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Duccio Bertini, Susana Sheiman: A Day In Barcelona
by Angelo Leonardi
Registrato a Barcellona nel novembre 2015 e uscito sul finire del 2016, questo disco conferma le doti di orchestratore e bandleader di Duccio Bertini e quelle vocali di Susana Sheiman, una delle migliori cantanti del jazz nella penisola iberica. La formazione orchestrale comprende alcuni eccellenti solisti del jazz catalano e spagnolo, come il trombettista David Pastor, ...
Fabian Almazan: Alcanza
by Troy Dostert
When his debut record, Personalities, was released in 2011, pianist Fabian Almazan put everyone on notice: this was a musician unafraid to take some big chances with his craft. That album began with a piece by Shostakovich (augmented with a string quartet and electronics, no less), and it effectively established the trajectory Almazan has continued ever ...
Shawn Thwaites Rebel Quartet: New Life
by Geno Thackara
If there's one impression about Shawn Thwaites that jumps out at first glance, it's a willingness to jokingly twist expectations. The Trinidadian-American's music is billed as “modern jazz intertwining hip-hop, funk and calypso"--a blending just as offbeat as his choice of steel drums for main instrument--and his Rebel Quartet actually turns out to have six members. ...
Gato Libre: Neko
by Dan McClenaghan
Trumpeter Natsuki Tamura's Gato Libre could now be called Gato Diferente. The group's lineup changed five albums into its journey, after the release of Forever (Libra Records, 2011), with the death of bassist Norikatsu Koreyasu. And changed again with the addition--after Norikatsu's passing--of trombonist Yasuko Kaneko. Then, in 2015, the group's guitarist, Kazuhiko Tsumura passed, leaving ...
Andreas Schaerer/Hildegard Lernt Fliegen meets the Orchestra of the Lucerne Festival Academy: The Big Wig
by Ian Patterson
The Orchestra of the Lucerne Festival Academy and the sextet Hildegard Lernt Fliegen come below Andreas Schaerer on the billing on this CD/DVD offering, suggesting the star quality of this unique contemporary composer/vocalist. The Big Wig suite-- composed and orchestrated by Schaerer--comprises newly composed material and reworkings of several tunes from Hildegard Lernt Fliegen's The Fundamental ...
Chris Potter: The Dreamer Is the Dream
by Mark Sullivan
Saxophonist/composer Chris Potter's two previous ECM albums as leader both had a “special project" air about them. The Sirens (2013) was inspired by the epic poem The Odyssey, and featured an unusual quintet with two keyboardists. Imaginary Cities (2015) featured the Underground Orchestra, an expansive lineup of his Underground quartet plus two bassists, percussion, and string ...
Bill Evans: Another Time: The Hilversum Concert
by C. Michael Bailey
Musical performance archeologist Zev Feldman again provides the Bill Evans discography with important, previously unreleased material. Another Time documents pianist Evans, in the company of bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Jack DeJohnette, in concert at the Netherlands Radio Union VARA Studio 8 in Hilversum on June 22, 1968. The release complements the previously released Some Other ...
Yang: The Failure of Words
by Glenn Astarita
World class German touch guitarist Markus Reuter (Stick Men, Europa String Choir) and Benjamin Schäfer enhance this soundscape with sterling audio processes to extract the inherent power and resiliency of this French / German quartet on its 3rd release. Abetted by a detailed soundstage that highlight's the band's commanding presence, the packaging references late artist Bruno ...
Peter Dominguez: Groove Dreams
by Dan Bilawsky
Groove Dreams resonates on a number of levels. In the most obvious sense, it's a testament to the skill, imagination, and resourcefulness of bassist Peter Dominguez, an artist who operates with a profound depth of understanding in both formal and creative realms. But it's also a link to the relationship that Dominguez formed with bass icon ...
Aki Ishiguro, Peter Schwebs, Rodrigo Recabarren: Mural
by Neri Pollastri
Un trio giovane e multinazionale -nippo-americano il chitarrista, tedesco il contrabbassista, cileno il batterista -che s'incontra e registra a Brooklyn questo Mural, lavoro di impianto sostanzialmente classico per il tipo di formazione, ma impreziosito da alcune suggestioni e dalle qualità dei musicisti. Gran parte delle composizioni sono di Aki Ishiguro -sei su dieci -e ...
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