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Laginha Argüelles Norbakken: Setembro
by Roger Farbey
Portugese pianist Mário Laginha has teamed up with British saxophonist and ex-Loose Tuber Julian Argüelles and Norwegian percussionist Helge Andreas Norbakken to record an album of captivating tunes, recorded in Porto, Portugal in July 2014.The first few plaintively wistful minutes of “Mãos na Parede" undergo a sudden and unexpected step change into a playfully ...
Tony Allen: The Source
by Mark Sullivan
Drummer and Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen returns to his jazz roots for his first full-length Blue Note album, following the EP A Tribute to Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. The Art Blakey arrangements married hard bop with an Afrobeat rhythmic sensibility: here the same approach is taken with original material (most of it composed and ...
Luca Aquino: Aqustico vol 2
by Geno Thackara
Luca Aquino is the kind of player who doesn't just look at or study an instrument, but at some point has to ask “and what else can it do?" His innate feel for the sound of the trumpet gives him a warm natural tone, though his career has included plenty of experimentation in processing its sound ...
Chicago/London Underground: A Night Walking Through Mirrors
by Vincenzo Roggero
Per festeggiare i vent'anni di attività il Chicago Underground Duo declina la sua ennesima versione e ci lascia un ulteriore testimonianza di potenza creativa, di visionarietà e di musica tout-court di altissimo livello. Nell'aprile 2016, durante una due giorni di esibizione al Cafè Oto di Londra Rob Mazurek e Chad Taylor invitano sul palco John Edwards ...
Simone Graziano: Snailspace
by Neri Pollastri
Otto anni dopo Lightwalls, che segnò il suo esordio discografico come leader, Simone Graziano ritorna a presentare un lavoro per piano trio. Nel frattempo il pianista fiorentino ha sviluppato idee e realizzato lavori -in particolare con il suo quintetto Frontal -che gli hanno permesso di imporsi come uno dei musicisti più interessanti del panorama nazionale. Esperienze ...
Yukari: Synchronic
by Roger Farbey
A graduate of Manhattan School of Music and now a resident of Switzerland, flute virtuoso Yukari has performed with the likes of Anthony Braxton and Marc Copeland. She was a winner of the 2009 National Flute Association Jazz Flute Masterclass in the USA and has performed at venues such as Carnegie Hall, MOMA and the Tokyo ...
Dave Rempis: Lattice
by Mark Corroto
I recall an interview with a lionized baby boomer saxophonist, who told the story of listening to side one, and only side one, of John Coltrane's A Love Supreme (Impulse!, 1965). He was reluctant to turn the LP over (this was in the pre-digital era), thinking side two could never match the majesty of “Acknowledgement" and ...
Bruce Harris: Beginnings
by David A. Orthmann
Beginnings sounds as if it's guided by an old hand instead of someone relatively new to the demanding art of leading a band. The debut recording of trumpeter Bruce Harris captures a coherent, homogeneous group sound, while utilizing several different combinations of instruments. Harris ties together material ranging from Harold Arlen, to Bud Powell, to Prince, ...
Klimaforandringer: Slægt
by Jakob Baekgaard
The Danish band, Klimaforandringer (Climate Change), led by the guitarist Lars Bech Pilgaard, returns with their second album Slægt (genus). Once again, they explore their own original brand of Danish haiku-like poetry, hypnotic afrobeat-riffs and kitchy synthesizer landscapes mixed with acid rock and psychedelia. There is an ethical undercurrent in the texts that ...
Keith Karns Big Band: An Eye on the Future
by Jack Bowers
It's hard to know in advance exactly what to expect from a big-band album whose title is An Eye on the Future. Luckily, the horizon as leader Keith Karns sees it is rhythmically persuasive, harmonically alluring, acknowledges an indispensable bond to the past and swings like crazy. On this album, it's a tomorrow that also sets ...
