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Sylvie Courvoisier: Amalthea

by Jack Kenny
November 1, 2026

This quartet shares its instrumentation with the Modern Jazz Quartet: piano, vibraphone, double bass and drums. Yet listening closely to the two groups reveals how far jazz has travelled between 1950 and now. Like John Lewis, Sylvie Courvoisier has an allegiance to European art music; where the MJQ cultivated poised, contrapuntal elegance, Amalthea favours abrupt changes ...

Article: Journey into Jazz

Miles & Trane: Another Jazz Journey

by Lee Whiteman
October 31, 2026

This is the centennial of two jazz giants, Miles Davis and John Coltrane. As I said in previous essays, I got into jazz in my youth. So, a question some may ask is, how did I get introduced to Miles and Trane? Coltrane was easier to get into initially. And it started with another ...

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Sylvie Courvoisier and Wadada Leo Smith: Angel Falls

Read "Angel Falls" reviewed by Jack Kenny

by Jack Kenny
October 3, 2025

Wadada Leo Smith describes his music not as “jazz" but as “creative music." He rejects the term “improvisation" in favor of “creation." These specific word choices reflect his unique approach, which is deeply rooted in his early experiences with blues and R&B. Smith uses the full range of his instrument and plays at his ...

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Savina Yannatou & Primavera en Salonico with Lamia Bedioui: Watersong

Read "Watersong" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright

by Katchie Cartwright
May 10, 2025

Watersong is the fifth album on ECM for the extraordinary Greek world-music and free-jazz singer Savina Yannatou and Primavera en Salonico, her splendid Athens-based ensemble: Kostas Vomvolos on qanun and accordion, Harris Lambrakis on nay, Kyriakos Gouventas on violin, Yannis Alexandris on oud, Michalis Siganidis on double bass and Dine Doneff on percussion. The album also ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

The Richness of Reich's Repetition

by Scott Gudell
October 25, 2022

Almost as in deference to the minimalist approach of composer Steve Reich, these two discs distill their titles down to simply Reich / Richter on one and Steve Reich on the other. It's a hint on what's about to come. Reich/Richter Ensemble Intercontemporain Nonesuch Records 2022 Steve Reich, ...

Article: My Favourite Things

Simone Alessandrini e il Questionario di Proust

by Paolo Peviani
May 11, 2022

Il tratto principale della mia musica Credo sia l'aspetto melodico. Almeno per ora... La qualità che desidero nei musicisti che suonano con me La sincerità musicale, il coraggio di mostrare le proprie idee e non essere compiacenti. Come musicista, il momento in cui sono stato più felice

Article: My Favourite Things

Riccardo Marogna e il Questionario di Proust

by Paolo Peviani
March 3, 2022

Il tratto principale della mia musica Astratta ma viscerale. La qualità che desidero nei musicisti che suonano con me La pazienza[sorride, NdR]. Come musicista, il momento in cui sono stato più felice A quindici anni, i primi concertini in qualche bar di paese con la prima rock band.

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Boris Kozlov: First Things First

Read "First Things First" reviewed by Kyle Simpler

by Kyle Simpler
January 31, 2022

Bass players don't always get the recognition they deserve. While it's easy to see their importance in the rhythm section, they aren't always the first instrument that comes to mind when it comes to the spotlight. There are exceptions, of course, and Boris Kozlov definitely fits into this category. His Posi-Tone debut, First Things First, highlights ...

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Sam Decker: Shrove

Read "Shrove" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
October 4, 2021

Il titolo di questo disco è preso dal primo movimento del balletto Petrushka di Igor Stravinsky ed è indicativo della formazione del sassofonista Sam Decker. Laureato al New England Conservatory è stato molto attratto dal grande innovatore russo e da altri compositori del Novecento come Dmitrij Shostakovich e Bela Bartok. La musica di questo disco ne ...

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Deerhoof: Love-Lore

Read "Love-Lore" reviewed by Troy Dostert

by Troy Dostert
October 7, 2020

"Where, in short, are the flying cars?" So asked David Graeber in 2012, in a widely-circulated essay entitled “Of Flying Cars and the Declining Rate of Profit." Graeber, an anthropologist of a decidedly unconventional bent, dedicated much of his academic career to challenging preconceived wisdom concerning the allegedly unlimited potential of capitalist economics and its attendant ...