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Ketil Bjornstad: Ketil Bjornstad: Sunrise (A cantata on texts by Edvard Munch)
by John Kelman
For a country with such a small population, Norway has much to be proud of when it comes to the arts...and not just music, though it remains a country whose support has certainly resulted in a disproportionate number of creative musicians across the broadest musical spectrum. Looking at the violin and its variants alone, there is ...
Benedicte Maurseth, Åsne Valland Nordli: Over Tones
by Alberto Bazzurro
Ha le stimmate della musica di tradizione popolare, però con un aplomb decisamente “colto," questo album delle due giovani artiste norvegesi, sia che al centro delle operazioni ci siano temi effettivamente tradizionali (quattro), sia composizioni originali (sette). Voce e Hardanger fiddle--che è poi l'antico violino norvegese, molto simile a quello canonico, però con ...
Dino Saluzzi Group: El Valle de la Infancia
by John Kelman
In his 32-year relationship with ECM Records, Argentinean bandoneonist Dino Saluzzi has explored many paths--paths upon which he has rarely traveled more than once, even if there were certain road marks common to them all. A pair of trio recordings with his son, guitarist José Maria Saluzzi, employed two different bassists--Marc Johnson on 1997's Cité de ...
Keith Jarrett, Charlie Haden: Last Dance
by Mario Calvitti
Dopo una decina d'anni di stretta e continua collaborazione, tra il 1967 di Life Between the Exit Signs (esordio da leader del ventenne pianista in trio) e il 1976 di Eyes of the Heart e Survivors Suite (ultimi frutti del cosiddetto 'American Quartet'), le strade di Keith Jarrett e Charlie Haden erano rimaste separate per più ...
Wolfgang Muthspiel: Driftwood
by John Kelman
Since studying at Berklee College of Music and returning to his home in Austria--though not before releasing a number of American-based recordings either on his own or as a member of bands led by people like Gary Burton, Marc Johnson and Patricia Barber--guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel has largely been focusing on his career through Material Records, the ...
Jacob Young: Forever Young
by John Kelman
While all groups aim for the kind of collective chemistry that can make, for example, five people speak with a single voice, how they get there can vary significantly. In some cases there's instantaneous chemistry; in other cases, it comes from pre-existing relationships amongst various permutations and combinations of its members; in still other instances it ...
Meredith Monk: Piano Songs
by Giuseppe Segala
Le cose più interessanti prodotte da Meredith Monk si collocano sul piano della voce, della sua interdipendenza con il corpo, con la performance, la spazialità. Le tecniche più spericolate e gli anfratti più nascosti della fisicità, della sensualità e della spiritualità sono stati affrontati dall'artista statunitense con lo strumento vocale che passa attraverso lo spazio del ...
Colin Vallon Trio: Le Vent
by Neri Pollastri
Dopo il debutto con l'apprezzato Rruga, il trio svizzero di Colin Vallon torna a registrare, parzialmente rinnovato nell'organico--Julian Sartorius sostituisce il peraltro ottimo Samuel Rohrer--ma costante nelle atmosfere e nei temi, qui quasi interamente della penna del pianista e leader. La musica del trio si basa su una narrazione lirica aperta e non ...
Keith Jarrett / Charlie Haden: Last Dance
by John Kelman
For the past 30 years--barring a few diversions into classical repertoire, unexpected instrumentation like 1986's Book of Ways and a couple of home-cooked solo albums that, as with the 1986 recording No End (ECM, 2013), were out-of-character recordings where he overdubbed all the instruments himself--pianist Keith Jarrett has been working two contexts and two contexts only: ...
Tord Gustavsen Quartet: Extended Circle
by Geannine Reid
Norwegian pianist Tord Gustavsen continues to evolve the amalgamation of classical, pop and jazz languages into a cohesive modern jazz sound. Gustavsen has released six albums on ECM Records with his ensemble and trio; Changing Places (2003), The Ground (2005), Being There (2007), Restored, Returned (2009), The Well (2012) and Extended Circle (2014). Gustavsen has won ...
