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Eberhard Weber: Endless Days
by C. Andrew Hovan
To put it quite simply, this is a very important release and for many reasons. Foremost, it’s Eberhard Weber’s first date as a leader in some seven years. In addition, it’s probably his most realized group effort to date, taking advantage of his mature writing style and the past track record he shares with the musicians ...
Eberhard Weber: Endless Days
by AAJ Staff
In his long-awaited followup to his 1993 solo Pendulum, Eberhard Weber has turned the tables from studio-edit solo improv work to notated small-group composition. Weber's distinctive sound on the upright electric bass earned him a distinct following, especially among fans of understated projects like his late '70s group Colours. His sidemen on Endless Days include musicians ...
Louis Sclavis Quintet: L'Affrontement des Pretendents
by AAJ Staff
Clarinetist Louis Sclavis takes his group for a rollicking ride on L'affrontement des Prétendants, a wonderfully adventurous record of original tunes by the members of his new quintet. Sclavis has piled up a considerable discography of ensemble work, and this new one features a novel group of French musicians who have not previously recorded with Sclavis ...
Ralph Towner: Anthem
by David Adler
Ralph Towner recently turned 60, and his age has only made him more eloquent, more imaginative, more able to cast a spell. Anthem, his new solo guitar record and his 20th title for ECM, is the follow-up to 1997's solo recital, Ana. It also coincides with ECM's reissue of Diary, Towner's 1974 effort, on which he ...
Ralph Towner: Anthem
by C. Andrew Hovan
Now in his 61st year, guitarist and composer Ralph Towner can look back on the great tapestry that has made up his musical life over the preceding decades. For the past 30 years he's been associated with ECM Records, a distinction that has allowed him to express his own muse in a way that many artists ...
Ralph Towner: Anthem
by C. Andrew Hovan
Now in his 61st year, guitarist and composer Ralph Towner can look back on the great tapestry that has made up his musical life over the preceding decades. For the past 30 years he's been associated with ECM Records, a distinction that has allowed him to express his own muse in a way that many artists ...
Ralph Towner: Anthem
by David Adler
Ralph Towner recently turned 60, and his age has only made him more eloquent, more imaginative, more able to cast a spell. Anthem, his new solo guitar record and his 20th title for ECM, is the follow-up to 1997's solo recital, Ana. It also coincides with ECM's reissue of Diary, Towner's 1974 effort, on which he ...
Mat Maneri: Trinity
by AAJ Staff
Understatement and subtlety are rare commodities in music. Of course, they also demand more from the listener. Mat Maneri's new solo disc, Trinity, features spare, careful playing--and the results are ecstatically beautiful. One has the feeling from listening to this record that Maneri has tapped into a higher power and chosen to channel the energies earthward. ...
Mat Maneri: Trinity
by Glenn Astarita
Modernist and improvising raconteur, violinist Mat Maneri opts for the solo route on this newly released effort, titled Trinity. No doubt, you’d better be good in order to sustain continual interest during a sixty-minute solo performance. Hence, such is the case here as the violinist takes on compositions by frequent collaborator, guitarist Joe Morris, Eric Dolphy ...
Mat Maneri: Trinity
by Mark Corroto
Listening to Mat Maneri’s solo outing Trinity, one often finds one's imagination working overtime. The 32 year old violinist, son of jazz legend Joe Maneri, explores his unique vision of free chamber jazz without the aid of collaborators--leaving wide-open spaces for the listener to fill in. Maneri, a child prodigy, began a classical career only to ...
