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Jurgen Burdorf: Picking Up Steam
by Friedrich Kunzmann
Picking up Steam is Dutch guitarist Jurgen Burdorf's third album in as many years. Like its predecessors, it finds Burdorf's punchy guitar at the center of a quartet--putting on show his diversified skillset which ranges from Americana to blues, jazz and funk, making for a juicy set of fusion tunes. Seeing how all the ...
Chris Platt: Sky Glow
by Friedrich Kunzmann
Toronto-based guitarist Chris Platt's debut outing stands out among releases by his contemporaries because, among other things, of its creation of singular nuances within the structural and sonic conventions of a classical jazz trio—rather than following the prevailing modern atmospheric-approach, which seems to be dominated by sound in place of composition. With the support of fellow ...
Quentin Bryan Angus: In Stride
by Friedrich Kunzmann
In Stride sees Australian guitarist/composer Quentin Angus following up his two critically acclaimed outings, Retrieval Structure (Self Produced, 2012) and Perception (Self Produced, 2014) in a stripped back trio-setting, featuring Ari Hoenig (dr) and Sam Anning (b). Not only does Angus cut back on the instrumentation when compared to his previous efforts, but the youthful urgency, ...
Lubos Soukup Quartet featuring Lionel Loueke: Země
by Friedrich Kunzmann
Dedicated to our planet, Země finds Denmark-based saxophonist Lubos Soukup's Quartet joined by Lionel Loueke for a rich set of earthy tunes (pun intended). Translated from the Czech Zeme, each title on “earth" is tightly intertwined with nature in name and atmosphere. Not allowing the slightest hypocrisy to shine through, even the booklet of the quartet's ...
Gilad Hekselman: New music on the Horizon
by Friedrich Kunzmann
Native Israeli and New York-based Gilad Hekselman has established himself amongst today's leading pioneers of jazz-guitar and is constantly in high demand -here, there and just about everywhere. This time around it was Hungarian saxophonist Kristof Bacso, who invited Hekselman to enhance his trio, taking on the role Lionel Loueke had played on Bacso's latest album ...
Peuker8: Influx
by Friedrich Kunzmann
The attempt at blending western classical music with jazz surely is no new concept; at the same time the possibilities and various approaches are far from exhausted and in desperate need of attention. German Guitarist Paul Peuker has been exploring different jazz realms with various formations for many years now and eventually founded the Peuker8 octet ...
Lionel Loueke Trio at A-Trane
by Friedrich Kunzmann
Lionel Loueke Trio A-Trane Berlin, Germany February 22, 2018 How Beninese guitar-virtuoso Lionel Loueke manages to find the time for the multitude of projects he is involved in year after year remains puzzling. Already featured on Chick Corea and Steve Gadd's 2018 release Chinese Butterfly and Czech saxophonist Lubos Soukup's Zembe, ...
Camila Meza: Following what the music has to say
by Friedrich Kunzmann
Since the success of her 2016 effort Traces, Chilean-raised and New York-based guitarist Camila Meza has been incresingly gaining more recognition in today's jazz-guitar demographics. In addition to the all-star cast comprised of the likes of Shai Maestro, Matt Penman and Kendrick Scott, it is also the sense of sophistication and singularity in composition that defined ...
Gordon Hyland: NEVER DIE! by \\livingfossil//
by Friedrich Kunzmann
\\livingfossil// is the most recent brainchild of Canadian saxophonist Gordon Hyland. The Toronto-based musician and composer continues to release his versatile compositions in a multitude of formations of various different names, such as the acoustic saxophone trio Simple Shapes or the progressive-electronic project Ninja Funk Orchestra. Members of the latter are reunited with Hyland on his ...
Lupa Santiago & Anders Vestergard Quartet: Inside Turnabout
by Friedrich Kunzmann
On their second collaboration, following 2015's Lisbon Sessions , Brazilian guitarist Lupa Santiago and Swedish drummer Anders Vestergård team up with a different set of sidemen, featuring, among others, Lupa's longtime collaborator and fellow countryman Rodrigo Ursaia on sax. Inside Turnabout features compositions by the three above mentioned protagonists and sees these seamlessly combining Latin rhythms ...
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