Results for "Enja Records"

Jacques Schwarz-Bart: Sone Ka-la 2: Odyssey

by Dan McClenaghan
May 10, 2021

The French-Jewish-Guadeloupean saxophonist Jacques Schwarz-Bart--a background and name like that has world music written all over it--presented his Sone Ka-La (Emarcy) in 2007, after stints with D'Angelo's Voodoo touring band, Roy Hargrove's Crisol and Rh Factor, Erykah Badu, Meshell Ndegeocello, all influences that helped him craft a hybridization of Afro-Caribbean rhythms and melodies inspired by Gwoka ...

A Gershwin Playground

By Guy Mintus

Label: Enja Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off; Fascinating Rhythm/I Got Rhythm; The Man I Love; It Ain’t Necessarily So; I Loves You Porgy; They Can’t Take That Away From Me; Someone To Watch Over Me; Rhapsody in Blue; Summertime.

Mediterranean Tales

By Pasquale Stafano

Label: Enja Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Secret Sun Dance; Landscapes; Nature; The Dreamer; The day is gone; Chacarera gringa.

Guy Mintus Trio: A Gershwin Playground

by Troy Dostert
November 15, 2020

"Go big or go home" might as well be Guy Mintus' mantra. The Israeli pianist has a forceful presence on his instrument, and he seemingly brings every ounce of talent and creativity he possesses to every record he releases. His debut trio album, A Home In Between (Self-Produced, 2017), was a terrific amalgam of styles, showcasing ...

Guy Mintus Trio

Petros Klampanis: Irrationalities

by Angelo Leonardi
August 11, 2020

Giunto al quarto album, il bassista greco attivo tra Atene e New York, cambia organico confermando la personale cifra espressiva nel nuovo contesto. Fattosi apprezzare per le composizioni melodicamente suggestive, in sofisticate orchestrazioni con archi, Petros Klampanis presenta un trio tutto europeo, con il batterista polacco Bodek Janke e il pianista estone Kristjan Randalu. ...

Gianni Iorio & Pasquale Stafano: Mediterranean Tales

by Ian Patterson
May 23, 2020

When it comes to the bandoneon it's impossible not to think of Astor Piazzolla, the great virtuoso and father of nuevo tango, whose influence and legacy is still very much felt. Since the late 1990s bandoneonist Gianni Iorio and pianist Pasquale Stafano's Nuevo Tango Ensemble has found inspiration in Piazzola's jazz- inflected tango, releasing a handful ...

Matthias Bublath: Eight Cylinder Bigband

by Edward Blanco
May 1, 2020

German pianist and Hammond B3 organist Matthias Bublath realizes a long-held passion of recording his own big-band and so, after eleven albums to date, Eight Cylinder Bigband finally comes to the fore in splashy audacious fashion, encompassing a musical spectrum which ranges from blues, gospel and soul/funk to Afro-Caribbean flavors documented on twelve swinging compositions. The ...

Pasquale Stafano

Born: December 2, 1972

Pianist, composer and arranger, he graduated in Classical Piano in 1994 and in Jazz in 2000 at “Umberto Giordano” Music Conservatory in Foggia (Italy). He has also a Degree in Economy with Marketing specialization, at University of Foggia in 2004. He is Professor of Piano Jazz at “Luca Marenzio” Music Conservatory in Brescia (Italy). COLLABORATIONS He collaborates with some of the best contemporary jazz musicians among which Javier Girotto, Gabriele Mirabassi, Fabrizio Bosso, Valtinho Anastacio, Max Ionata, Roberto Ottaviano, Michele Rabbia, Kiwha Lee, Yeahwon Shin. He also collaborated with the Italian very famous actors Michele Placido and Giorgio Albertazzi and with Magna Grecia Orchestra and Bari Metropolitan Orchestra

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By Or Bareket

Label: Enja Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Still Searching; Feb. 1st; Reginia; Samba de Argamonte; Cargo Caprice; W Schubert & Troy; Vienna; Yarkan; 33; Tzafonah.