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No Euros Required
by Maurice Hogue
There's a heavy European flavour to this episode as we explore the current scene in eleven different countries. Two albums on the Hungarian BMC label introduce BMC's latest round of releases: pianist Aki Takase (Germany) & her band, Japanic, and saxophonist Istvan Grensco & his Collective Special 5 (Hungary), which features the great American reed man, ...
NY Free Quartet, Michael Gregory Jackson & Marc Jufer
by Maurice Hogue
There's a wide variety of great tunes this episode: Club D'Elf kicks it off with the title track to their latest live set, saxophonist Muriel Grossmann and her quartet acknowledge the musical and mystical paths of John Coltrane, the New York Free Quartet's Dream Time marks their return to releasing excellent work, and the very influential ...
Wójciński-Szmańda Quartet, Dustin Laurenzi and More
by Maurice Hogue
The underlying theme in this episode appears to be ensembles of varying sizes and styles. From Sweden, trumpeter Goran Kajfeš' quartet Tropique blends elements of groove, trance, improv, African with a Don Cherry on top in the new Into The Wild, while another quartet, the Wójciński/Szmańda Quartet from Poland, knocks down the walls of same-same with ...
Ljubljana International Jazz Festival 2018
by Francesco Martinelli
Ljubljana International Jazz Festival Cankarjev Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia June 27-30, 2018 The Slovenian capital of jny: Ljubljana has rightly become in the last few years one of the most loved tourist destinations in Europe. Hugged by its namesake river, crossing it with a variety of bridges, the city ...
Novara Jazz 2018
by Henning Bolte
Broletto Novara Jazz 2018 Novara, Italy May 31 to June 3, 2018 Novara Jazz is a three-week festival in Northern Italian town of Novara situated in the Piedmont region and the Po plain. It is a young and dynamic scion in the festival landscape with a strong spirit ...
Goran Kajfes Tropiques: Enso
by Mark Corroto
In the 1970s, along with the rise in FM radio and stereo sound, a phenomena called headphones-only album rock" was devised. A DJ might play all 26 minutes of Pink Floyd's Shine on You Crazy Diamond" or John Coltrane's version of My Favorite Things," at 42 minutes. In the same spirit we find Swedish trumpeter Goran ...
Intervista a Corrado Beldì, Direttore Artistico di NovaraJazz
by Neri Pollastri
Tra i festival nazionali NovaraJazz sta sempre più guadagnandosi un posto di rilievo, vuoi per l'originalità delle proposte artistiche, spesso arricchite da produzioni originali, vuoi per il modo singolare in cui vengono realizzati gli spettacoli, disseminati nel tessuto cittadino e negli spazi naturali che lo circondano. Abbiamo intervistato uno dei direttori artistici, Corrado Beldì, per sapere ...
Angles 9: Disappeared Behind the Sun
by John Sharpe
On the sixth release from reedman Martin Küchen's mid-sized Angles ensemble, all the winning traits so evident on previous outings are still present and correct: heart wrenching melodies, huge foot-tapping riffs, sweeping chorales and adventurous raw soloing, not least by the leader himself. Many of the same top notch players remain on board, notably trombonist Mats ...