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Benjamin Lackner: Spindrift

Read "Spindrift" reviewed by Mario Calvitti

by Mario Calvitti
February 28, 2025

Il nuovo lavoro del pianista berlinese Benjamin Lackner, Spindrift, non si distacca molto dal precedente Last Decade, anch'esso pubblicato da ECM un paio di anni fa. La differenza principale è la presenza di una seconda voce strumentale, quella del sax tenore di Mark Turner, che si affianca alla tromba di Mathias Eick nell'esposizione e elaborazione dei ...

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Lucian Ban, Mat Maneri: Transylvanian Dance

Read "Transylvanian Dance" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri
February 24, 2025

Prosegue l'esplorazione e la rielaborazione della musica della propria terra da parte del pianista rumeno Lucian Ban, accompagnato come sempre dal violista statunitense Mat Maneri, con il quale da un quindicennio collabora strettamente. Ancora una volta è la natia Transilvania a fare da punto di riferimento (il pianista è nato a Teaca, villaggio della ...

Article: Building a Jazz Library

Ten Terrific Sax Plus Organ Combinations

by Artur Moral
February 12, 2025

OK, maybe the electric guitar was its first and most celebrated love affair, but the organ's alliances with the saxophone's family members are undoubtedly among the richest musical combinations, both in terms of sound and the intense interrelationships that typically develop in such encounters. Whether it be a tenor with a Hammond, a soprano with an ...

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Lucian Ban and Mat Maneri: Transylvanian Dance

Read "Transylvanian Dance" reviewed by Scott Gudell

by Scott Gudell
February 4, 2025

Classical composer Bela Bartok was fascinated by folk melodies he heard throughout his native Transylvania at the close of the 19th century / beginning of the 20th century. Similar to when American musicologist Alan Lomax journeyed into the rural communities of the US (and other counties), Bartok journeyed deep into his native countryside to research and ...