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Nenad Vasilic Trio: Wet Paint
by Nenad Georgievski
Wet Paint or “fresh paint" symbolizes the formation of the new band or the trio led by soulful bassist, producer and composer Nenad Vasilic who continues to build on the variety steam generated from his previous releases. Here he explores the trio format accompanied by pianist/keyboardist Bojan Z, who finds himself in the role of a ...
Dave Rempis, Joshua Abrams, Avreeayl Ra + Jim Baker: Perihelion
by AAJ Staff
È un musicista generoso e attivissimo, il sassofonista Dave Rempis, che molti conoscono come fantastico “specchio" di Ken Vandermark nei Vandermark 5. Merito di un'attitudine fortemente e ostinatamente free, della capacità di utilizzare tre strumenti (il contralto, il tenore e il baritono) con grande equilibrio funzionale e, non ultimo, di lavorare con continuità con alcuni colleghi ...
Giovanni Venosta & Sonata Island: Nippon Eldorado Kabarett
by Neri Pollastri
Curioso album di un gruppo, Sonata Island di Giovanni Venosta, dedito a progetti eclettici (ha al suo attivo lavori sulla musica di Stockhausen, Mahler, Fred Frith...) e stavolta alle prese con la dissacrante musica rock messa a punto in Giappone negli anni Ottanta e Novanta da gruppi come Wha Ha Ha e After Dinner e da ...
The Common Quartet: The Hive
by Dan McClenaghan
The first spin of any particular recording is more often than not a cursory affair, a listening experience done without undivided attention; and The Hive, by the Brooklyn-based Common Quartet, under these conditions, seemed to have a West Coast cool jazz vibe. And saxophonist Seth Trachy brought Paul Desmond, of the Dave Brubeck Quartet, to mind, ...
Nate Wooley: Argonautica
by Troy Collins
Argonautica reveals a subtle new facet in Nate Wooley's eclectic discography. A celebrated leader of the new trumpet scene, Wooley has expanded the instrument's language by incorporating innovative extended techniques into his bold improvisations. Most of his work has fallen under the banner of lower-case improv, noise or advanced post-bop, but little of his prior output ...
House Of Waters: House Of Waters
by Roger Farbey
The eponymous follow-up to House Of Waters's 2012 album Revolution is no less an iconoclastic offering than its predecessor (or the band's previous two albums Peace The Coats and Elsewhere). Iconoclasm here is a relevant noun because the trio's musical approach confounds traditional perspectives. So although not compositionally similar to say, Philip Glass's extraordinary soundtrack Koyaanisqatsi, ...
David S. Ware & Matthew Shipp Duo: Live in Sant'Anna Arresi, 2004
by Giuseppe Segala
La frequentazione di David S. Ware e Matthew Shipp è stata scandita dai diciassette anni in cui il pianista era componente del quartetto guidato dal sassofonista, con William Parker al contrabbasso e l'avvicendamento di alcuni pregevoli batteristi. Ma il loro incontro diretto, a due, non è stato frequente in concerto e non li aveva mai portati ...
Lanfranco Malaguti: Why Not?
by Angelo Leonardi
Ciclicamente la ricerca di Lanfranco Malaguti si confronta con gli standard, usandoli come un materiale da plasmare e riplasmare, ridisegnandone in profondità i connotati armonici, melodici e ritmici. In questo senso i primi lavori risalgono alla fine degli anni ottanta con Sound Investigations (Splasc(H) 1988) e Synthetismos (Splasc(H) 1989) a cui seguirà nel 1990 Something, dedicato ...
Steve Fidyk: Allied Forces
by David A. Orthmann
The military reference in this record's title is right on the mark. For over a quarter of a century, Steve Fidyk has held down the drum chair in the U.S. Army Blues (part of the United States Army Band “Pershing's Own"), an 18-piece ensemble that has performed America's original art form in a variety of venues ...
Eliane Amherd: Skylines
by Bruce Lindsay
It's five years since Swiss-born, New School graduate singer/songwriter Eliane Amherd released Now And From Now On (Self Produced, 2011). The easy-on-the-ear melodies and upbeat rhythms from that debut album are still a central part of Skylines, but those extra five years show in Amherd's more mature writing style and wider musical imagination. Skylines ...
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