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Double Basse: This Is Not Art
by John Sharpe
Although the group moniker might suggest two bull fiddles, in fact it describes the French pairing of bassist Benjamin Duboc and contrabass clarinetist Jean-Luc Petit. No strangers to each other (Petit appears on the bassist's leadership debut under his own name on Primare Cantus (Ayler, 2011)), they nonetheless pile up the challenges for themselves: no charts; ...
Didier Verna: Roots and Leaves
by Roger Farbey
Don't judge a book a book by its cover or a recording by its first track. “Old Times" is certainly that, a paean to the swinging age of the Quintet of the Hot Club of France and guitarist Didier Verna displays his considerable talent with a nimble solo, as do each of the other members of ...
Jazzdor Strasbourg 2015
by Henning Bolte
JAZZDOR Strasbourg November 10-13, 2015 Jazzdor is a French festival with two annual editions. The main part is held in the Strasbourg area (France) in November and the other one in Berlin (Germany) in June. Both editions present a considerable number of bilateral and multilateral collaborations; an essential part of the ...
Didier Verna @-quartet: Roots And Leaves
by Chris Mosey
Parisian guitarist Didier Verna plays very much in the Pat Metheny tradition but with a sunny, melodic touch. His music is well thought out but never overly serious, with humor playing an important part in his compositions and improvisations. Roots And Leaves, the title of this, his second album, was chosen with care. ...
Ibrahim Maalouf: Kalthoum
by Vincenzo Roggero
Furono oltre tre milioni le persone provenienti da tutto il mondo e radunatesi nella capitale egiziana nel febbraio del 1975 per formare un corteo di oltre dieci chilometri al funerale di Oum Kalthoum, “la stella d'oriente," straordinaria cantante, idolo musicale di tutto il mondo arabo. A questa leggendaria figura è ispirato l'album Kalthoum registrato dal trombettista ...
Sonic Communion: Sonic Communion
by John Sharpe
In one of the more appropriately titled releases, three French improvisers encounter two Americans in concert, captured during a short tour of France. Heading up the US contingent is underexposed AACM stalwart reedman Douglas Ewart, accompanied by another Windy City denizen in drummer Michael Zerang. Bassists Joelle Leandre and Bernard Santacruz thicken the ensemble sound, while ...
Yaron Herman: Everyday
by Vincenzo Roggero
È tutt'altro che noioso, e questo è un bel biglietto da visita per un duo piano/batteria. Non è un omaggio a chicchessia né la solita passerella di standard più o meno noti, a meno che si vogliano considerare tali “Retrograde" di James Blake e “Prelude n° 4, Opus 74" di Alexander Scriabin. E non rivela nessun ...
St. Germain: Refueling His Passion
by Nenad Georgievski
This article was translated from French. Every once in a while a new album will force you to reconfigure and re-evaluate all of the definitions and assumptions one has had about music in order to realize how vast and endless the possibilities of music can be. When it comes to producer and composer Ludovic ...
Vincent Peirani: Living Being
by Neri Pollastri
Musicista emergente d'oltralpe, eclettico con collaborazioni che vanno dal folk alla classica e con musicisti di ogni latitudine (si pensi a quella, ormai collaudata, con la cantante Youn Sun Nah), Peirani è qui alla testa del suo quintetto, composto da coetanei con i quali condivide l'esperienza della musica fin da giovanissimo. Il repertorio in ...
Marcel et Solange, Samuel Blaser: Tomate et parapluie
by Alberto Bazzurro
Una musica intelligente, arguta, fortemente intenzionale fino a risultare qua e là un po' calligrafica, è quanto ci arriva dal singolare (non fosse altro che per il nome) trio transalpino, nell'occasione (al suo secondo album) ospitante il trombone di Samuel Blaser (svizzero, lui), che dà rotondità e un colore in più alla tavolozza timbrica di base, ...
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