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Oirtrio: Kanata
by AAJ Italy Staff
Bisogna avere la mente libera. Come una tabula rasa e immacolata. Occorre annullare ogni informazione, dimenticare che in Oirtrio ci sono sassofoni e clarinetti, contrabbasso e batteria. E che la musica non è una gigantesca arnia con tante cellette alle quali appiccicare altrettante etichette. Solo così potremo intraprendere il viaggio nel fantastico mondo di Kanata. Sculture ...
Radar Suzuki: Lahar
by AAJ Italy Staff
La Unit Records ci propone con questo Lahar il lavoro fresco e spumeggiante di un bel quartetto svizzero costruito attorno alla sezione ritmica raffinata e competente formata dai fratelli Sisera. Luca al basso e Dario alla batteria, per la precisione. Sono con loro il bravo chitarrista di Lucerna Franz Hellmüller e il sassofonista spagnolo Carles Peris.
Lee Konitz / Dave Liebman / Richie Beirach: KnowingLee
by John Kelman
While there is some truth in the old adage “if it ain't broke don't fix it," it's not always bad to mess with a good thing. Saxophonist Dave Liebman and pianist Richie Beirach have been playing together for over 40 years, in ensembles ranging from the big band of Quest for Freedom (Sunnyside, 2010) and smaller ...
Branford Marsalis / Joey Calderazzo: Songs of Mirth and Melancholy
by Mark F. Turner
The Swedish proverb “Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow," is one that perfectly exemplifies Songs of Mirth and Melancholy, from saxophonist Branford Marsalis and pianist Joey Calderazzo. Their bond has solidified over time, since Calderazzo took over the piano chair from the late Kenny Kirkland in Marsalis' ensemble in 1998. ...
Kermit Driscoll: Reveille
by Glenn Astarita
Reveille marks bassist and educator Kermit Driscoll's freshman solo outing, and features his longtime associate, guitarist Bill Frisell. As a member of Frisell's dynamic trio with drummer Joey Baron, the term cutting-edge took on notorious implications. Similar forward-reaching concepts are explored throughout this multidimensional program. Mildly surprising is the inclusion of Vinnie Colaiuta, though the all-universe ...
Deborah Pearl: Souvenir Of You
by Bruce Lindsay
Singer, actress, screenwriter and lyricist Deborah Pearl's debut is a souvenir of a very special “you": alto saxophonist and composer Benny Carter. Pearl has taken 13 of Carter's compositions, added her own lyrics, and produced a lovingly-crafted collection that's a worthy addition to the Carter canon. His instrumental presence is also stamped firmly on the album, ...
The Brian Landrus Quartet: Traverse
by Raul d'Gama Rose
There is a gravitas in the musical intellect of baritone saxophonist/bass clarinetist Brian Landrus that can only come from a wellspring emanating from the depths of a very bluesy soul. His is a singular voice and, as he sings in sensuous, velvet tones, his long magical lines swing and swagger with rhythmic grace. Although his music ...
Earle Brown: Synergy
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Never quite as celebrated as his New York contemporaries Morton Feldman and John Cage, Earle Brown was, nevertheless, a composer of exceeding brilliance. His music bespoke of breathtaking vistas, informed by his undying love of the New England of his birth as much as it was by his exceptional grasp of the immense fluidity of compositional ...
Heniu: Von Hier Nach Dort
by Bruce Lindsay
Von Hier Nach Dort is Heniu's debut album; a light, almost ethereal, collection of tunes that draws strongly on jazz but also incorporates influences from folk, classical and ambient genres. The result is a pleasingly fresh and accessible recording, with a positive and unpretentious vibe. Hans Arnold composed all of the tunes on ...
Bela Fleck: Rocket Science
by Doug Collette
The musicianship on Béla Fleck and The Flecktones' Rocket Science radiates a sense of play that was missing from the group's last recorded work The Hidden Land (Columbia, 2006). There's also a sense of adventure here that hasn't really been in evidence since Three Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Warner Bros, 1993), the first album recorded ...
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