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Tomasz Stanko Quintet at RNCM Theatre, Manchester
by David McLean
Tomasz Stanko Quintet RNCM Theatre Manchester, England October 11, 2009 The fire hinted at in Tomasz Stanko's most recent album, Dark Eyes (2009, ECM), has become the focal point of his new quintet's live operations. Whereas the trumpeter's latest ECM disc ferments with economical restraint and brooding atmosphere, the live incarnation of this material ...
Christian Wallumrod Ensemble: Fabula Suite Lugano
by David McLean
Christian Wallumrød has that rare gift of having an instantly recognizable sound. The pianist's music is characterized by unique blend of early music, romanticism, and traditional Scandinavian folk music idioms played with the looseness of jazz and academic curiosity reminiscent of two of his major influences, John Cage and Morton Feldman. Wallumrød has managed to harmonise ...
Tord Gustavsen Ensemble at Royal Northern College of Music
by David McLean
Tord Gustavsen Ensemble Royal Northern College of Music Manchester, England October 21, 2009 With the imminent release of Restored, Returned (2009, ECM) exclusively in the UK, Norwegian pianist Tord Gustavsen makes his British live debut with his new ensemble at Manchester's Royal Northern College of Music as part of ...
Tomasz Stanko Quintet: Dark Eyes
by David McLean
Tomasz Stanko Quintet Dark Eyes ECM Records 2009 It has been a regular event at the ECM label for artists to change line-ups after three albums. After a trio of releases with the prodigiously talented pianist Marcin Wasilewski--(Soul of Things (ECM, 2002), Suspended Night (ECM, 2003) and Lontano ...
Luigi Archetti / Bo Wiget: Low Tide Digitals III
by David McLean
Ambiguous and tenebrous, hypnotic and ethereal, the third installment of guitarist Luigi Archetti and violinist Bo Wiget's Low Tide Digital series is a profoundly human synthesis of the electro and acoustic. Each of the fourteen “Stück" pieces is a vital voyage into the melding of natural and digital timbres. The duo fully explores and stretches the ...
Han Bennink Trio: Parken
by David McLean
Han Bennink Trio Parken Ilk Music 2009 One of the most iconic players from the European free-music scene, Han Bennink's 50 plus year career has seen the Dutch master drummer traverse through a multitude of musical settings. Bennink's journey has embraced revolutionary, avant-jazz recordings such as saxophonist Peter ...
