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Andreas Schaerer, Bänz Oester: Shibboleth
by Luca Muchetti
In quanti modi si può usare la voce facendo musica, ma senza cantare? Ce lo insegnano Andreas Schaerer e Bänz Oester in Shibboleth, un CD che definire atipico è sicuramente poco. Una voce di un cantante-performer e un basso jazz. Poche e sporadiche percussioni. Corde À Linge" inizia su melodie felpate che ...
Sam Newsome: The Straight Horn of Africa: A Path to Liberation
by Dan McClenaghan
Sam Newsome played tenor saxophone in trumpeter Terence Blanchard's group back in the early 90s, but he put away the tenor late a few years later and left his soprano saxophone out on the table. The plan was to explore the possibilities of the straight horn." Then Gerry Teekan, producer and founder of Criss Cross Records, ...
Josh Kyle / Sam Keevers: Songs Of Friends
by Bruce Lindsay
It's a simple concept. Josh Kyle's voice, Sam Keevers' piano and a selection of Songs Of Friends. It's a beautifully executed concept though: voice, instrument and compositions blend together in a worthy tribute from the young Australian vocalist. Kyle's friends are all Australian jazz musicians and writers. He's taken their tunes, added his own ...
Yoosun Nam: Light Of the City
by Edward Blanco
Based in New York City, South Korean saxophonist Yoosun Nam leads a very able quintet in recording her very first album as leader on the modern and contemporary-styled Light of the City. A classically-trained musician who began studying music at a young age, Nam played the piano at first and while she enjoyed many styles of ...
Kendall Moore: Focus
by Edward Blanco
Chicago native Kendall Moore is a trombonist and composer currently pursuing a Doctorate degree in Jazz Performance from the University of Miami and has been part of South Florida's vibrant jazz scene for some time. Forging a career that has enabled him to perform with such icons as Dave Brubeck, McCoy Tyner, Ahmad Jamal, Jimmy Heath ...
Dylan Ryan Sand: Circa
by Maurizio Comandini
Dopo l'eccellente Bleached Sky del 2012, il trio del batterista Dylan Ryan torna sul luogo del delitto con una bella tanica di benzina e accende un fuoco capace di brillare per la notte intera. L'incendiario principale è, come al solito, il bravissimo chitarrista Tim Young, cresciuto all'ombra di Wayne Horvitz e dei suoi Zony Mash, con ...
Various Artists: Creative Music Studio Archive Selections Vol. 1
by Giuseppe Segala
Ecco alcune gemme uscite dagli archivi del Creative Music Studio, l'istituzione fondata nel 1971 da Karl Berger, dalla moglie Ingrid e da Ornette Coleman con lo scopo di realizzare musica senza costrizioni di carattere stilistico o commerciale. Ricordiamo le interessanti considerazioni al riguardo di George Lewis, che nel suo testo A Power Stronger Than Itself. The ...
Swallow/Talmor/Nussbaum: Singular Curves
by Vincenzo Roggero
Tre generazioni a confronto -Steve Swallow classe 1940, Adam Nussbaum 1955, Ohad Talmor 1970 -ma non si direbbe. I tre musicisti suonano come vecchi amici che si incontrano dopo lungo tempo e ritrovano immediatamente il linguaggio della sobrietà, dell'eleganza, della misura, non una frase di troppo, non una parola fuori posto, segni appena accennati, ammiccamenti che ...
Malte Schiller Red Balloon + -: Not So Happy
by Vic Albani
Piccoli eroi crescono e, poiché di Vince Mendoza, Carla Bley, Gil Evans o Maria Schneider da questa parte dell'oceano non sembrano nascerne, salutiamo con piacere l'apparizione del sostanzialmente nuovo nome di Malte Schiller, giovane polistrumentista che da un po' di tempo si sta mettendo in evidenza sulla scena della new generation" musicale berlinese. Malte ...
Ginger Baker: Why?
by Phillip Woolever
The most pleasant surprises on Ginger Baker's first mainstream release in almost a decade are subtle. That term may not be generally applied to the 74 year-old bohemian beat master, but restraint has been an unheralded constant in Baker's wide-ranging career nonetheless. The relatively conservative approach goes against Baker's ongoing typecasting as a crazed ...

