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Oliver Lake: Right Up On
by Troy Dostert
Although he will always be known first and foremost as an uncompromising saxophonist who helped catalyze the jazz avant- garde from the 1970s onward, it's also worth recognizing Oliver Lake's ambition as a composer. He has a particular fondness for strings in this regard, actually, as he has composed extensively for string quartets for over twenty ...
Charles Rumback: Threes
by Hrayr Attarian
Versatile drummer Charles Rumback's third release under his name, Threes is a live session recorded at Constellation Chicago. It is also Rumback's first with a piano trio, and although the formation is conventional the music is nothing but that. Indeed, the four long pieces that make up the album are provocative in their inventiveness and passionate ...
Mie Miki: Das Wohltemperierte Akkordeon
by C. Michael Bailey
I wonder if Old Man Bach had much of a sense of humor. I wonder how he would feel about the myriad of ways his music, some of the most important composed in Western Civilization, has been treated and performed. It would be a safe conjecture to think of Bach's music as the supreme music organizing ...
Michel Godard, Ihab Radwan: Doux désirs
by Alberto Bazzurro
Dodici brani firmati singolarmente o congiuntamente dai due performer compongono questo raffinato album in duo fra il francese Michel Godard, che dà qui la netta preferenza (come del resto gli capita di sovente, in tempi recenti) all'arcaico serpentone, e l'egiziano Ihab Radwan, specialista dell'oud, per una proposta definita dai diretti interessati “un progetto originale che unisce ...
Adam Rogers: DICE
by Dan Bilawsky
At some point in time, fusion lost its way. Some say it never really had a firm enough direction, existing only as a symbol of excess, power, and virtuosity to begin with. But those steeped in '70s and early '80s music of this sort know the truth: A perfect blend of rip-roaring lines, one-step-beyond melodicism, feats ...
Hal Galper And the Youngbloods: Live At The Cota Jazz Festival
by Dan McClenaghan
The trio recordings released by pianist Hal Galper between 2006 and 2014--six discs, all but one on Origin Records--plowed fresh ground. Each disc dug deeply into the “Rubato" form. Taken as a whole--from 2006's Agents Of Change (Fabola Records) through 2014's O's Time (Origin Records)--the full series represents a monumental, sharply focused project that, for those ...
The Beat Freaks: Leon
by Glenn Astarita
Based in Poland, guitarist Michał Starkiewicz founded this band in 2014, followed by successful concert tours and of course, this album that presents a modicum of youthful vim and vigor, largely within the progressive jazz schema amid a few slight nods to jazz fusion. Moreover, the musicians dedicate the album to a mythical figure Leon Kokaiewicz, ...
Fabio Delvò: Bella Mia
by Neri Pollastri
Singolare e atipico lavoro di un musicista dalla notevole voce di contralto e dalle indubbie capacità improvvisative, Bella Mia è l'estremo omaggio alla madre Elena, strutturalmente costruito come un solo di sax -in parte accompagnato da un basso semiacustico -attorno al quale operano vari ospiti con i loro contributi. Il titolo del CD rimanda ...
Morton Feldman: Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello
by John Eyles
"Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello" (often abbreviated to “PVVC") was Morton Feldman's final composition, receiving its premiere on July 4th 1987, less than two months before the composer's death from pancreatic cancer on September 3rd. This recording of the piece dates from January 2017 at Henry Wood Hall, where it was recorded by Simon Reynell. The quartet ...
Craig Taborn: Daylight Ghosts
by Nenad Georgievski
It is very difficult to describe or sum up pianist Craig Taborn's inimitable artistic vision, style of playing and compositions. He employs a wide range of stylistic means and concepts, and as a result his playing style and compositions, be it in a solo setting or with accompaniment, are very diverse and insistently exploratory. This improvising ...
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