficulty because of their limited timbral range and inability to maintain an independent accompanying line. The piano is naturally the most flexible, allowing independent hands to work, but it also has timbral limitations. ...
