Results for "Gunter Sommer"

Gunter Sommer

Born: August 15, 1943

Dörner-Schwerdt-Sartorius: Jul Fuel

by Mark Corroto
February 3, 2025

Jul Fuel unfolds more like a tale of three cities than a singular statement--especially when the tracks are experienced in album order. The release transitions from a solo piano performance to a piano-drum duet, a trio performance, and, finally, a slide trumpet solo. At its core, however, Jul Fuel revolves around German improviser Axel Dörner, even ...

ARTACTS '24

by Luciano Rossetti
April 14, 2024

Elsa Nilsson, Too Many Zooz, Gard Nilssen, Claire Michael & Other New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
August 9, 2022

It's been another hot sweaty week... and so we decided to open today's edition with some hot sweaty genre-defying music courtesy of Moon Hooch, Too Many Zooz and Meute, then we keep the simmer pretty steady, deep and beautiful.Happy listening!PlaylistBen Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Moon ...

Tony Malaby, Tania Gill & The Gathering

by Maurice Hogue
January 22, 2022

I decided to lay out for most of this last episode of 2021 and just let the music roll. There are a couple of new releases in the mix, one from Tony Malaby and a somewhat revamped Sabino and Toronto pianist Tania Gill's Disappearing Curiosities. Definitely check out the great singer, Dwight Trible, and his rendition ...

Ai Confini tra Sardegna e Jazz - XXXVI Edizione

by Paolo Peviani
September 10, 2021

Ai Confini tra Sardegna e Jazz Sant'Anna Arresi 7.8-8.9.2021 Trentaseiesima edizione del festival Ai Confini tra Sardegna e Jazz. La prima senza Basilio Sulis, creatore e visionario direttore artistico della manifestazione, scomparso lo scorso novembre e ricordato con una bella e affettuosa mostra fotografica curata dal nostro Luciano Rossetti.

Give the Drummer (More Than) Some! Part 3

by Ludovico Granvassu
May 6, 2020

More music featuring projects lead by drummers. Drums for civil rights, solos and duos, and poetry drumming. Happy listening! PlaylistBen Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Terri Lyne Carrington “If Not Now (feat. Maimouna Youssef)" Waiting Game (Motema) 0:16 Host talks 5:42 Max Roach “Driva' Man" We ...

It Takes Two to Jazz: Part I

by Ludovico Granvassu
February 21, 2020

This week we focus on the art of the duo. A challenging format as one does neither have the complete freedom of a solo nor the support of a larger band. Yet, in the hands of the right artists, it can produce magical music. Happy listening! Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme ...

Gianluigi Trovesi: dal solo alle orchestre

by Libero Farnè
June 25, 2019

Non era più giovanissimo Gianluigi Trovesi quando alla fine degli anni Settanta venne alla ribalta nel sestetto di Giorgio Gaslini, che nei concerti lo presentava come “l'improvvisatore che viene dalle montagne." Il sassofonista e clarinettista infatti è nato e cresciuto a Nembro, nella Valle Seriana, dove ha mosso i suoi primi passi musicali all'interno della banda ...

Wadada Leo Smith / Sabu Toyozumi: Burning Meditation

by John Sharpe
April 18, 2019

The Japanese concept of ma—a celebration of the space between things—is one to which trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith can readily subscribe. Space and silence are as important as sound in his conception. The weight given to the pauses between phrases stands out on this live recording from 1994 with Japanese drummer Sabu Toyozumi, which forms another ...