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Julia Hülsmann Quartet w/ Theo Bleckmann: A Clear Midnight - Weill and America
by John Kelman
Given enough time, things in life often come around full circle. Julia Hülsmann's three recordings for Munich's ACT label were all vocal affairs, where the German pianist's core trio--with bassist Marc Muellbauer and drummer Heinrich Köbberling--were joined by singers ranging from Norway's Rebekka Bakken to Germany's Roger Cicero. Since moving to another Munich label, the more ...
The half-finished heaven
by John Kelman
She may have debuted on ECM (and, consequently, far beyond the borders of her native Norway) with 2007's Starflowers, but Sinikka Langeland has, in fact, been around for more than two decades, with her first album, Langt Innpå Skoga, released on Norway's Grappa label in 1994. Composer, singer and master of the kantele—an antiquated Scandinavian dulcimer/zither ...
John Abercrombie: Characters
by John Kelman
John Abercrombie CharactersECM Records1978 Guitarist John Abercrombie's emergence as a guitarist of singularity seems, in retrospect to have happened very quickly. A band member in the horn-driven jazz-rock band Dreams alongside drummer Billy Cobham and the Brecker Brothers, as well as stints with fusion keyboardist Barry Miles, saxophonist Gato Barbieri and ...
Chris Potter Underground Orchestra: Imaginary Cities
by Eric J. Iannelli
Writing jazz music, says Chris Potter, is “a bit of a zen exercise." “A lot of what you're thinking about when you're writing is the stuff that's not there. You're thinking about the solos and the way the band is going to play it together--things that can't be notated." For Imaginary Cities, ...
Giovanni Guidi: This Is the Day
by Libero Farnè
Dopo City of Broken Dreams, edito sempre dalla ECM all'inizio del 2013, ecco il secondo disco del trio di Giovanni Guidi. All'ascolto di This Is the Day, registrato nell'aprile 2014 da Stefano Amerio, uno dei tecnici oggi prediletti da Manfred Eicher e non solo, si ha la precisa sensazione di trovarsi di fronte ad un'operazione tipicamente ...
Colin Vallon Trio: Le Vent
by Hrayr Attarian
Swiss pianist Colin Vallon's fourth release as a leader, Le Vent is a truly collaborative effort that eschews individual solos in favor of a haunting, collective sound. The results are atmospheric and exquisitely formalistic. This is not to suggest that, because of its ambient nature, the album is without substance. On the contrary, its structure becomes ...
Marcin Wasilewski Trio with Joakim Milder: Spark of Life
by Neri Pollastri
Il rodato trio di Marcin Wasilewski si allarga a quartetto ospitando il sassofonista svedese Joakim Milder, che si mostra adattissimo alla poetica della formazione polacca e ne esalta gli aspetti lirici e riflessivi. Non a caso, perché Milder nel 1997 era stato parte dello splendido lavoro che Tomasz Stanko--mentore di Wasilewski, Slawomir Kurkiewicz e Michal Miskiewicz--aveva ...
Jack DeJohnette's Directions: New Rags
by John Kelman
Jack DeJohnette's DirectionsNew RagsECM Records1977 Today's Rediscovery is an album that, despite never being released officially on CD, is a relatively regular play chez Kelman, getting spun at least a couple times every year. New Rags (ECM, 1977), the third and, sadly, final recording by drummer Jack DeJohnette's Directions group, pares ...
Eberhard Weber: Encore
by John Kelman
In a time when too many things that seem unfair create victims rather than heroes, the world needs more people like Eberhard Weber. Struck down with a major stroke in 2007, the renowned German bassist found himself without the strength required in his left hand to be able to play the custom-built, electric five-string double bass ...
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, ...
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