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Marc Doffey Quintet: Taking Direction
by Marithe Van der Aa
Over the course of 17 tracks, the Berlin based Marc Doffey Quintet sets out to create a suite filled with lyrical and dynamic soundscapes... and succeeds. Their debut album, Taking Direction, consists of compositions written by each individual band member and brief, improvised interludes. By including compositions of each member, the Marc Doffey Quintet ...
The Westerlies: The Westerlies
by Giuseppe Segala
Il quartetto di ottoni The Westerlies è formato da musicisti originari di Seattle che, dopo collaborazioni giovanili nella città dello stato di Washington, si sono successivamente ritrovati a suonare insieme nell'area di New York, dove si erano trasferiti separatamente. Il nome del quartetto si ispira a tale spostamento da Ovest verso Est, la stessa direzione che ...
Veryan Weston: Discoveries on Tracker Action Organs
by Alberto Bazzurro
Nativo della Cornovaglia (1950) ma trasferitosi a Londra poco più che ventenne (1972), Veryan Weston, generalmente dedito al pianoforte, si rivolge in questo tutto sommato singolare album all'organo a canne, riunendovi sette improvvisazioni di durate anche molto dissimili (dai 2'48" della prima ai 24 dell'ultima) effettuate in sette chiese e sette città diverse nel marzo 2014. ...
Benny Green: Happiness!
by Dan Bilawsky
Happiness is listening to Benny Green. He brings joie de vivre to the piano keys with his Herculean chops, in-the-pocket soulfulness, and tight arrangements, all of which can be heard in spades on this live date. The scene for this spirited recording was the Kuumbwa Jazz Center--a gem of a venue in California ...
Freddie Gavita: Transient
by Roger Farbey
Freddie Gavita graduated from London's Royal Academy of Music in 2008 after having taken a degree there in jazz trumpet under the watchful eye of Nick Smart, the Academy's Head of Jazz and a virtuoso trumpet player himself. Gavita is increasingly in demand both in big bands (including Ronnie Scott's Jazz Orchestra) and small groups alike ...
Dominic Miller: Silent Light
by Geno Thackara
Dominic Miller is a guitarist you've undoubtedly heard somewhere or other, whether you've knowingly heard of him or not. A life circling the globe (from Argentina to England and currently France) has let him absorb folk, Baroque and Latin American sensibilities, among other things, which leads to collaborations with similarly eclectic names. His widest exposure has ...
Lajos Dudas: Some Great Songs Vol. 2
by Budd Kopman
The predecessor to clarinetist Lajos Dudas' Some Great Songs Vol. 2 appeared some twenty years ago, with his previous release being Radio Days from 2015. Dudas gives no hint of letting up; his playing and arrangements are full of life and also depth. Dudas is one of those players who fills every note with meaning allowing ...
Tom Graf: Wish You Were Here
by Jim Olin
Wish You Were Here is the latest full-length from songwriter/composer Tom Graf. Graf is an industry vet -he co-wrote Merry Clayton's “Yes" from the Dirty Dancing soundtrack in 1987 -and he has been known to create head--turning music. He is an accomplished talent who considers jazz as one of his first loves. On Wish You Were ...
Dan Blake: The Digging
by Neri Pollastri
Album interessante per trasversalità stilistica e uno spirito di ricerca che emerge fin dal titolo, questo The Digging è opera del sassofonista Dan Blake, accompagnato in trio senza pianoforte dal contrabbassista Dmitry Ishenko, con il quale ha una lunga collaborazione, e dall'ottima batterista Eric Harland. Blake è autore di tutte le composizioni e vi ...
Dominique Pifarély Quartet: Tracé Provisoire
by Neri Pollastri
Dopo lo splendido lavoro in solo Time Before and Time After, Dominique Pifarély torna alla testa di un quartetto che vede schierati due suoi storici collaboratori quali sono Bruno Chevillon e François Merville accanto al pianista Antonin Rayon. La cifra è quella che da sempre caratterizza il violinista francese: un camerismo contemporaneo piuttosto astratto, marcatamente ritmico ...
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