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Nils Landgren: Unbreakable
by Chris M. Slawecki
The very first album released by German progressive label ACT Records (in 1994) was by the Funk Unit led by trombone master Nils Landgren, recorded Live in Stockholm that summer with Maceo Parker as special guest. Other Funk Unit releases for ACT Records include Paint It Blue (1996), the trombonist's tribute to composer/saxophonist Cannonball Adderley with ...
Dimitri Grechi Espinoza: Recreatio
by Neri Pollastri
Secondo disco “sacro" per Dimitri Grechi Espinoza dopo il suggestivo Angel's Blow, registrato in solo nel Battistero di Pisa (ne avevamo parlato qui ). Questo Recreatio ne riprende l'ispirazione sia dal lato spirituale («condurre l'ascoltatore attraverso il suono e la forma musicale a riscoprire quel reverbero interiore dal quale trae origine ogni possibile musica», scrive nel ...
Hendrik Meurkens/Bill Cunliffe: Cabin In The Sky
by Dan Bilawsky
Hendrik Meurkens is a natural-born collaborator. That statement might smack of the obvious, as jazz musicians on the whole tend to thrive on a synergistic model, but it need be said with regard to this German-born, New York-based harmonica hero (and vibraphonist of note). Whether engaging in a pas de deux with pianist Misha Tsiganov, sharing ...
Emilio Santiago: Emilio Santiago
by Kevin Press
In retrospect, it's not surprising that Emílio Santiago chose a track list steeped in Latin music history and a long list of some of the best players in the game. It was clear from early on that Santiago had the potential to make a significant contribution to the genre. What's remarkable about this 1975 debut--reissued by ...
Dave Askren: Come Together
by Geannine Reid
Collaboration and teamwork are always essential elements in any effort that takes the total sum of the parts to create a collective outcome. This is even more so a part of the equation in music. Music is mathematics, but what makes the experience even more enjoyable is the creativity and heart that each player puts into ...
Rhett Frazier: Welcome to the Club
by Chris M. Slawecki
Rhett Frazier was born and raised in Texas and Oklahoma, by a family deeply steeped in every strain of America's soul music. And born and raised to vocally stomp through soul and funk. Grandpop played guitar and fiddle in a western swing band. Cousins Alan and Mike are bluegrass and country music mainstays, The Frazier Brothers. ...
Edoardo Marraffa, Gabriele Di Giulio, Nicola Guazzaloca, Luca Bernard, Andrea Grillini: Tellnolies
by Neri Pollastri
Registrata a fine marzo del 2016 a Bologna, nel teatro San Leonardo (sede del celebre festival Angelica), questa ultima uscita dell'etichetta Fonterossa vede in scena un quintetto che è classico solo nella formazione (peraltro “inquinata" dalla presenza costante del sopranino come secondo fiato) e che, impegnata su composizioni di Nicola Guazzaloca, dà vita a una musica ...
Steve Coleman & Five Elements: Live at Village Vanguard Vol. 1 (The Embedded Sets)
by Stefano Merighi
È solamente da tre anni che gli organici di Steve Coleman si esibiscono con regolarità al Village Vanguard di New York. Ma il club, si sa, profuma di leggenda, e anche il sassofonista chicagoano non ha resistito alla sirena che reclamava il classico “live" nel tempio della Settima Avenue. Ne è valsa la pena. ...
AERIE: Sonic
by Ian Patterson
It is a little over two years since Ingo Hipp's pan-European quintet AERIE launched its impressive 2016 debut, Hatch & Host (Neuklang Records). Hipp's adventurous writing coupled with strong solo voices were the hallmarks of that outing, and, by and large, remain the guiding forces of SONIC. If anything, there's perhaps more emphasis on the compositional ...
Satoko Fujii / Joe Fonda: Mizu
by Karl Ackermann
Listening to Mizu, it is hard to believe that, just two years ago, Joe Fonda and Satoko Fujii were not only unacquainted with each other, but also with one another's music portfolios. With their Libra label debut Duet (2016) and their recent Libra trio collaboration Triad (2018) with saxophonist Gianni Mimmo, it rapidly became apparent that ...
