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Naked: Nakedonia
by Nenad Georgievski
There are bands that inhabit different territories at once where they don't belong to one genre but to many. A band like Naked can seem notorius for daring to ignore boundaries between genres and as such it can't really be pigeonholed as jazz. As a matter of fact, the band can describe itself in the same ...
SLM Ensemble: Source
by Eyal Hareuveni
SLM is an acronym for Source Liminal Music as well as a tri-consonantal root of of the Hebrew and Arabic words for peace, shalom and salam. It is also the name of a composition of master double bassist Mark Dresser and composer-conductor Sarah Weaver, written for the “Deep Tones for Peace" event in April 2009, a ...
Daniele Malvisi Six Group: Virtuous Circles of Miles Davis
by Neri Pollastri
Si allarga a sestetto il gruppo di Daniele Malvisi per realizzare questo omaggio aMiles Davis, nel quale alcune delle più note composizioni del trombettista vengono ripresentate in un'atmosfera in bilico tra acustico ed elettrico. Dal punto di vista timbrico la cosa che colpisce per prima è ovviamente l'assenza della tromba, interamente sostituita dal sax ...
Ted Nash Big Band: Presidential Suite (Eight Variations on Freedom)
by Karl Ackermann
As we live through the most contentious and divisive political cycle in US history, the Ted Nash Big Band Presidential Suite: Eight Variations On Freedom couldn't be more relevant. The significance hits home quickly and pointedly as former Connecticut State Senator Joe Lieberman follows the opening “Overture" with words of JFK that say, in part: ..."civility ...
Steven Kirby: Illuminations
by Dan Bilawsky
Illuminations--guitarist Steven Kirby's third album, following Point Of Balance (Challenge Records, 1998) and North Lights (Challenge Records, 2003)--is both true to previous form and highly expansive. Kirby uses elements of the sonic palette(s) that helped to color his earlier work, referencing the probing lyricism of John Abercrombie and the straight-to-the-heart melodic qualities shot through in classic ...
Karl Van Deun & Ruben Machtelinckx: Shapes
by Jakob Baekgaard
In spite of his young age, Belgian guitarist Ruben Machtelinckx has already traversed a wide spectrum of musical expressions, and yet, while the textures are different, his records share a certain lyrical sensibility and the quality of dwelling in the moment. On Shapes, Machtelinckx joins his former teacher Karl Van Deun to play ...
Leila Bordreuil & Michael Foster: The Caustic Ballads
by Hrayr Attarian
Brooklyn based Cellist Leila Bordreuil and saxophonist Michael Foster explore the emotional boundaries of tonality on the otherworldly and daring Caustic Ballads. The thirteen improvised duets, with their disturbing and poetic titles are abstract in their conception, intimately delivered and deeply visceral in their impact.The hypnotic “Into the Peristyle of Love's Temple" for example ...
Christy Doran's Sound Fountain: Belle Epoque
by Maurizio Comandini
Ancora tre anni e il chitarrista Christy Doran, nato in Irlanda ma residente in Svizzera da tantissimi anni, taglierà il traguardo dei settant'anni. Ma siamo sicuri che le candeline le spegnerà con il botto che verrà fuori da un accordo energico sparato dalla sua chitarra elettrica nell'amplificatore di turno. Un botto fantasmagorico, come le avventure musicali ...
Torbjörn Zetterberg & Den Stora Frågan: Om Liv & Dd
by Stefano Merighi
Torbjörn Zetterberg è un forte bassista svedese attivo da tempo attraversando post-bop e musica più ricercata, come questa di Om Liv & Död, eseguita da un ensemble internazionale che rafforza la collaborazione del leader con la notevole trombettista portoghese Susana Santos Silva e il nostro Alberto Pinton da anni figura di spicco della scena scandinava.
Bobby Kapp / Matthew Shipp: Cactus
by Dan McClenaghan
Drummer Bobby Kapp, free jazz spirit in New York in the mid-sixties, relocated to Mexico City, to the Artists' colony San Miguel de Allede. But he gets around, and on a return to New York he joined pianist Matthew Shipp to record a terrific set of duo improvisations called Cactus. Shipp, the better-known half ...
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