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Ivo Neame: Strata
by Roger Farbey
Taking a busman's holiday from his work with the award-winning Phronesis and the Kairos 4Tet, Strata is Ivo Neame's fourth innovative album released under his own name. Strident piano chords introduce “Personality Clash" where, following the opening ensemble theme and a piano solo combining both angularity and warmth,Jim Hart gives a masterclass in frenetic vibraphone soloing. ...
The Rodriguez Brothers: Impromptu
by Andrew Luhn
Those of us who have siblings know the special bond that brothers and sisters share. From being able to quote the same movies, to sharing memories of childhood and growing up, it's hard to deny that siblings have a unique connection. It should come as no surprise then, that this unique connection gives siblings a certain ...
Anna Webber: Simple
by Libero Farnè
La trentenne sassofonista canadese Anna Webber si è trasferita a New York nel 2008, dove ha studiato con Jason Moran ed ha preso contatti con la scena jazzistica più creativa. Dopo un paio di CD per la Pirouet Records giunge a questo lavoro autoprodotto per l'etichetta di Chris Speed. I primi due brani presentano ...
Nuno Costa: Detox
by Mark Sullivan
Portuguese guitarist Nuno Costa is heavily involved in music for film--his Berklee College of Music major was Film Scoring--so it's not surprising that his music often has a cinematic quality. This includes dramatic episodic compositional structures as well as programmatic song titles. Detox is his third album, following (...) -Reticências entre Parênteses (2009) and All Must ...
Lars Seniuk / New German Art Orchestra: Pendulum
by Jack Bowers
German-born composer / arranger / trumpeter Lars Seniuk, who formed his first big band at age sixteen and has played with and written for many others since then, was barely twenty-six when Pendulum was recorded in Hamburg with the splendid New German Art Orchestra, an up-to-date version of the late Bob Brookmeyer's New Art Orchestra, established ...
Bruno Råberg Quartet with Phil Grenadier, Allan Chase and Austin McMahon: Hot Box
by Karl Ackermann
Bassist Bruno Råberg and trumpeter Phil Grenadier had previously offered a brilliant duo collection with the 2012 Plunge (Orbis Music) and here--under Råberg's leadership--expand to a quartet formation for the equally imaginative Hot Box. The collection features compositions both by the Swedish born Råberg and group improvised pieces. Unlike the Råberg/Grenadier duo outing, the leader's electronic ...
Scott Ellison: Elevator Man
by C. Michael Bailey
Tulsa, Oklahoma-native Scott Ellison looks like an accountant (not unlike fellow blues musician George Taylor), sings a bit like a dustbowl Howlin' Wolf and plays guitar like Old Scratch from the corner of Highways 49 and 61. Dusty Oklahoma is the home of many fine musicians not the least of whom include Leon Russell, J.J. Cale, ...
Keith Jarrett: Creation
by Mario Calvitti
Sono passati 40 anni da quel concerto a Colonia che ha rivelato al mondo, grazie a un successo di vendite travolgente e decisamente inusuale per un disco di jazz, la pratica del concerto solistico completamente improvvisato che il pianista Keith Jarrett portava avanti già da un paio di anni, e che avrebbe continuato quasi ininterrottamente (tranne ...
Myra Melford: Snowy Egret
by Vincenzo Roggero
Snowy Egret fa parte di un ampio e ambizioso progetto articolato in immagini, performance di danza, recitazione e musica, denominato Language of Dreams e ispirato a “Memory of Fire" trilogia sulla storia delle Americhe dell'autore uruguaiano Eduardo Galeano. In linea con l'estetica della pianista di Chicago la musica di Snowy Egret risulta sofisticata, rigorosa nelle sue ...
Matana Roberts: Always
by Mark Corroto
The saxophone is possibly the musical instrument that produces a sound closest to the human voice. Listening to a virtuoso saxophonist like Matana Roberts, one hears more than just breath through a reed instrument. Her solo recording Always, travels beyond voice, to mind, body, and spirit. Recorded in studio, without the benefit of a ...
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