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Ballister: Slag
by Nicola Negri
Ballister: cronache di una working band. Sesto album per questo trio, formato nel 2009 da Dave Rempis (sax contralto e tenore) insieme a Fred Lonberg-Holm (violoncello, elettronica) e Paal Nilssen-Love (batteria e percussioni varie). Negli anni la musica del trio ha sempre mantenuto le stesse caratteristiche di base: un'improvvisazione collettiva caratterizzata ...
Stacey Kent: I Know I Dream
by Dan Bilawsky
Stacey Kent has practically done it all over the past twenty years, selling north of two million albums, putting her gorgeously delicate stamp on standards, introducing fresh tunes into the canon, racking up awards, and bringing her flawless voice to fans in more than fifty countries. But one thing she hadn't done prior to this point ...
Max Zenger: Chapter 2
by Sacha O'Grady
From its inception more than a century ago, jazz has taken a long, strange and twisted journey. From folk-art to more avant-garde adventures, jazz has never sat in the same place for too long, like a sort of free spirit in search of the infinite. Throughout that journey, at least since the 1940's, a time when ...
Dick Oatts: Use Your Imagination
by David A. Orthmann
At two adjacent points in this admirable recording, alto saxophonist Dick Oatts makes riveting, emotionally resonant sounds that transcend matters of style, execution and technique. These memorable moments stand apart from the customary pleasures and somewhat cerebral considerations of lending an ear to a jazz record. In both instances, Oatts' isn't intentionally tugging at heartstrings or ...
Matthew Shipp: Magnetism(s)
by John Sharpe
When originally issued back in 1999, pianist Matthew Shipp's Magnetism (Bleu Regard), uniting him with long standing soul mates bassist William Parker and saxophonist Rob Brown, stood as one of a series of fine dates by the pianist which included By The Law Of Music (Hat Art, 1997) and Strata (Hat Art, 1998). Like many of ...
Rose Ellis: Like Songs Like Moons
by Angelo Leonardi
È un debutto internazionale quanto mai personale e significativo questo di Rose Ellis, nome d'arte per la giovane cantante olandese Roos Plaatsman, da qualche anno a New York. Riuscire a distinguersi nell'affollato universo odierno delle jazz singers non è cosa facile ma la Ellis ci riesce, entrando in sintonia con la migliore tradizione vocale ...
Tomi Malm: Walkin' On Air
by Tyran Grillo
Walkin' On Air is the debut solo album from Finnish composer/producer Tomi Malm, who rose to international prominence with the release of his modern classic, Fly Away: The Songs Of David Foster. His superior arranging skills and ways of unpacking familiar elements have led him to this project, which boosts his own songwriting into the stratosphere ...
Marta Sánchez: Danza Imposible
by Dan Bilawsky
Dovetailing lines, capering rhythms, and colorful harmonies rise to the surface and coalesce on pianist Marta Sánchez's Danza Imposible. Just don't expect them to arrive in predictable fashion. Instead of taking the obvious pathways through or directly to an idea, Sánchez paves byways and discovers wormholes that prove far more interesting and meaningful as travel routes. ...
University of Kentucky Mega-Sax Ensembles: Stinkin' 3.0
by Jack Bowers
If you dig the sound of a saxophone (alto, tenor and / or baritone), you've come to the right place. Unless we've miscounted, no less than nineteen saxophonists are present and accounted for on Stinkin' 3.0, which, it stands to reason, is the third CD recorded by the University of Kentucky's (well-named) Mega-Sax Ensembles. That includes ...
Jazz Triangle 65-77: Jazz Triangle 65-77
by Mark Sullivan
Jazz Triangle 65-77 is a New York-based chamber jazz trio made up of flutist Haruna Fukazawa, acoustic guitarist Shu Odamura and bassist Aki Yamamoto. They are all Japanese and have musical backgrounds in both jazz and classical music: there is a definite classical tinge to their composing and arranging. Bassist Yamamoto is responsible for the majority ...
