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Montreux Jazz Festival 2016
by Ian Patterson
Montreux Jazz Festival 2016 Various Venues Montreux, Switzerland July 9-12, 2016 No matter at what point, or for how long you dipped into the Montreux Jazz Festival during the seventeen days of its 50th edition, the sense of history was palpable. Charles Lloyd was present, just as he was ...
Ricardo Bacelar’s new CD, "Concerto para Moviola," captures an exciting live performance by the dynamic Brazilian Pianist/Composer/Arranger
Concerto para Moviola, the new CD from Brazilian pianist, composer, and arranger Ricardo Bacelar, puts jazz fusion of the 1970s and 1980s in the spotlight with tunes by Weather Report, Pat Metheny, Yellowjackets, Antonio Carlos Jobim and other greats. The new recording documents a performance specially produced for the traditional Guaramiranga Jazz and Blues Festival, held ...
Michel Nirenberg: Retrato/Portrait
by Angelo Leonardi
È un debutto particolarmente brillante questo di Michel Nirenberg, giovane sassofonista brasiliano residente dal 2012 negli Stati Uniti dove ha perfezionato la sua formazione musicale con un master's degree in music performance conseguito alla James Madison University. Nato a Rio De Janeiro in una famiglia vicina alla musica, Michel ha un solido bagaglio classico ...
Christopher Zuar Orchestra: Musings
by Jack Bowers
When a composer / arranger who hasn't yet turned thirty can enlist the caliber of musicians who are present and accounted for on Musings, the inescapable assumption is that something special is afoot. Upon listening, that appraisal proves to be quite accurate, as young Christopher Zuar (twenty-seven when this debut album was recorded) presents seven of ...
Ferenc Snetberger: In Concert
by Mark Sullivan
Hungarian classical guitarist Ferenc Snétberger makes his ECM debut with a live solo guitar recording, surely the most demanding and revealing format for any guitarist. His music is the product of diverse stylistic influences: starting with jazz, but then a strong classical music influence, followed by exposure to Brazilian, South American, and flamenco guitar music. Snétberger ...
Ecuador Jazz 2016
by Mark Holston
Ecuador Jazz 2016 Quito, Ecuador February 10-21, 2016 When jazz cognoscente discuss their favorite festival destinations, it's understandable if Quito, Ecuador is seldom, if ever, mentioned. Geographically isolated in the mountainous reaches of South America's second smallest Spanish- speaking nation, this hilly, equator-hugging capital city of some two million souls is surrounded ...
Ben Monder: Amorphous Music
by Nenad Georgievski
Ben Monder is a guitarist with a singular and influential voice. While he has received a great acclaim for his multifaceted work and unparalleled technical facility, Monder has also demonstrated remarkable breadth both as a bandleader and composer. His debut album for ECM Amorphae is a kind of a movie for one's ears. Amorphae consists of ...
Solarists
Label: Columbia Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: Trembler; Overburden; Scintillator; Flare Star; Seven Wastes.
European Jazz Conference 2015
by Ian Patterson
European Jazz Conference Budapest Music Centre Budapest, Hungary September 24-27, 2015 In times when war and poverty are provoking large-scale migrations to Europe, the responses both individually and collectively of the European nations have raised important questions concerning responsibility, human rights, humanitarian aid and trans-national collaboration. In the light of Orwellian ...
Haitian Rail: Solarists
by Stefano Merighi
La musica di Haitian Rail si distende al meglio in “Flare Star," diciassette minuti di elaborazione complessa che unisce elementi tematici e improvvisazione collettiva simultanea, in grado di informare sia sulla personalità dei singoli che sulla coesione di gruppo. Il quartetto propone un originale accostamento timbrico tra chitarra elettrica e trombone, sebbene i ...
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