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Momo Kodama: Point and Line
by Alberto Bazzurro
La quarantacinquenne pianista giapponese Momo Kodama riunisce in questo suo ultimo lavoro discografico, inciso nel gennaio 2016, gli studi per pianoforte composti rispettivamente da Claude Debussy nel 1915 e dall'oggi sessantunenne compositore, come lei nipponico, Toshio Hosokawa fra il 2011 e il 2013 (quattro le sono espressamente dedicati). La cosa che più colpisce, in ...
Julia Hülsmann Trio: Sooner And Later
by Angelo Leonardi
Attivo dal 1997, il piano trio di Julia Hülsmann ha ormai raggiunto una propria identità, ponendosi ai vertici in Europa. Nella sua storia s'è spesso aperto alla relazione con ospiti e lo ha confermato di recente, integrando il trombettista Tom Arthurs (In Full of View , ECM 2012) e il cantante Theo Bleckmann (A Clear Midnight: ...
François Couturier, Tarkovsky Quartet: Nuit Blanche
by Alberto Bazzurro
Nuovo capitolo (il terzo) per il progetto speciale intitolato al grande regista russo Andrej Tarkovskij e ruotante attorno alla figura di François Couturier, ma con organico costante e dinamiche interne largamente collaudate in un decennio abbondante di attività. Qui i brani firmati (anche solo per l'arrangiamento) dal sessantasettenne pianista francese si alternano generalmente con episodi a ...
Aaron Parks/Ben Street/Billy Hart: Find the Way
by Karl Ackermann
Find the Way is pianist Aaron Parks' eighth release as a leader and second on the ECM label. The prolific artist has appeared as a sideman on thirty-eight albums dating back to 2003, working frequently with Terence Blanchard, recording with Joshua Redman and Kurt Rosenwinkel and many other top names in jazz. At the age of ...
Chris Potter: The Dreamer Is the Dream
by Mark Sullivan
Saxophonist/composer Chris Potter's two previous ECM albums as leader both had a “special project" air about them. The Sirens (2013) was inspired by the epic poem The Odyssey, and featured an unusual quintet with two keyboardists. Imaginary Cities (2015) featured the Underground Orchestra, an expansive lineup of his Underground quartet plus two bassists, percussion, and string ...
Quercus: Nightfall
by John Kelman
It may have taken seven years for the innovative British trio featuring singer June Tabor, saxophonist Iain Ballamy and pianist Huw Warren to find a label and release their first album together, but they sure landed on their feet. Not only was the trio's 2013 debut, Quercus, released on the renowned ECM imprint; it was also ...
Louis Sclavis / Dominique Pifarély / Vincent Courtois: Asian Fields Variations
by John Kelman
Few artists on the ECM roster reinvent themselves as regularly--and with such consistent success--as Louis Sclavis. While it is true that the French clarinetist (and occasional soprano/baritone saxophonist) often draws (and re-draws) from a gradually expanding pool of musicians, there are few label mates who have released as many albums as Sclavis, where the lineups literally ...
Bill Frisell / Thomas Morgan: Small Town
by John Kelman
In Emma Franz's revelatory documentary, Bill Frisell: A Portrait, the guitarist talks about the many guitars he owns, and how he rarely gets to plays them--the consequence, amongst other things, of the plight musicians face when traveling by air these days. Not three months after the film's premiere at South By Southwest this past March, comes ...
Trio Mediaeval & Arve Henriksen: Rímur
by Mark Sullivan
Rímur are songs in the unique Icelandic tradition of rhyming narrative verse. Transmitted orally for centuries, in the twentieth century they were recorded and transcribed by ethnographers and folk song collectors. They form part of the inspiration for this music, along with chants, folk songs, religious hymns, and fiddle tunes. There's also an emphasis on improvisation, ...
Avishai Cohen: Cross My Palm With Silver
by Niccolò Lucarelli
Avishai Cohen, trombettista israeliano da anni stabilitosi a New York, è jazzista dalla profonda coscienza civile, sensibile alle problematiche politiche di Israele, la sua terra natale, così come degli Stati Uniti, suo Paese d'adozione. Cross My Palm with Silver, è un album dal fascino mistico, con quel titolo che sa d'invocazione alla divinità, di preparazione a ...
