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Gaia Wilmer: Migrations
by Angelo Leonardi
Sa coniugare feeling e complessità di scrittura Gaia Wilmer, sassofonista e compositrice brasiliana al suo debutto da leader. L'idea di formare quest'ottetto è nata nel primo anno di frequenza ai corsi di composizione jazz del Berklee College of Music e s'è concretizzata nel dicembre 2016 (dopo un annuncio su Kickstarter), durante il secondo anno di master ...
Stefano Travaglini: Ellipse
by Matt Hooke
Italian pianist Stefano Travaglini's Ellipse is a masterwork of improvised music. The recordings is the result of a single one-hour long unedited session at Oslo's Rainbow Studio. Travaglini's playing is beautiful and measured featuring a brilliant use of negative space. Travaglini is not interested in wowing the listener with flashy rapid-fire piano lines. Instead, he opts ...
Peripheral Vision: More Songs About Error And Shame
by Anya Wassenberg
More Songs About Error And Shame by Toronto's Peripheral Vision offers sophisticated, melodic modern jazz with an esoteric bent and eclectic tastes. Co-founders Michael Herring and Don Scott are joined by Nick Fraser on drums and Trevor Hogg on tenor sax in seven original tracks that combine elements of contemporary jazz with a garage band vibe ...
Andrew Distel: It Only Takes Time
by Dan Bilawsky
When is the right time to release an album? That's a tough question, and a great one to open up for debate. But when you strip away all potential concerns both large and small, the answer stares you in the face: now is the right time. If the music is there, why wait? That's the honest ...
George Kahn: Straight Ahead
by Dan McClenaghan
Los Angeles-based pianist George Kahn likes to think of the standard piano trio format as a gateway drug into jazz. He may be right. Think of the classic trios, those of Red Garland, Nat King Cole, Bud Powell. Their sounds are addictive--and distinctively different--but they share the pared-down purity of purpose and relative simplicity of dynamic ...
Carlos Saunier: Inminente
by Matt Hooke
Whenever a guitarist or other instrumentalist releases an album, they always run the risk of being egocentric. The album can often turn into a showcase for their instrumental abilities instead of the songs. Chilean guitarist, Carlos Saunier's debut album Inminente shows what happens when an artist bucks that trend. He offers up six solid original songs, ...
Quentin Bryan Angus: In Stride
by Friedrich Kunzmann
In Stride sees Australian guitarist/composer Quentin Angus following up his two critically acclaimed outings, Retrieval Structure (Self Produced, 2012) and Perception (Self Produced, 2014) in a stripped back trio-setting, featuring Ari Hoenig (dr) and Sam Anning (b). Not only does Angus cut back on the instrumentation when compared to his previous efforts, but the youthful urgency, ...
Hobby Horse: Helm
by Vincenzo Roggero
Che Hobby Horse sia da anni realtà tra le più interessanti del panorama musicale italiano ci sono riconoscimenti e un numero sempre maggiore di estimatori a testimoniarlo. Che siano altresì gruppo tra i più imprevedibili in quanto a proposte e ad estetica musicale basta ascoltare i lavori finora pubblicati. Ma Helm va ancora oltre, portando agli ...
James Brandon Lewis: Radiant Imprints
by Vincenzo Roggero
Da quando è ritornato sulla scena musicale nel 2014 con Divine Travels -dopo l'esordio piuttosto convenzionale di Moments nel 2010 -facendo capire di non essere il solito fenomeno del sax tenore destinato a ballare il tempo di un estate, James Brandon Lewis non ha più sbagliato un colpo, sia sul versante discografico che nelle numerose esibizioni ...
Steve Khan: Public Access / Headline / Crossings
by John Kelman
It's been a great couple of years for Steve Khan fans who are (relatively) new to the guitarist's work, especially his early releases, thanks to UK-based BGO Records. First, his '70s-era trio of fusion-centric LPs on Columbia Records, 1977's Tightrope, 1978's The Blue Man and 1979's Arrows, were remastered and reissued in a 2015 two-CD set, ...
