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Jeremy Cunningham Quartet: re: dawn (from far)
by Jakob Baekgaard
Since he moved to Chicago in 2009, Jeremy Cunningham has been a vital addition to the jazz environment and his debut as a leader, re: dawn (from far) , shows an assured musician and composer who effortlessly taps into the great musical tradition of the city. Cunningham has teamed up with one of ...
Faun and a Pan Flute: Traffic
by Dave Wayne
Atlanta, the home of OutKast, CeeLo Green, Usher, and really the whole “Dirty South" hip hop thing, is not a place normally associated with bands that play super-complex all-original instrumental art-rock. So, you may have to pinch yourself when you hear Traffic by Atlanta-based prog-rockers Faun and a Pan Flute. And to be totally frank, “prog-rockers" ...
Lupa Santiago 4teto + Ed Neumeister: Ubuntu
by James Nadal
The Brazilian jazz scene has undergone subtle but noticeable changes, as many Brazilian musicians continue to travel, tour, and study abroad, returning with applicable innovative ideas. Expanding beyond the customary bossa and samba boundaries, the music is encompassing global influences with impressive results. Guitarist Lupa Santiago is the embodiment of this positive trend, and throughout his ...
Bathysphere: Bathysphere
by Angelo Leonardi
Il sassofonista olandese Jorrit Dijkstra e il pianista greco Pandelis Karayorgis vivono negli Stati Uniti da vari anni (il primo dal 2002, il secondo dal 1985). Entrambi sono docenti al New England Conservatory di Boston, sono compositori interessati alla libera improvvisazione e all'elettronica e collaborano nel quartetto Matchbox e nel più noto The Whammies, un ensemble ...
Self Imposed Exile: Live from Steinway Hall
by Alberto Bazzurro
Due suite di poco meno di un quarto d'ora ciascuna, per un totale di 26:42, compongono questo singolare album in cui fra i performer compare anche colui (Shaun Sutkus) che, oltre a curare la registrazione, interagisce in diretta (il disco deriva da un live newyorchese del dicembre 2014) con i due musicisti veri e propri.
Cameron Mizell: Negative Spaces
by Jerome Wilson
Cameron Mizell is not a well-known guitarist but he is a talented one. Working with just keyboards and drums on this CD he goes on an expansive excursion through the realms of jazz, progressive rock, funk and country. Just the first four tracks, which actually run together without a break, he goes through New ...
Andrew McAnsh: Illustrations
by Dave Wayne
Its liner notes, song titles, and cover art liberally peppered with references to Japanese culture and Zen Buddhism, Andrew McAnsh's debut recording, Illustrations was inspired by the young trumpeter / composer's journeys through the Land of the Rising Sun. However, McAnsh's original compositions--far from displaying any direct influences of Japanese ethnic music--are relentlessly hard-hitting modern jazz ...
Jason Rigby: One: Detroit-Cleveland Trio
by Troy Dostert
Jason Rigby's first two releases as a leader, Translucent Space (2006) and Sage (2009), were widely acclaimed both for Rigby's sophisticated compositions and for his voice as an emerging saxophone talent. On these albums, the first with a nonet and the second with a quintet, Rigby evoked the sound of mid-to-late 60s Miles and early fusion, ...
Ralph Alessi: Quiver
by Stefano Merighi
Il quartetto di Ralph Alessi mantiene due coordinate espressive ben distinte. Dal vivo, il repertorio ben compatto, per lo più introspettivo, si accende con una passione inaspettata, che realizza dunque una concezione dialettica della musica. Il magistero tecnico dei solisti si afferma a partire da sobri materiali di partenza e si evolve con irresistibili conversazioni e ...
Filippo Bianchini 4-Tet: Disorder at the Border
by Neri Pollastri
Primo disco a proprio nome per il sassofonista Filippo Bianchini, nato a Orvieto, cresciuto a Roma e da alcuni anni di stanza a Bruxelles. La formazione di cui è leader è un quartetto classico -in due tracce allargato a sestetto -composto di musicisti forse non di primo piano, di età diverse ma certo preparatissimi. E la ...
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