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Ferdinando Faraò & Artchipel Orchestra: Play Soft Machine
by Claudio Bonomi
Rivisitare materiale altrui è sempre un'operazione ad alto rischio. Soprattutto quando si decide di riarrangiare composizioni che si considerano intoccabili o che raramente sono state oggetto di riscritture successive alle originali. Parliamo del repertorio dei Soft Machine e, in particolare, di quello risalente al periodo 1969-1971, stagione irripetibile e generosa di idee e situazioni messe in ...
poLO: Back Home
by Alberto Bazzurro
Sensazioni alquanto contrastanti suggerisce l'ascolto di questo secondo album del quartetto poLO (Porta/Lombardini), abilmente costruito, equilibrato, coeso, con un sound d'insieme efficace, definito, solido, gradevole all'ascolto, ma nel contempo scontato, ripetitivo, privo di tratti originali e di qualsivoglia afflato di ricerca. Tutto ciò appare chiaro già dopo un paio di brani (l'intero corpus ...
The Sirkis/Bialas International Quartet: Come To Me
by Roger Farbey
Drummer Asaf Sirkis co-leads this international group along with Polish singer Sywia Bialas (who actually resides in Germany) and two British musicians, Frank Harrison and Patrick Bettison. Sirkis has been making waves on the jazz scene over the past few years, playing with the likes of Larry Coryell and Tim Garland. Five of the ...
Paolo Fresu: In Maggiore
by Giuseppe Segala
Paolo Fresu ha sempre esplorato con interesse la dimensione del duo, iniziando a frequentarla con il contrabbasso di Furio Di Castri e proseguendo poi con Antonello Salis, Uri Caine e altre situazioni più occasionali, ad esempio con Omar Sosa e Ludovico Einaudi. Se il connubio con Salis è giocato su un lirismo istintivo, muscolare, spesso serrato, ...
Lukasz Gorewicz: The String of Horizons
by Ian Patterson
Active in both classical and contemporary music, Polish violinist/composer Łukasz Górewicz is perhaps best known abroad for Ecstasy Project, the unique experimental chamber/avant-garde jazz ensemble formed in 1999; its albums such as Realium (Polish Jazz, 2005) and Reminiscence Europae (Fonografica, 2008) underlined Górewicz' credentials as one of the most arresting violinists of his generation, regardless of ...
Tesla Manaf: A Man’s Relationship with His Fragile Area
by Mark F. Turner
Unlikely settings can spawn the most interesting results as heard in Indonesian based guitarist Tesla Manaf's A Man's Relationship with His Fragile Area which is one of the most intriguing titles for an album in recent years. The music is equally fascinating--the instrumental persuasions of Manaf's homeland and the slightest hints of his early music inspiration ...
Daniel Bennett Group: The Mystery at Clown Castle
by Mark Sullivan
The Daniel Bennett Group's music is seductive. Bennett's jazz/rock tunes are bright, attractive, and relentlessly catchy: but odd meters, minimalism, hard rock guitar, and outside jazz are all lurking just below the surface. He even manages to make spoken word go down just as easily as vocals, no doubt greatly aided by the skills of guest ...
Yvonnick Prene and Pasquale Grasso: Merci Toots
by Chris Mosey
It is often said--rather nastily--that nobody can name five famous Belgians. Jazz fans can certainly name one: harmonicist Toots Thielemans. Thielemans, who in 2014 announced his retirement at the age of 92, decamped from his homeland after the war to play with just about everyone in the US, including Charlie Parker and--primarily--George Shearing. ...
Irek Wojtczak & The Fonda-Stevens Group: Wojtczak NY Connection
by C. Michael Bailey
Jazz from the edge of Eastern Europe. Wojtczak NY Connection is very much and East meets West jazz endeavor. Irek Wojtczak is a Polish saxophonist, conservatory trained and stage proven. For the Wojtczak NY Connection, Wojtczak joins the New York City-based Fonda/Stevens Group (bassist Joe Fonda and pianist Michael Stevens) for an internationally-flavored eutectoid. The results ...
Ken Silverman: Parallel Man
by Hrayr Attarian
At first glance guitarist Ken Silverman's Parallel Man appears to be an album having an identity crisis. It seems lacking a unifying theme and the sense of adventure that marked its predecessors. A careful listen, however, reveals another explorative dimension, one that tries to find the core commonality among seemingly disparate genres. From the western swing ...
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