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Marcello Tonolo: Skrjabin in Jazz
by Alberto Bazzurro
Ci aveva già provato con Rossini e ora replica con Skrjabin. Così descrive Marcello Tonolo questa su nuovo rendez-vous con l'universo classico: “Nel 2015, per il centenario della morte di Alexander Skrjabin, mi è stato chiesto di reinterpretarne qualche brano in chiave jazzistica. Dopo una ponderata riflessione sul senso e sui rischi che l'operazione comportava, mi ...
Diégo Imbert, Enrico Pieranunzi, André Ceccarelli: Tribute To Charlie Haden
by Neri Pollastri
Diretto stavolta dal contrabbassista Diego Imbert, il ben affiatato trio franco-italiano (autore di vari lavori tra i quali Menage a trois, del 2016) che vede al pianoforte il nostro Enrico Pieranunzi e alla batteria il suo frequente collaboratore André Ceccarelli, è qui impegnato in un omaggio a Charlie Haden, ispiratore del leader e più volte collaboratore ...
Ran Blake / Christine Correa: Streaming
by Jerome Wilson
Pianist Ran Blake has been known for his duo work with vocalists dating back to his 1962 collaboration with Jeanne Lee, The Newest Sound Around (RCA Victor). In recent years, he has been working with three individualistic singers, Sara Serpa, Dominique Eade and Christine Correa. The year 2017 brought a session of folk songs and soundtrack ...
Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble: From Maxville to Vanport
by Jack Bowers
From Maxville to Vanport is music with a purpose, saluting the courage and resilience of black Americans who helped build those cities in the '20s and '40s in the face of unrelenting prejudice and hostility and in so doing helped make the state of Oregon what it is today. The music is by Ezra Weiss, the ...
Harvey Sorgen / Joe Fonda / Marilyn Crispell: Dreamstruck
by Dan McClenaghan
Drummer/composer/educator Harvey Sorgen boasts an impressive worked with/recorded with resume. His highest profile booster might be a handful of recordings with the Jefferson Airplane offshoot Hot Tuna, followed by a number of releases with bassist Joe Fonda and the Fonda/Stevens Group. With Fonda involved, you know you'll hear some left-of-center sounds. Dreamstruck teams Fonda with Sorgen, ...
Satoko Fujii: Triad
by Neri Pollastri
Tra la serie di dischi pubblicati, uno al mese, per festeggiare il compimento dei suoi sessant'anni, Satoko Fujii presenta anche questo Triad, registrato a Milano e uscito per l'italiana Long Song Records, che vede accanto a lei e al magnifico contrabbassista statunitense Joe Fonda il nostro Gianni Mimmo, che conferma di essere tra i migliori sassofonisti ...
Wolfgang Muthspiel: Where The River Goes
by Mark Sullivan
Austrian guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel returns with the same lyrical magic that characterized his previous quintet recording Rising Grace (ECM, 2016). That quintet--with trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, pianist Brad Mehldau and bassist Larry Grenadier--is altered only by the substitution of drummer Eric Harland for Brian Blade. Muthspiel begins the title tune unaccompanied on electric guitar, with ...
The Gravity Project: The Gravity Project
by Gareth Thompson
Born in Osaka, Japan, the veteran costume designer Junko Koshino has thrived on opposing images. Be-tentacled alien women can be expected to appear next to Greek goddesses in her shows. Her philosophy has thus been described as taikyoku, the Japanese word for “extreme opposites." Here comes the relevant bit... Now consider Masaki Nakamura, a ...
Evil Genius: Experiments on Human Subjects
by Glenn Astarita
It would be an uplifting experience to see this trio go at it in a live setting. For those who need comparisons, think of a cross-pollination between some of John Zorn-produced kinetic avant-garde jazz fusion, psych and rock ensembles along with Frank Zappa influences, and punk jazz groups. Guitarist Max Kutner is the lead ...
Blue Jay Patten: Street Scene
by Nicholas F. Mondello
With Street Scene, multitalented musician/composer/producer Blue Jay Patten engages in a highly entertaining tribute to (and stroll through) Nashville, “Music City." Patten--long a fixture in the 'ville--and his various crews deliver an eclectic, upbeat, and all-around fun tour. As is the city it salutes, Street Scene is a veritable gumbo of genres--contemporary, jazz, country, gospel, pop ...
