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Charles Mingus and Miles Davis: Changing Moods
by Mark Werlin
The recordings of Charles Mingus in the mid-1950s document a musical voice so distinctive that they are immediately recognizable today. But Mingus' obsessive commitment to the primacy of the composition was not always shared by his peers, nor understood by his critics. A public feud between Mingus, who was struggling unsuccessfully to win critical ...
Olie Brice / Achim Kaufmann: Of Tides
by John Eyles
Recorded live at The Vortex in December 2014, Of Tides combines London double bassist Olie Brice and German pianist Achim Kaufmann in a duo. Bass and piano is an uncommon combination for a twosome, this one having arisen after the pair initially combined in a trio that also included Roger Turner on percussion. Potential obstacles to ...
The MUH Trio: The MUH Trio – Prague After Dark
by C. Michael Bailey
Italian pianist and bandleader Roberto Magris has been busy on several musical fronts. The first is his recent study of hard bop as evidenced by his recent J-Mood releases including Mating Call (2010), Morgan Rewind: A Tribute to Lee Morgan Vols. 1 & 2 (2012, 2013) and One Night in With Hope and More...Vols. 1 & ...
Erik Friedlander: A Little Cello?
by Ian Patterson
Normally lumped into the 'miscellaneous instruments' category of jazz awards, the cello has been something of a bit player in the colorful history of jazz. That said, today there are arguably more cellists in jazz and contemporary improvised music--and some extraordinary ones at that--than ever before. One of the best known cellists is undoubtedly Erik Friedlander, ...
Koh: Seneca
by Luca Canini
Dal Giappone via New York, la conferma del talento, singolare e cristallino, della pianista Koh Ohtera, in arte semplicemente Koh. Pianista e cantante per l'esattezza, spirito inquieto e dispettoso, improvvisatrice fuori dagli schemi e sopra le righe. Alle prese con un disco, Seneca, che non è facile inquadrare al primo ascolto. Perché se ...
ICP Orchestra: Restless in Pieces
by Vic Albani
Con gli intelligenti insegnamenti di creatività e humor che l'ormai da qualche tempo fuori gioco Misha Mengelberg ha sempre inserito nella “sua" straordinariamente attiva e divertente ICP Orchestra, nonostante l'assenza del leader spirituale di quello che davvero tutti hanno sempre riconosciuto il migliore esempio di “new swing" europeo, Restless in Pieces brilla dei concetti di sempre. ...
David Haney: Stix and Stones (Piano and Drum Duets)
by Alberto Bazzurro
Il sessantenne pianista californiano David Haney raccoglie in questo album fresco di stampa una serie di duetti unicamente con batteristi, per l'esattezza cinque, riunendo incisioni realizzate fra il 2003 e il 2014 in Belgio, Canada e ovviamente Stati Uniti. Di quasi tutto il materiale, il pianista è anche autore o coautore (di regola col batterista di ...
Ken Peplowski: Enrapture
by Dan Bilawsky
How on earth do you successfully bind the music of Duke Ellington, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Fats Waller, Herbie Nichols, Bernard Herrmann, Peter Erskine, and Noël Coward into one coherent statement? The answer is simple: You don't, unless you're Ken Peplowski. Over the course of ten tracks from the aforementioned composers and other well-known tunesmiths, ...
Dave Douglas Quintet: Brazen Heart
by Dave Wayne
Leading a quintet whose debut recording, Be Still (Greenleaf Music, 2012) was an elegiac song cycle dedicated to his late mother, Dave Douglas' Brazen Heart, sadly, finds the trumpeter / composer in mourning once again. Damon Douglas, Dave's brother, passed away in June 2015. Yet, the overall tenor of Brazen Heart is completely different than Be ...
Keigo Hirakawa Trio: And Then There Were Three
by Mark Sullivan
Pianist Keigo Hirakawa clearly loves bebop, and bandmates Eddie Brookshire (bass) and Fenton Sparks (drums) are on the same page. There's energy and swing in abundance here, and while it is contemporary jazz, it's also telling that their cover of the great bebop pianist Bud Powell's classic “Dance Of The Infidels" fits right in with the ...
