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Yvonnick Prene: Breathe
by Dan Bilawsky
Yvonnick Prene has called New York home since 2007, but jazz fans in and around the Big Apple and beyond can be forgiven if they lacked awareness about his harmonica skills until more recent times. His first album--the inviting Jour de Fête (SteepleChase Records, 2013)--took a while to arrive, so the only way to learn about ...
AERIE: Hatch and Host
by Ian Patterson
Band names whose meanings are obscure and whose pronunciations are uncertain can be annoying, so to clarify, an aerie is the nest of a bird of prey. It can be pronounced 'airy' or 'eerie," though the music on the debut of this multi-national quintet is neither. Instead, this overtly contemporary jazz veers between bucolic at one ...
Ari Erev: Flow
by Edward Blanco
Flow is the third recording as leader from prominent Israeli pianist Ari Erev and follows the themes of “time" and “change" that titled his previous albums. On this endeavor, Erev designs a project that reflects his affinity for the percussive Latin sound by including a touch of Afro-Cuban rhythms as one of the elements in a ...
Stanley Clarke/Biréli Lagrene/Jean-Luc Ponty: D-Stringz
by James Nadal
As sometimes happens in life, the best experiences are those that come as an unexpected surprise. The formation of the acoustic trio D-Stringz, featuring violinist Jean-Luc Ponty, guitarist Bireli Lagrene, and bassist Stanley Clarke, was almost by accident, as they were all on the same bill back in 2012, in Paris, playing with different ensembles. As ...
Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet: Intercambio
by Angelo Leonardi
Trombonista, bandleader e produttore, Wayne Wallace è una delle figure eminenti del Latin Jazz, termine ovviamente riduttivo che non coglie la ricchezza della fusione tra ritmi caraibici e jazz moderno. Per comodità, l'etichetta è comunque in uso e in questa categoria Intercambio ha ottenuto una nomination al Grammy Awards del febbraio 2016 (premio poi andato a ...
Lorenzo Masotto: Seta
by Luigi Sforza
Posto che il processo creativo impone scelte e discriminazioni e che per farsi materia ha bisogno di segni e simboli legati ad un sistema, aderire ad un codice espressivo piuttosto che ad un altro non certifica necessariamente la qualità di un opera, ma anche quando si sceglie un linguaggio, rispettarlo dogmaticamente non sancisce meriti ma neanche ...
Jae Sinnett: Zero To 60
by Dan Bilawsky
The title of this record is something of a double entendre, referencing both the arrival of a milestone birthday for drummer-composer Jae Sinnett and the specific decade that helped influence his outlook on music, art, and life in general. But don't let that information fool you. This isn't some nostalgia-filled date with flower power filigree. This ...
Ralph Alessi: Quiver
by Mark Sullivan
Quiver finds trumpeter Ralph Alessi and his quartet in a lyrical, reflective mood. Alessi describes the atmosphere in the recording studio as “pensive," a quality that imbues this music. The group includes most of the players from Alessi's acclaimed ECM leader debut Baida (2013). Drew Gress (double-bass) and Nasheet Waits (drums) return, with Gary Versace taking ...
Roberto Magris: Need to Bring Out Love
by Edward Blanco
Italian jazz pianist and maestro Roberto Magris follows up his highly-regarded Enigmatix (JMood Records, 2015) with the sequel Need to Bring Out Love delivering the same type of modern-styled contemporary sound that made the first album, so enticing. Known as a proponent of the straight ahead mainstream side of jazz and a lover of the standards, ...
Patrick Cornelius: While We’re Still Young
by Roger Farbey
An alumnus of Berklee School of Music, saxophonist Patrick Cornelius has now released his sixth album containing a very fine suite of his own compositions, inspired by the poetry of A.A. Milne, the British children's author of When We Were Very Young. A brief horn introduction, reminiscent of the slow movement in Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 ...
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