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Stefan Bauer: Silent Witness
by Glenn Astarita
Vibraphonist and multi-instrumentalist Stefan Bauer owns an impressive and diverse resume, especially at the educational level. Born in Germany, Bauer has also taken up residency in Canada. Bauer possesses a smooth touch while displaying compelling doses of lyricism, sure-handed control and technique. Most of all, Bauer flaunts his well-schooled approach and challenges the listener with inventive ...
Jeff Song & Lowbrow: The Other Pocket
by Glenn Astarita
A native of Iowa, Jeff Song is an extremely talented electric bass technician while also exploiting his acute sense of band leading and improvisational attributes. Song has studied and performed within a Who’s Who of modern jazz, namely Joe Maneri, Ran Blake, Glenn Horiuchi, George E. Lewis and others. Here, with his band “Lowbrow”, Song embarks ...
Michel Doneda: Anatomie des clefs
by Glenn Astarita
On “Anatomie des clefs”, Michel Doneda presents himself as a one man “idea-factory”. Doneda, a highly regarded European improviser performs solo soprano sax within the framework of 3 lengthy pieces. Doneda’s resume is quite impressive. Extensive work with bassist Barre Philipps, guitarist Elliot Sharp, saxophonist Lol Coxhill, collaborations with actors, poets and improvisational institutions in France. ...
Greg Osby: Banned in New York
by Glenn Astarita
“Banned in New York” is Greg Osby’s 4th Blue Note release and was recorded live at an undisclosed venue in New York City. A surprisingly good recording considering the lone piece of equipment was a “mini-disk recorder” placed on a table in front of the band. Nevertheless, Osby and his exceptional band flaunt their range of ...
Fabio Martini-Circadiana: Clangori
by Glenn Astarita
“Clangori” represents composer and clarinetist Fabio Martini’s ambitious project consisting of fellow Italian musicians who emanate from diverse musical genres. “Circadiana” is the name of the band assembled for this effort. The theme here is Martini’s concept of structure augmented by assigning instructions to the musicians. The results are interesting and for the most part, entertaining. ...
Greg Osby: Zero
by Glenn Astarita
“Zero” represents Greg Osby’s 3rd release for Blue Note records and perhaps his finest recording to date. Osby’s inaugural Blue Note release “Art Forum” sported a 360-degree turn for this artist. Having been a long time collaborator with Steve Coleman and Cassandra Wilson in the “Mbase” days, Osby subsequently turned his creative juices towards Hip-Hop and ...
ROTTOR: The First Full Turn
by Glenn Astarita
ROTTOR is: Paul Rutherford (trombone, voice), Julie Tippett (voice, thumb piano), Keith Tippett (piano, bells, maracas) and Paul Rogers (bass). The title cut clocks in at 53 minutes and features some lengthy collective improvisations from these veterans of the British Free Jazz scene. Julie Tippett is the conductor so to speak. Her vocal improvisations tend to ...
Graewe/Mattos/Vatcher: Subsymbolism
by Glenn Astarita
Here, we celebrate the first of 2 releases on the newly formed NUSCOPE record label. NUSCOPE records dutifully conveys the flavor of modern improvised jazz with smart packaging, photos of modern artwork gracing the CD inserts and superior audiophile sound quality. Veteran modern jazz pianist Georg Graewe aligns himself with London based Marcio Mattos (bass) and ...
Steve Lacy: Steve Lacy saxophone special +
by Glenn Astarita
Steve Lacy’s “Saxophone Special +" portrays extremely artistic collaborations with the gods of the British Free Jazz movement. This CD comprises re-releases of original LP’s on EMANEM recorded in 1973 and 1974. Saxophone Special + without a doubt is a historical archive pertaining to the evolution of free and largely improvised music. While there are a ...
Fred Van Hove: Passing Waves
by Glenn Astarita
Legendary Belgian free-jazz pianist Fred Van Hove launches the newly formed NUSCOPE label with an extraordinary display of solo piano pieces performed on the Baldwin SD-10 piano. As Mr. Van Hove mentions in the liners “Most of these titles are wordplays or phrases that came to my attention during my trips to the U.S, but I ...
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