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Stefano Battaglia Trio: Songways
by John Kelman
Since his relationship with ECM began in 2003, Stefano Battaglia has been consistent in his use of different constellations for each recording, from 2006's double-disc Raccolto, where the Italian pianist worked with two different trios, and 2007's Re: Pasolini, another two-CD set where one employed a more broadly defined sextet and the other a string-centric quintet, ...
Charles Lloyd / Jason Moran: Hagar's Song
by Ian Patterson
Saxophonist/composer Charles Lloyd's 16 albums for ECM since the late 1980s represent a body of work as important as the influential recordings he made for Columbia and Atlantic in the 1960s. Lloyd's recordings with his latest quartet, Rabo de Nube (2008), Mirror (2010), Athen's Concert (2011) and, now, Hagar's Song, stand together as a special chapter ...
Meet John Kelman
by AAJ Staff
I currently live in: Ottawa, Canada I joined All About Jazz in: 2004 What made you decide to contribute to All About Jazz? After deciding to start writing about music in about 2001, and starting at smaller websites, I was approached by All About Jazz in late 2003, with the question: “We've ...
Stefano Battaglia Trio: Songways
by AAJ Italy Staff
Formula insidiosa e affascinante come probabilmente nessun'altra, il piano trio ha senza alcun dubbio, sulla mappa del jazz contemporaneo, nel nucleo raccolto attorno a Stefano Battaglia una delle sue massime espressioni (non solo a livello nazionale, ovviamente). Questo splendido album, inciso nell'aprile 2012 e freschissimo di stampa, arriva giusto giusto a confermarcelo (e ricordarcelo). La magica ...
Moskus: Salmesykkel
by John Kelman
For a country isolated in the north of Europe, Norway has experienced a surprising number of musical waves. The first came in the early '70s, when producer Manfred Eicher and his fledgling ECM Records label brought the Scandinavian “big five"--Swedish pianist Bobo Stenson and, from Norway, saxophonist Jan Garbarek, guitarist Terje Rypdal, bassist Arild Andersen and ...
Charles Lloyd / Jason Moran: Hagar's Song
by John Kelman
Looking back at Charles Lloyd's sizable discography as a leader, what's becomes immediately clear is that the saxophonist has shared a number of special, long-term musical relationships with pianists: first, Keith Jarrett, in the quartet that brought Lloyd considerable fame and commercial success in the 1960s; and then Bobo Stenson, when he returned from nearly two ...
Marc Johnson - Eliane Elias: Swept Away
by AAJ Italy Staff
La pianista Eliane Elias è nota da tempo sui palcoscenici internazionali, a cominciare dalla sua collaborazione con i leggendari Steps Ahead all'inizio degli anni '80. Dalla bossa nova con cui è cresciuta ai tanti album da leader, sia come pianista che cantante, l'artista brasiliana ha saputo consolidare le proprie credenziali anche grazie ai numerosi dischi incisi ...
Manu Katche: Manu Katche
by Glenn Astarita
A celebrated session drummer and solo artist, Manu Katche's infamous method of crafting a backbeat may parallel the lyrical, dancelike aura for which late jazz drummer Paul Motian was noted. However, Katche's jazz roots are largely evident via his small group formats for ECM Records. On this self-titled release comprised of a multinational quartet, rock-solid pulses, ...
Food: Mercurial Balm
by Karl Ackermann
In their sophomore outing on the ECM label, Food continues their shape-shifting evolution, both in personnel and musical outcomes. With influences of jazz, electronica and world music, UK saxophonist Iain Ballamy and Norwegian percussionist Thomas Strønen remain as the nucleus of a group that has managed to reinvent itself with each of its seven releases. Through ...
Fly: Year of the Snake
by AAJ Italy Staff
Esistono album che più di altri mettono in mostra un intenso campionario espressivo e, così facendo, concedono all'ascoltatore vari gradi semantici di lettura. È questo il caso di un disco caleidoscopico come Year of the Snake dei Fly (Mark Turner, Larry Grenadier e Jeff Ballard). Al suo interno troviamo da una parte un nucleo centrale originario, ...
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