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Christian Wallumrod Ensemble: The Zoo is Far
by John Kelman
Like many Scandinavian musicians, pianist Christian Wallumrod leads a double life. As a collaborator with artists including singer Sidsel Endresen, saxophonist Karl Seglem and guitarist Jon Eberson, he's an electric player capable of fitting into more jazz-centric (albeit often Nu Jazz) contexts. On his all-acoustic ECM discography, however, he's led a series of groups exploring a ...
Frode Haltli: Passing Images
by John Kelman
Abandoning the contemporary classicism of Looking on Darkness (ECM, 2002), Norwegian accordionist Frode Haltli's Passing Images looks, instead, to traditional Norwegian music for its inspiration. But Haltli, like accordionists Pascal Contet and Guy Klucevsek, stretches the boundaries of his instrument's capabilities--rarely takes things literally. His unfettered musical aesthetic, and the players that he's chosen to work ...
Miroslav Vitous: Universal Syncopations II
by John Kelman
The integration of orchestration and improvisation can take many forms. In the case of woodwind multi-instrumentalist Tim Garland's The Mystery (Audio-b, 2007), it's about clearly delineated form, with soloists working within defined structures. For bassist Miroslav Vitous the process is more complex. Universal Syncopations II expands on the premise of Universal Syncopations (ECM, 2003), integrating real-time ...
Eberhard Weber: Stages of a Long Journey
by John Kelman
If there's any lesson to be learned from Eberhard Weber's Stages of a Long Journey, it's this: just because you don't doesn't mean you can't. A career-spanning retrospective of his own most enduring compositions expanded, in some cases, to include a symphony orchestra, the bassist delivers more than a few surprises. Naysayers only cursorily familiar with ...
Christian Wallumrod: The Zoo Is Far
by Nenad Georgievski
Pianist Christian Wallumrød expands his quartet to a sextet forThe Zoo is Far. Alongside returning trumpeter Arve Henriksen and drummer Per Oddvar Johansen, Wallumrød introduces three string players--violinist Gjermund Larsen (who replaces Nils Økland), cellist Tanja Orning and Baroque harpist Giovanna Pessi. This unique cast of highly-gifted performers makes music that at the same time seems ...
Dino Saluzzi - Anja Lechner: Ojos Negros
by AAJ Italy Staff
I lavori di Dino Saluzzi sono sempre qualcosa di unico e raramente mancano di suscitare nell’ascoltatore stupore e fascinazione (clicca qui per leggere la recensione del precedente Juan Condori, del Saluzzi Group); tuttavia è vero che, di solito, i suoi concerti in solo hanno qualcosa in più, perché è nelle sue meditazioni sul proprio bandoneon che ...
Gianluigi Trovesi - Umberto Petrin - Fulvio Maras: Vaghissimo Ritratto
by AAJ Italy Staff
Lavoro tipicamente “trovesiano”, Vaghissimo ritratto ci ripropone le tematiche del Maestro bergamasco all’interno di un contesto maggiormente cameristico rispetto a quello del suo ottetto e più sperimentale di quello del duo con Gianni Coscia. Il “ritratto” a cui si riferisce il titolo è (sebbene solo in certa misura) quello composto sulla figura di Alfredo Piatti, musicista ...
David Torn: Prezens
by Nenad Georgievski
David Torn never ceases to amaze with the variety of stylistic veins of sound he mines for gold and gems. There are many guitarists out there but rarely has someone shown such a broad scope with their playing, wide taste in influences, musical diversity, and capability in painting challenging and solitary impressions with their guitar brushstrokes. ...
Gianluigi Trovesi: Vaghissimo Ritratto
by Martin Gladu
Bergamo-born clarinetist Gianluigi Trovesi's Vaghissimo Ritratto is a celebration. His sumptuous chamber trio with pianist Umberto Petrin and electronic/acoustic percussionist Fulvio Maras celebrates the vague impression time-tested melodies create when breathed new life through collective improvisation. In his ever-perceptive liner notes, writer/producer Steve Lake remarks; “[it] is a journey through melody, one that encompasses centuries, from ...
Keith Jarrett: Spheres
by Nenad Georgievski
Pianist Keith Jarrett has carved out a unique place among contemporary improvising musicians. Through the years he has proven to be restless and ever open to new landscapes for improvisation, and Spheres is no exception. The CD release, with only four of the nine movements, is a shortened version of the double LP, Hymns/Spheres, originally issued ...
