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Michael Bisio - Travel Music (Self-Published, 2011) ****
By Stef A cold rainey night, with small snow flakes falling hesitatingly from the sky, and the best remedy for warming you up is this intimate solo bass album by Michael Bisio. I have written plenty of reviews of music with the bassist as part of the band, or even as leader of the band, but ...
Agusti Fernandez, Barry Guy and Ramon Lopez - Morning Glory (Maya, 2010) ****1/2
By Stanley Zappa At its high points, Morning Glory is no less a musical achievement than the greatest of the great piano trios in our beloved music. Two that come to mind are the The Lowell Davidison Trio and Bill Evan's Sunday at the Village Vanguard. At their best Agusti Fernández, Barry Guy and Ramón López ...
Oluyemi Thomas, Sirone, Michael Wimberley - Beneath Tones Floor (Nobusiness, 2010) ****
By Stef So far, I have only reviewed one CD, Nigeria, by saxophonist Oluyemi Thomas, and I praised it for its poetic power.That I have not reviewed many albums by him has more to do with his limited number of recordings than with the quality of his playing. Thomas, wo plays bass clarinet, flute, soprano, musette ...
Agusti Fernandez, Baldo Martinez and Ramon Lopez - Triez (Emarcy, 2010) ****
By Stef No doubt Spain's number one pianist in jazz is Agustí Fernández, whose playing spans the history of music, from classical over traditional jazz to avant-garde. Just to show the pianist's breadth, I confront this very accessible and almost Bill Evanesque album with Trio Local, reviewed below, bringing music totally out of the comfort zone ...
Jason Stein's Locksmith Isidore - Three Kinds of Happiness (Not Two, 2010) ****1/2
By Guy Peters I have a soft spot for the bass clarinet. The quirky look of the instrument certainly has something to do with that. Also the fact that it has rather few practitioners and the realisation that some of them (like Rudi Mahall and Louis Sclavis) do tremendous things with it. Of course, there's also ...
Memorize the Sky - Creeks (Broken Research, 2010) ****
By Stef I was quite thrilled by “In Former Times," the second album by “Memorize The Sky," for its uncompromising nature and their adventurous take on the sax trio, a journey they take totally over the edge in “Creeks." The band is Matt Bauder on reeds, Zach Wallace on bass and Aaron Siegel on percussion. And ...
