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Lisbon Underground Music Ensemble: L.U.M.E.
by Angelo Leonardi
Il termine “lume" in portoghese significa fuoco ma, inteso come acronimo, indica il Lisbon Underground Music Ensemble, una band di 15 elementi guidata dal pianista e compositore Marco Barroso. Nato nel 2006 il L.U.M.E. debutta con quest'album in cui mostra di saper dire qualcosa di personale nel panorama orchestrale contemporaneo. La scena musicale ...
Claudio Fasoli Four: London Tube
by Luigi Sforza
London Tube chiude il ciclo di quella che si potrebbe definire la trilogia contemporanea di Claudio Fasoli, comprendente i dischi Avenir e Patchwork. Tutti registrati dallo stesso fecondo quartetto, i tre album ci consegnano un esempio di grande spessore musicale, in cui alcuni tra i gradi estetici più rilevanti del jazz risultano raggiunti: originalità di temi ...
Mats/Morgan: Schack Tati
by Claudio Bonomi
Raccontano le cronache che gli svedesi Mats Oberg (tastierista) e Morgan Agren (batterista) suonano insieme dall'età rispettivamente di 10 e 14 anni. Si direbbe un sodalizio di acciaio che si fonda su una fraterna amicizia e su un amore smisurato per Frank Zappa che fu agli inizi degli anni Ottanta anche loro mentore. Fini ...
Rob Mazurek and Black Cube SP: Return the Tides: Ascension Suite and Holy Ghost
by Glenn Astarita
Cornetist and electronics ace Rob Mazurek leads several prominent bands. Yet Return The Tides projects special significance since the album by his Black Cube SP unit was recorded in Brazil two-weeks after his mother passed away. In the album notes, his earnest and spiritually composed eulogy may have provided an added boost to the ensemble' unrelenting ...
Shawn Maxwell's Alliance: Bridge
by Dan Bilawsky
The eponymous debut from Shawn Maxwell's Alliance was a giant step forward for the saxophonist/composer; his previous albums all had musical merit, but all were built with limited color schemes, hewing, for the most part, to jazz norms. With Shawn Maxwell's Alliance (Chicago Sessions, 2014), Maxwell stepped way outside the box, writing music for a dectet ...
Yoni Kretzmer: This Is Our Very First Album Together
by Glenn Astarita
Distinguished Israeli improvising, avant-jazz saxophonist Yoni Kretzmer has several albums to his credit with fellow countrymen and American notables, such as drummers Mike Pride, Andrew Drury and bassist Jason Ajemian. Since he's recently moved to Brooklyn, N.Y., the artist ingratiates his faculties into the region's intensely fertile improvising scene, where almost anything goes when the studio ...
Lyn Stanley: Potions: From the ‘50s
by C. Michael Bailey
We Baby Boomers are a persnickety bunch. We revel in our nostalgia while keeping a jaundiced eye on current trends and how derivative they are compared with those we experienced when they were really new. Critics dismiss this nostalgia as wasted pathos, pining away for what can never be again. That is missing the point. Memory ...
Paul Jones: Short History
by Dan Bilawsky
Saxophonist Paul Jones clearly brings a literary bent to his music. This, his debut album, is built largely around original material that takes inspiration from great written works like Jack Kerouac's On The Road (Viking Press, 1957), Charles Bukowski's Women (Black Sparrow Press, 1978), and Bill Bryson's A Short History Of Nearly Everything (Broadway Books, 2003). ...
Timothy Daisy: October Music (Vol. 1) 7 Compositions For Duet
by Mark Corroto
In 2001 drummer Tim Daisy replaced Tim Mulvenna in Vandermark 5. From that instant, his career has evolved first as a sideman to composer/saxophonist Ken Vandermark in V5, Bridge 61, Resonance Ensemble, The Frame Quartet, and more recently in Audio One and Made To Break. Next he distinguished himself with fellow Chicago musicians in Dave Rempis' ...
Arrival: Chegada 3
by Edward Blanco
Led by internationally renowned drummer Russ Miller, The Arrival Trio is a modern jazz group from Los Angeles which currently focuses on music from the contemporary side of jazz. Miller's previous efforts included projects of jazz fusion and a concentration on various drum solo albums which, he has now decided to move away from in favor ...
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