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Yoko Miura, Gianni Mimmo: Departure
by Neri Pollastri
Ennesimo lavoro di grande spessore da parte di Gianni Mimmo, stavolta in duo con la pianista giapponese Yoko Miura. La musica è come suo solito improvvisata, anche se qua e là fanno capolino temi presi a spunto della creatività istantanea, le atmosfere, pur nella cifra tipica della ricerca e oscillante tra rarefazione e intensa concitazione, piuttosto ...
Victor Rice: Smoke
by Joe Gatto
When I heard this one was coming out I couldn't have been more excited! Easy Star Records described Smoke as a blend of Brazilian Jazz and Rocksteady, so I knew it would be excellent.Legendary Reggae producer, Victor Rice, has been living in Sao Paulo, Brazil since 2002 so an original album made from his ...
Matt Kane: Acknowledgement
by Don Phipps
A hard-charging affair interlaced with charm, Matt Kane's Acknowledgement, surely stands as an homage to some of the jazz giants associated with Kansas City. Three of the compositions were penned by Bobby Watson, who presently calls Kansas City home [and is Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Missouri--Kansas City (UMKC) Conservatory of Music], three ...
Andreas Herrmann: The Child in Me
by Friedrich Kunzmann
German pianist and composer Andreas Herrmann, who in the past has been nominated for a number of awards, including the German Jazz Prize for his trio output in 2010, adds a guitar to his usual formation on his newest release The Child in Me', ultimately leading to a wider soundscape and more atmospherically melodious development.
Ikebe Shakedown: The Way Home
by Joe Gatto
Ever since I heard their debut in 2009, Ikebe Shakedown became one of my favorite bands. There's nothing I love more in music than funky grooves, powerful percussion and bold brass. Ikebe Shakedown does all-instrumental, percussive, brassy Funk as well as anyone else on the scene these days.Their 2017 record, The Way Home on ...
Ciro Longobardi, Michele Rabbia, Daniele Roccato: In Nomine. Thinking of Giacinto Scelsi
by Neri Pollastri
Una meravigliosa architettura sonora, ora suggestivamente evocativa, ora sorprendentemente scoppiettante, ora complessa e introversa, sempre tuttavia limpida e austera, finanche nei momenti più magmatici e liberi: questo è In Nomine, opera di tre musicisti coraggiosi e dallo sguardo aperto, che guardano avanti ma -come riporta il sottotitolo -lo fanno pensando al grande compositore novecentesco Giacinto Scelsi. ...
Simon Millerd: Lessons And Fairytales
by Jerome Wilson
Canadian trumpeter Simon Millerd is one of those musicians who effortlessly moves between genres. This new CD of his is a collection of work that mixes folk, jazz-rock, electronic minimalism and jazz in original and personal ways. The opening track, “Looking Back" echoes the glitchy electronics of modern Norwegian music with Millerd's trumpet and ...
Mammal Hands: Shadow Work
by Phil Barnes
Our best musicians can soak up influences from many diverse sources, assimilate them into their own style, and allow them to emerge during improvisation. This is why, as readers of this site will surely be aware, a piece can sound different in the hands of two skilled jazz musicians even when the raw material of the ...
The United States Air Force Band: Veterans of Jazz
by Mark Sullivan
Many famous U.S. jazz musicians served in the armed forces. This ingenious Airmen of Note project celebrates them by presenting a program of music composed by (or associated with) several of those musical veterans. Even a cursory look at the track list shows that taking the repertoire solely from military veterans is no limitation. Original compositions ...
Greg Sinibaldi: Ariel
by Paul Rauch
Sylvia Plath's chilling second book of poetry, “Ariel," published posthumously in 1965, revealed evocative free flowing images, and minacious psychic landscapes exuding hope while hovering on the precipice of darkness. With his new release, Ariel, Seattle based saxophonist Greg Sinibaldi explores the inner and outer reaches of Plath's work by convening a trio with guitarist Ryan ...
