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Django Bates: Beloved
by Mike Jurkovic
With boundless humor and flexible grace, pianist Django Bates offers us The Study of Touch the perfect piano trio music for the significant other who absolutely hates piano trio music. This is the first I have heard of Django Bates though he has been making shrewd music since 1979. He has played with a ...
Bob Lanzetti: Whose Feet are These That are Walking
by Mike Jacobs
Unless you've been off planet lately, you've most likely heard (or at least heard of) Snarky Puppy. Their rise has certainly been hard to miss. So too is the fact that the band is populated by some very promising young musicians -many of whom have been dipping their toes into solo waters lately. The most recent ...
Brian Carpenter’s Ghost Train Orchestra: Book Of Rhapsodies Vol. II
by Jerome Wilson
There have been several ensembles in the past couple of decades that delved into the novelty jazz recordings of the Thirties and Forties. In the Netherlands there have been The Beau Hunks and the Willem Breuker Kollektief and in this country there have been Don Byron's Bug Music group and Brian Carpenter's Ghost Train Orchestra.
The Wandering Woods: The Wandering Woods
by Jim Olin
The Wandering Woods' self-titled EP is an invigorating collection of jam-band style improvisation, fusion, and psychedelic rock with a unique twist.When it comes to music where improvisation is a key element, the chemistry between the band members is obviously extremely important. The Wandering Woods certainly took their time to build a cohesive musical unity ...
Anouar Brahem: Blue Maqams
by Mario Calvitti
Fin dal suo disco d'esordio (Barzakh del 1991, pubblicato, come tutti i successivi lavori, dalla ECM e preceduto solo da alcune cassette autoprodotte) il compositore e suonatore di oud tunisino Anouar Brahem è stato tra i principali esponenti di una musica a cavallo tra Medio Oriente e Occidente, cercando una fusione tra musica araba, improvvisazione jazzistica ...
Alessandro Galati Trio: Cold Sand
by Neri Pollastri
Nuova registrazione dell'eccellente trio di Alessandro Galati, autore negli ultimi anni di altri due ottimi lavori, Seals e On A Sunny Day, non a caso entrambi premiati come miglior album dell'anno dalla prestigiosa rivista giapponese Jazz Critique. E proprio per una etichetta giapponese, la Atelier Sawano, esce questo terzo capitolo della formazione, Cold Sand, ...
The Tronosonic Experience: The Tronosonic Experience
by Mark Sullivan
Norwegian quartet The Tronosonic Experience describes the music on their debut as “punk-jazz-avant-rock," which about covers it. Opener “Die Streif" comes storming in with a heavy bass line and an emphasis on the rock end of the spectrum, including blazing distorted guitar from Øyvind Nypan. It shows a completely different side of his playing from his ...
Chris Tordini Trio, featuring Becca Stevens and Greg Ruggerio: Midnight Sun
by Karl Ackermann
The vinyl-only subscription label, Newvelle Records, enters the second half of its second season with the Chris Tordini Trio collection, Midnight Sun. Bassist Tordini is joined by vocalist Becca Stevens and guitarist Greg Ruggiero on a set of standards bookended by Ornette Coleman covers. The readings here are stripped of any superfluous trappings, allowing the individual ...
Sander Baan Quartet: Heartscape
by Marithe Van der Aa
Unpretentious and unassuming--The Sander Baan Quartet's second album, Heartscape, is everything you might expect from a group of well-seasoned musicians with a clear artistic vision. Their music is simple, nonchalant and free from the fetters of the widespread jazz ego.Featuring both compositions of the bandleader, Dutch saxophonist Sander Baan, and the quartet's bassist, Jonathan ...
Corina Bartra: Takunde
by Chris Mosey
Peruvian singer Corina Bartra mixes the Latin-American rhythms of her homeland with the jazz she hears in New York City, where she now lives. She's been doing it for years... decades in fact. Working in a niche market within a niche market, she's met with limited success but has battled on, bravely following ...
