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Scott DuBois: Autumn Wind
by Dan Bilawsky
When last we heard from guitarist Scott DuBois he was conjuring visceral thoughts of our coldest times on Winter Light (ACT Music, 2015). Now he's turned back the calendar one season, turning his attention toward harvest days with Autumn Wind. While there are certain similarities between DuBois' two seasonal epics--the presence of bassist ...
Airbag: Disconnected
by Glenn Astarita
After a few listens my imaginative powers went to work, thinking of a possible correlation if superstar prog rock vocalist Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree) recorded an album with Pink Floyd. With these memorably slow to mid-tempo pieces, the artists occasionally conjure notions of Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon era, coupled with Asle Tostrup's profound vocals. ...
Vlatko Stefanovski: Mother Tongue
by Nenad Georgievski
Even though in his long and storied music career, guitarist Vlatko Stefanovski's has had plenty of solo guitar performances amidst the myriad of bands and projects he has led or performed with, still, Mother Tongue is his first solo guitar album that he has been promising for ages to make. Stefanovski's prior years as a leader ...
Giorgio Pacorig, Massimo De Mattia: Blue Fire
by Neri Pollastri
Frutto di una improvvisazione dal vivo tenutasi a Monfalcone nel dicembre del 2015 e registrata da Iztok Zupan per la Klopotec, interessante etichetta che si sta attivamente dedicando alla documentazione della musica improvvisata a cavallo tra Slovenia e Italia, Blue Fire presenta senza soluzione di continuità -cioè in una sola traccia -la creazione istantanea di due ...
Anouar Brahem: Blue Maqams
by Mark Sullivan
Tunisian oudist/composer Anouar Brahem has been playing with jazz improvisers since the 1980s. But his earliest ECM recordings, Barzakh (1991) and Conte de l'Incroyable Amour (1992) stayed firmly in the Arabic music tradition. His recordings with jazz players began with Madar (1994) with saxophonist Jan Garbarek and tabla player Shaukat Hussain; Thimar (1997) with bassist Dave ...
Delfeayo Marsalis: Kalamazoo
by Dan Bilawsky
How is it that we haven't been gifted a live album from trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis before? He's been such an important part of the fabric of this music, whether producing works of lasting significance for other jazz greats in the studio, sharing space with his famous family, or leading his Uptown Orchestra through a rousing set ...
Stephan Crump / Ingrid Laubrock / Cory Smythe: Planktonic Finales
by John Sharpe
Brooklyn-based German saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock initiated the grouping, pulling together two rising talents on the New York City scene, bassist Stephan Crump and pianist Cory Smythe. A first meeting quickly ascertained compatibility and lead swiftly to a recording date. Laubrock's tale, moving from London to become one of the key figures in her adopted hometown, is ...
Kyle Eastwood: In Transit
by Kris Perdew
Now that he is into his late 40's and has released nine albums in his 19 years as leader, no lingering doubt can remain that bassist and composer Kyle Eastwood has stepped out of the formidable shadow of his father. The latest evidence is presented here in the form of Eastwood's latest release, In Transit.
Johannes Luley: Qitara
by Friedrich Kunzmann
Having made a name for himself with recent and ongoing progressive rock formation Perfect Beings, Johannes Luley released his debut record Tales From Sheepfather's Grove in 2013. While said effort was of rather mesmerizing and ambient nature, strongly inspired by Jon Anderson's Olias The Sunhillow, the guitarists current outing Qitara reflects his continuing explorations of the ...
Hush Point: Hush Point III
by Angelo Leonardi
Hush Point è un quartetto cooperativo operante a New York che ha pubblicato un primo disco, omonimo, nel 2013 e un secondo l'anno successivo (Blues and Reds Sunnyside). In questo terzo capitolo conferma l'identità stilistica di fondo, che colloca la tensione sperimentale in un quadro espressivo di derivazione West Coast. Da quel composito universo musicale e ...
