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Matthias Schubert: 9 Compositions for the Multiple Joy[ce] Ensemble

Read "9 Compositions for the Multiple Joy[ce] Ensemble" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro
November 14, 2014

Il tenorsassofonista tedesco Matthias Schubert, una trentina d'anni fa tra le maggiori promesse del jazz europeo (e come tale inserito in formazioni che in qualche modo ratificavano tale status), strada facendo--in realtà uscendo spesso e volentieri dal nostro cono di luce--si è avvicinato alla composizione pura, con risultati che questo CD, inciso a Colonia nel dicembre ...

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Matthias Schubert: 9 Compositions for The Multiple Joy[ce] Ensemble

Read "9 Compositions for The Multiple Joy[ce] Ensemble" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
January 1, 2014

Featuring an international cast, Matthias Schubert conducts a program that snugly resides in the avant-garde space. Each track is outlined in the liners, citing connotations, inspirations and homages, where it's up to the listener to connect the dots via his or her interpretations. It's a hybrid offering engineered with asymmetrical parts of classical, jazz improvisation, John ...

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Vermilion Traces / Donaueschingen 2009

By Frank Gratkowski

Label: Leo Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: CD 1: Vermilion Traces 1. Trampoline; 2. Retort; 3. Underbelly; 4. Sirens; 5. Gesticulations; 6. Opaque Circle; 7. Fall Back; 8. Funky Ghost; 9. Vermilion Traces. CD 2: Donaueschingen 2009 1. Bikini. Atoll (Gerhard E. Winkler); 2. Vergin on Orange; 3. Shadow of Hands.

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Le Vent et la Gorge

By Frank Gratkowski

Label: Leo Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: Harm-oh-nie; Le Vent et la Gorge; Lied/Song; GO!; The Flying Dutchman.

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Pascal Niggenkemper Vision7: Lucky Prime

Read "Lucky Prime" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
December 26, 2013

Vision 7 led by French-German bassist Pascal Niggenkemper is an ensemble that approaches modern-jazz, free-jazz and improvisation from a holistic perspective, including sensibilities framed on the respective artists personalities. The interconnecting motifs are vastly expressive, including Emile Lesbros' voice overlays, recitations, scat and function as an additional instrument. The band executes a parade of disparate angles, ...

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Frank Gratkowski: Le Vent et la Gorge

Read "Le Vent et la Gorge" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 10, 2013

La scrittura di Frank Gratkowski per il suo Quartetto garantisce, anche in questo ultimo CD, Le Vent et la Gorge, pari rilevanza ad ogni musicista del gruppo. “Harm-oh-nie," una suite di circa mezz'ora suddivisa in otto movimenti apre il disco e ne copre circa la metà. Al suo interno un'alternanza di infiammati episodi contrappuntistici e (a ...

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Taking stock, a year half over

by Mark Corroto
July 20, 2013

This month, at the halfway point in the year of music, we are taking stock, and there have been so many great discs released. Here is my list (in no particular order) of the best albums so far. I predict many of these will make final top ten 2013 lists. Sorry, I couldn't keep my list ...

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Gratkowski - Brown - Winant + Gerhard E. Winkler: Vermilion Traces / Donaueschingen 2009

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 26, 2013

L'improvvisazione radicale, che per coloro che accettano le etichette può costituire un genere a sé stante, dà diritto di cittadinanza ad espressioni molto diverse fra loro, prescindendo dal loro spessore artistico e dalla diversa gradazione jazzistica, che può essere elevata o del tutto assente. Situazioni sfibrate e diafane si accostano ad altre di coriacea aggressività, l'astrazione ...

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Frank Gratkowski Quartet: Le Vent et la Gorge

Read "Le Vent et la Gorge" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
January 16, 2013

Multi-reedman Frank Gratkowski is a shrewd operator from almost all conceivable angles. And on Le Vent et la Gorge, the stylizations of drummer Gerry Hemingway's fabled quartet weave in and out of the full spectrum. Of course, this component is factored in by the drummer's appearance along with Hemingway's longtime band-mate, Dutch trombonist Wolter Wierbos, lending ...

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