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Pedro Giraudo Big Band: Cuentos
by Jack Bowers
Cuentos, the sixth recording by Argentine-born, New York-based composer / arranger / bassist Pedro Giraudo and his first as leader of a fully formed large ensemble, is a rhythmic delight, deftly interweaving the best of Giraudo's South American heritage with contemporary big-band jazz of the highest order. Giraudo wrote and arranged every number, on each of ...
Agustí Fernández / Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard / Bjørn Heebøll: Amaranth
by Mark Corroto
To call Spanish pianist Agustí Fernández an inside/outside player isn't to suggest that he dabbles in both straight-ahead and free jazz. As a free, improvising pianist, he is one of the most sensitive players in today's scene. No, calling Fernández an inside/outside player literally means he can often be found playing his instrument both from the ...
Errol Rackipov Group: Pictures From A Train Window
by Chris Mosey
There's a lot going on here: all manner of different musical influences and moods. Errol Rackipov (vibes and marimba), hails originally from Bulgaria. In his sleeve note, he likens life to a train ride on which we glimpse reflections of our past, present and future out of the window. The wistful, yet driving ...
Harley Card: Hedgerow
by Fiona Ord-Shrimpton
Hazy summer sun and nostalgia, the album cover hints best at what the music of Harley Card sounds like (with the exception of the giant mirror-beach-ball-spaceship-portal thing--no idea). Hedgerow is a contemplative and absorbing sound, reiterating guitar phrases across a wide harvest of colors and plaited exchanges. Hedgerow is a little knotty, in the ...
Natural Artefacts: California Connection
by Glenn Astarita
Keyboardist Susanna Lindeborg and her Swedish band-mates form a bond with San Francisco Bay Area musicians, percussionist and electronics performer Gino Robair and electronics denizen Tim Perkis on this venturesome set recorded live at UC Berkeley and in the studio. As the Natural Artefacts band originated when Lindeborg and her longtime musical partner, saxophonist Ove Johansson ...
Ibrahim Electric: Rumours from Outer Space
by Vincenzo Roggero
Una chitarra elettrica Telecaster, un organo Hammond B3, una batteria e il viaggio nello spazio ha inizio. I tre astronauti hanno le sembianze di avventurosi musicisti danesi e il nome del power trio che li rappresenta la dice lunga sulle traiettorie spaziali percorse in questo Rumours from Outer Space. Ossia un crogiolo di ...
Bastandards: Plays Jazz
by Neri Pollastri
Plays Jazz è la registrazione live di un concerto del trio Bastandards, tenutosi nell'agosto del 2012 a San Nicola Arcella, nel cosentino. Il trio, composto dalla chitarra di Marco Magnelli, dal contrabbasso di Carlo Cimino e dalla batteria di Francesco Cusa, lavora appunto esclusivamente su standard, ancorché selezionati in modo radicale: in scaletta infatti ci sono ...
Jeff Cosgrove/Frank Kimbrough/Martin Wind: Conversations With Owls
by Dan Bilawsky
Owls are often seen or portrayed as the most sagacious of creatures, wisely holding sway on a branch and quietly gazing into the night. Images such as that readily appear in the mind as Conversations With Owls unfold. In listening back to this music after the session, drummer Jeff Cosgrove was taken back ...
Donny McCaslin: Fast Future
by Mark F. Turner
Saxophonist Donny McCaslin brought a fresh perspective to the acoustic-electronic jazz soundscape with 2012's Casting for Gravity (Greenleaf Music) which earned a Grammy nomination for “Best Instrumental Jazz Solo" for the track “Stadium Jazz." Thankfully it was not a one-off as McCaslin reassembles the tightly knit band and savvy production from saxophonist David Binney in Fast ...
Awa Sangho: Ala Ta
by James Nadal
The ancient West African culture that spans across the sands of the Sahara has created a rich and vibrant musical legacy which continues to yield stimulating artists. Vocalist Awa Sangho hails from Mali, was raised in musically rich Bamako, and began her singing and composing career in Abidjan, in the Ivory Coast. There she honed her ...
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