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Nuno Costa: Detox
by Roger Farbey
Guitarist and Berklee College of Music alumnus Nuno Costa has produced his third album, which was recorded in January 2014, in Lisbon, Portugal, where he and his band are based. It makes for some intriguing listening too. Electronic guitar whine cedes to ethereal harmonics, constituting the opening bars of “Hum...?," and from here on ...
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra: The Treasury Shows, Volume 19
by Chris Mosey
In 1946 the uneasy truce between industry and organized labor in the U.S.A which had persisted for the duration of World War Two came to an abrupt end. Coal miners and railroad workers came out on strike and jazz bands were banned by the American Federation of Musicians under its autocratic boss James C. Petrillo from ...
Brian Landrus Trio: The Deep Below
by Dan Bilawsky
If this recording can't kindle a love of the low end in your cochlea then nothing can. For The Deep Below, Brian Landrus--perhaps the most significant baritone saxophonist/low reed man to emerge in recent times--put together a trio with bassist Lonnie Plaxico and drumming icon Billy Hart. Together, they explore eleven Landrus originals and three classics, ...
Fulvio Sigurta: The Oldest Living Thing
by Bruce Lindsay
The Oldest Living Thing is trumpeter and composer Sigurta's sixth album as leader or co-leader, his fourth for the Cam Jazz label. He's also recorded with pianist Francesco Turrisi and as a member of Nostalgia 77. For this album he's joined by acoustic guitarist Federico Casagrande (who shares writing duties) and Steve Swallow on electric bass. ...
Partikel: String Theory
by Roger Farbey
A frenetic opening to the third album by Partikel augurs well for the rest of this hour-long recording and there's almost a reminiscence of Frank Zappa's Hot Rats in its intensity. Partikel here is augmented on this session by a string quartet. A jazz trio with strings? Yes, but not just any strings, these are strings ...
Marilyn Crispell -- Gerry Hemingway: Table Of Changes
by Glenn Astarita
These distinguished artists performed together with pioneering saxophonist, composer Anthony Braxton's epic 80s ensembles amid other ensuing collaborations. Over time, drummer Gerry Hemingway and pianist Marilyn Crispell have gravitated towards the upper echelon of the so-called 'new jazz' outlook, as Table of Changes provides a glowing snapshot of their Europe 2013 tour. Moreover, the album extends ...
Ted Daniel's Energy Module: Innerconnection
by Vincenzo Roggero
Innerconnection è l'ennesimo capitolo della preziosa opera di recupero da parte della label lituana No Business nei confronti di artisti di valore non sempre adeguatamente riconosciuti o protagonisti di lavori comparsi come meteore nel panorama discografico dell'epoca. È il caso di questa formazione di alto profilo assemblata dal trombettista Ted Daniel, e messa su vinile nell'autunno ...
Max Ionata, Dado Moroni: Two for Stevie
by Mario Calvitti
Stevie Wonder occupa sicuramente un posto di rilievo nella storia della Black Music, posizionandosi all'incrocio tra soul, rhythm & blues, funk e jazz. I suoi temi hanno fornito stimolo e ispirazione a innumerevoli musicisti di varia estrazione che li hanno interpretati in tanti modi diversi. A questa lista si aggiungono ora il sassofonista Max Ionata e ...
Harvie S / Sheryl Bailey: Plucky Strum
by Dan Bilawsky
Two musicians, two acoustic string instruments, and ten original works recorded live in the studio with no overdubs, edits, or fixes of any sort. That's Plucky Strum in a nutshell, but that's also unfairly reductive in its explanation of the project. For when the two musicians under discussion are as special and seasoned as bassist Harvie ...
Andy Sheppard Quartet: Surrounded By Sea
by Ian Patterson
Saxophonist/composer Andy Sheppard has found a home in ECM. It's maybe not the perfect home for an artist as eclectic as Sheppard, for it's hard to see some of his other projects--notably the Scofield/Lovanoesque quartet Hotel Bristol--fitting in with the ECM aesthetic. Still, Sheppard's melodic improvisational approach and the airy lyricism on Movements in Color (ECM, ...
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