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News: Recording

"Baboon" -- Latest Album Of Enrico Sartori Tobias Delius Tristan Honsinger, On Rudi Records

BABOON Enrico SARTORI Tobias DELIUS Tristan HONSINGER RRJ1012 Rudi Records Jan/2013 Enrico Sartori: alto sax, bb & alto clarinets Tobias Delius: tenor sax, bb clarinet Tristan Honsinger: cello Rudi Records catalog is proud to welcome two significant exponents of the European improvised music scene: English saxophonist Tobias Delius ...

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Article: Album Review

Enrico Rava: Rava on the Dance Floor

Read "Rava on the Dance Floor" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Italian trumpeter Enrico Rava doing a tribute to the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson? Italian trumpeter Enrico Rava doing a tribute to the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson, on ECM? If either of these concepts seem somehow wrong, it's likely because, in forty-plus years, ECM has garnered (beyond its reputation as one of the ...

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Article: Album Review

Naked Truth: Ouroboros

Read "Ouroboros" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

With apologies to the late guitarist Pete Cosey (who led a band by the name), the members of Naked Truth are bona fide “children of Agharta." That is, the group--led by bassist-guitarist Lorenzo Feliciati--has absorbed and adapted the lessons of trumpeter Miles Davis's exhausting, tectonic live recording Agharta (Columbia, 1975) so well that Davis' disc can ...

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Article: Album Review

Matt Renzi / Stefano Senni / Jimmy Weinstein: 4 Stories

Read "4 Stories" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni

This recording session of the trio of reed player Matt Renzi, bassist Stefano Senni and drummer Jimmy Weinstein was accidental. The trio had not planned to make a recording, nothing was discussed before the four recorded improvisations, and the session was completed in one day, recorded direct to disc with no edits, and presented in the ...

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Article: Album Review

Monome: Monome

Read "Monome" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

Monome began life in 2006, but on this Italian trio's debut recording it's effectively a quartet, with German saxophonist Peter Ehwald playing on five of the seven tracks. Ehwald first played with Monome in 2010, and since when their collaborations have become increasingly frequent, to the point that his presence here is an essential ingredient in ...

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Article: Album Review

Monome: Monome

Read "Monome" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian

The Italian innovative jazz group Monome (not the be confused with Spanish rock band The Monomes) makes a reserved yet vigorous statement with its eponymous debut. The session comprises of seven, modal and atmospheric tracks that have strong, western classical influences. The collaborative trio opens the disc with “Scales"; an almost theatrical piece ...

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Article: Album Review

Monome: Monome

Read "Monome" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay

Monome, a piano-led trio from Pisa, shares its name with the Monome, a computer interface device popular with makers of electronic music. Whether this is deliberate or coincidental is unclear, but Monome the band makes acoustic music without the need for its electronic namesake. Its eponymous debut album, recorded in late 2011 and early 2012, features ...

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Article: Live Review

European Jazz Network General Assembly: Bari, Italy, September 27-30, 2012

Read "European Jazz Network General Assembly: Bari, Italy, September 27-30, 2012" reviewed by Henning Bolte

by Henning Bolte

European Jazz Network General AssemblyBari/ItalySeptember 27-30, 2012The European Jazz Network (EJN)-an association of presenters, producers of venues, festivals and of facilitating national jazz organizations from various European countries-celebrated its 25th anniversary during its General Assembly, which took place September 27-30, 2012 at the Puglian capital, Bari, in South Italy.From the very ...

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Article: Album Review

Claudio Scolari: Synthesis

Read "Synthesis" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni

Synthesis unites two Italian drummers-the leader, Claudio Scolari, an educator whose background is in classical music, and the younger Daniele Cavalca. Both complement many other instruments, including Scolari's son, trumpeter Simone Scolari, for a musical journey that seeks to find new melodic textures. This project continues the work of the trio that began on Colors of ...

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Article: Album Review

Erika Dagnino / Stefano Pastor / George Haslam / Steve Waterman: Narcéte

Read "Narcéte" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni

This Anglo-Italian quartet presents its version of improvised jazz with poetry. The Italian side comes from poet and writer Erika Dagnino--who recites her poems in English--and violinist and double bassist Stefano Pastor. Their English partners are veteran improvisers and frequent collaborators, saxophonist George Haslam and trumpeter Steve Waterman. This recording features a happy ...


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