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Marta Sanchez Trio: Perpetual Void
by John Sharpe
For her first leadership date on the Swiss Intakt label, NYC-based Spanish pianist Marta Sanchez returns to the trio format which she last aired way back on her debut Lunas, Soles Y Elefantes (Errabal, 2008). While some may regret the absence of the two-saxophone front line which she has used in the meantime, the overwhelming positive ...
Rob Brown Quartet: Oblongata
by John Sharpe
Although reedman Rob Brown has a string of small group leadership outings to his name, dating back to his first, Breath Rhyme (Silkheart) in 1990, Oblongata may be one of his finest. The 2022 studio session reunites him with some of his most enduring collaborators, the same crew responsible for From Here To Hear (Rogue Art, ...
John Butcher / Eddie Prevost: Higher Lever Levitations Vol 1 Unearthed
by John Sharpe
Enduring connections. UK free music veterans, drummer Eddie Prėvost and saxophonist John Butcher first shared a stage in 1990, as part of guitarist Derek Bailey's famed Company weeks, but they still find plenty of worthwhile things to say to each other on Unearthed. Their encounters have been many over the intervening years, including several previous duo ...
Peter Brötzmann & Paal Nilssen-Love: Chicken Shit Bingo
by John Sharpe
The late German reedman Peter Brötzmann thrived on hook ups with drummers. A roll call of his fellows over his career would read like a percussion who's who, but one of his most favored partners over the last period of his life was Paal Nilssen-Love. After the Norwegian had joined Brötzmann's Chicago Tentet in 2004, he ...
John Blum / David Murray / Chad Taylor: The Recursive Tree
by John Sharpe
Three equally potent partners combine in a spontaneous and intense outpouring on The Recursive Tree. Neither reedman David Murray or drummer Chad Taylor require much introduction. Murray has been a colossus on the scene ever since he first erupted onto the stages of lofts across Manhattan back in 1976. Taylor has become increasingly ubiquitous, recognized as ...
Jonas Cambien's Maca Conu: Maca Conu
by John Sharpe
While Oslo-based Belgian pianist Jonas Cambien's Maca Conu may be a new venture, it has a lot in common with his trio which made a series of acclaimed albums, including A Zoology of the Future (Clean Feed, 2016) and We Must Mustn't We (Clean Feed, 2018). Not least of that is down to the continued tenure ...
Vilnius Mama Jazz Festival 2024
by John Sharpe
Vilnius Mama Jazz Festival National Drama Theater Vilnius, Lithuania May 23-26, 2024 Intro As every year since 2002, the cosmopolitan Lithuanian capital Vilnius once again hosted the Mama Jazz Festival. While customarily booking acts that might please a wide range of music lovers, the bill this year was one of ...
Friends & Neighbors: Circles
by John Sharpe
Even some 60 years after its birth, the free jazz of the American New Thing remains a fertile source of inspiration in 2024. On its sixth album, Circles, Norwegian quintet Friends & Neighbors continues to find rich avenues to explore in its updated repurposing of the naked expressionism of the 1960's avant-garde. An unchanged line up ...
Marco Colonna / Edoardo Marraffa / Fabrizio Spera / Marco Zanotti: Red Planet
by John Sharpe
Red Planet is the first public performance of an ad hoc quartet convened by Area Sismica, an arts initiative in Forli, northern Italy, dedicated to allowing tradition and innovation to coexist. The band brings together four stalwarts of the Italian scene, reedmen Marco Colonna and Edoardo Marraffa plus two drummers Fabrizio Spera and Marco Zanotti. For ...
Rob Brown: Oceanic
by John Sharpe
Solo albums for single-line instruments such as the saxophone always present a challenge. One that many but not all rise to meet. For New York City reedman Rob Brown, Oceanic is only the second such document in a career stretching back some 35 years, following an obscure CDR-only release, Silver Sun Afternoon (Nolabel, 2003). Over that ...
