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Roscoe Mitchell Quartet: Live At "A Space" 1975
by Hrayr Attarian
The Canadian label Sackville released a series of exceptional albums throughout its forty plus year existence. A fair number of these document free-jazz concerts by American luminaries that took place in its hometown of Toronto. When the company folded, Chicago based Delmark purchased its Avant-Garde catalogue and has released expanded versions of these records on CD.
Trio 3 + Jason Moran: Refraction - Breakin' Glass
by Glenn Astarita
The trio--launched in 1986--comprises three legendary maestros of progressive jazz and improvisation. Customarily, the band augments its line of attack with a guest pianist. Here, Jason Moran upholds the tradition and plays an integral role, augmenting the core unit's reach into pieces fabricated with kaleidoscopic formations and variegated hues, spanning a myriad of seamlessly integrated jazz-related ...
Emil Strandberg: Works
by Eyal Hareuveni
Works is the first album containing compositions by Swedish trumpeter Emil Strandberg. But this is also a highly collaborative work. The set of subtle and nuanced compositions for a chamber, acoustic trio stress an intimate dialog between the three musicians. The musical expression is equal to sensitive listening and always examines its own formulation, its sound, ...
Nicole Mitchell: Engraved in the Wind
by AAJ Italy Staff
Nuovo lavoro per la quarantaseienne flautista di Syracuse (ma com'è noto chicagoana d'adozione, e dal 2011 docente alla California University di Irvine) per la Rogue Art, stavolta senza accompagnamento alcuno. Vi aleggia un incedere generalmente limpido, netto, timbricamente prezioso, che ora sposa la causa del solo puro e altrove opta invece per la sovraincisione. Il canonico ...
The Jason Klobnak Quintet: Mountain, Move
by Dan Bilawsky
Trumpeter Jason Klobnak has a knack for creating inviting and exciting music. On this, his debut album, he presents nine easy-to-digest originals that are neither overly bland nor excessively bold; he finds the perfect line between those two poles. Klobnak's quintet, made up of a two-horn front line and a standard three piece ...
Vandeweyer / Van Hove / Lovens / Blume: Quat Live At Hasselt
by Glenn Astarita
This live sound recorded at a Belgian venue vividly transfers to disc, augmenting the dual percussionist-backed quartet's investigative mechanics amid crashing cadenzas, moments of quietude, and multilayered formulations. Featuring eminent Belgian pianist Fred Van Hove and vibraphonist Els Vandeweyer on the front end, the improvisational format yields a democratic approach as the musicians generally operate from ...
Janet Feder: Songs With Words
by Eyal Hareuveni
Innovative guitarist Janet Feder draws her own sonic territory on this first collection of original songs. The Colorado-based guitarist is known for her extended techniques on the prepared guitar, and her work was first introduced to the wider public on the like-minded collection of innovative guitarists I Never Meta Guitar--Solo Guitars for the XXI Century) (Clean ...
Gilbert Isbin - Scott Walton: Recall
by AAJ Italy Staff
Gilbert Isbin dal Belgio e Scott Walton dalla West Coast americana si danno appuntamento nelle terre di mezzo fra musica classica d'avanguardia e jazz creativo contemporaneo. Del resto i due musicisti sanno ben frequentare entrambi i mondi, anche se Isbin è più abituato al primo e Walton è invece una figura abituale del secondo. L'elemento originale ...
Carla Bley / Andy Sheppard / Steve Swallow: Trios
by Sammy Stein
In Lugano, Switzerland in 2012, pianist Carla Bley, saxophonist Andy Sheppard and bassist Steve Swallow were recorded, and the result is Trios (EMC 2013). This CD is atmospheric and energised. Included are new versions of Bley's original “Utviklingssang" ( “Development Song"), “Vashkar" and the suites “Les Trois Lagons" , “Wildlife," and “The Girl Who Cried Champagne." ...
Orioxy: The Other Strangers
by AAJ Italy Staff
Quello che comunemente si chiama contaminazione spesso è un attraversamento di territori sonori in cui emergono linee di condotta musicale più o meno inclini al rispetto di un canone estetizzante. Interrogarsi se sia rispettata o meno la normativa che regola un genere è molto spesso inutile oltre che infruttuoso. Ciò che vale è la riuscita o ...
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