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Dmitry Baevsky: The Day After
by David A. Orthmann
Imagine a group that, in large measure, references the bebop revolution of nearly seventy-five years ago, yet steers clear of the pitfalls of nostalgia, hero worship, and blatant imitation, and ultimately wins the day with an adroit blend of teamwork and compelling individual voices. For those who believe that nothing good can come from contemporary players ...
Bardoscia - Alborada - Marcotulli: Trigono
by Neri Pollastri
Elegante lavoro tra il jazz e la classica, Trigono rimanda nel titolo alla atipica formazione, che potremmo definire un “trio plurale," visto che i protagonisti sono Marco Bardoscia, Rita Marcotulli e, come terzo vertice, il quartetto d'archi Alborada. Il programma proposto è accattivante, con musiche per lo più originali sempre di immediato appeal, grazie ...
Nick Sanders, Logan Strosahl: Janus
by Alberto Bazzurro
Newyorchese, pupillo di Fred Hersch, Nick Sanders è al suo terzo album per la Sunnyside, il primo in duo col sassofonista Logan Strosahl, ventisettenne di Seattle di cui questo è invece il secondo disco (sempre su Sunnyside). Ne fanno parte dodici brani di varia estrazione, dai due firmatari del lavoro a Monk, Machaut, Messiaen, Couperin e ...
Francois Couturier / Tarkovsky Quartet: Nuit Blanche
by John Kelman
Following their sublime duo outing, Moderato Cantabile (ECM, 2014), cellist Anja Lechner and François Couturier reunite in the pianist's quartet responsible for two-thirds of a recorded trilogy for ECM Records, all devoted to Soviet filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky, whose name would ultimately become synonymous with the group: Tarkovsky Quartet. Bookending Couturier's second album of the ...
Erroll Garner: Ready Take One
by Dan McClenaghan
Erroll Garner (1923-1977) played the piano like all was well with the world, with a flashy and elegant panache. And sometimes that's just what we need. With a swinging style that bubbled up from the stride and ragtime traditions, and nudged into the bop arena, Garner's was an ebullient sound--virtuosic and embellished with ornamental phrasings and ...
Duke Pearson: WAHOO!
by Greg Simmons
Duke Pearson occupied an unusual position within Blue Note Record's roster of artists. In addition to recording as both leader and sideman he also served as the label's A&R man, following in the footsteps of Ike Quebec. Pearson also served as the arranger on many albums, including sessions--Stanley Turrentine's Rough 'n' Tumble, comes to mind--where other ...
Andrew Vogt: For Free
by Hrayr Attarian
Bassist Andrew Vogt's engaging EP, the entirely improvised For Free, serves as a teaser for two of his upcoming 2017 recordings. The tracks on For Free are from the same sessions that resulted in the above mentioned The AV Club and Awakening, but they are not included on either of them. The spontaneously created ...
Mark Murphy: Live in Italy 2001
by Angelo Leonardi
Quest'inedito concerto di Mark Murphy del 2001 è un documento prezioso che ci ricorda uno dei massimi vocalist della storia del jazz, il più eclettico e creativo della sua generazione. Incrementa il valore del compact la presenza di Marco Tamburini--allora 42enne--in uno smagliante quartetto con Marco Piacentini, Piero Leveratto e Marco Tonin. Il ...
Barry Guy, Marilyn Crispell, Paul Lytton: Deep Memory
by Neri Pollastri
Quarto CD di questo trio di storici improvvisatori, che come gli altri esce per l'etichetta Intakt. Qui la musica, tutta di Barry Guy, prende spunto da una mostra di quadri del pittore Hughie O'Donoghue, tanto che ogni brano è relativo a una delle sue opere, riportate (anche se con immagini troppo piccole per poterle apprezzare appieno) ...
Jungle Fire: Jambú
by Joe Gatto
Ever since they released their debut, Tropicoso, Jungle Fire has left me hungry for more of their sabroso Latin Funk. It was the Funkish best album of 2014, and now one of my go-to favorite records. Finally, they've released the follow up on Nacional Records...and it's just as good as the first one! Jambú ...
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