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Kaja Draksler
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Kaja Draksler is a Slovenian pianist and composer. After her studies in the Netherlands (BA in jazz piano and MA in classical composition), she decided to stay in Amsterdam, where she is an active member of the improvisors scene, performing extensively all over the Europe. Besides her frequent solo concerts, she has been working regularly with Čudars-Draksler Duo, Feecho, BadBooshBand, and Draksler-Santos Silva duo. She is also one of the founding members of the interdisciplinary group I/O. She recently formed her Octet. As a composer she has been commissioned by various international groups, ranging from vocal and chamber ensembles to big bands and orchestras
Kompress
Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Yogen; Trip; Granular Navigation; For Sibylle; Mariatorget 87; Jogol; For A / Kompress; EKV; När Världens
Hopp Förtvinat Stod; Mera Punkt; Vrt.
Jimetta Rose, Emile Parisien, Carla Marciano, Julieta Eugenio, Punkt.Vrt.Plastik, Kurt Elling
by Ludovico Granvassu
After a few weeks during which we've delved into the legacies of Cassandra Wilson, Stevie Wonder and Dave Holland, a huge pile of new releases has built up on our virtual desks and hard drives. And so we're back to our usual format: plentiful of new releases, where the borders between jazz, global music, electronics and ...
Punkt.Vrt.Plastik: Kompress
by Glenn Astarita
Punkt.Vrt.Plastik has spent nearly a decade demonstrating that the piano trio need not behave like a piano trio. Pianist Kaja Draksler, bassist Petter Eldh and drummer Christian Lillinger established their peculiar chemistry on the excellent Punkt.Vrt.Plastik (Intakt, 2018), pushed it into more intricately constructed territory with Somit (Intakt, 2021) and documented its live potency on Zurich ...
Ben Goldberg, Dave Holland & Lily Finnegan
by Maurice Hogue
Two big projects are on the bill in this episode. Clarinetist Ben Goldberg's fascination with the number 8 (his birthday is August 8th and there are eight letters in his names) drives his new 8 X 8 Collection, eight albums created with different ensembles. You'll hear music from three of those new recordings. You'll also hear ...
Ada Rave & Marta Warelis: Peel/Mondo
by John Sharpe
On Peel/Mondo, two distinctive voices sport in adventurous communion. Polish pianist Marta Warelis and Argentinean saxophonist Ada Rave first met as part of the fertile Amsterdam scene. As a result, they know each other well, so the empathy and highly attuned responsiveness they display on these six collective inventions from a 2024 concert performance comes as ...
New & Older Post Bop, Free Jazz and Avant Garde from Europe, NYC, and Montreal
by Jon Greenbaum
Lots of new and some older music from Italy, Germany, Finland, Montreal, NYC, England, Estonia, and Sweden.Playlist Kaja Draksler Octet “Skylark" from Bare, Unfolding (Clean Feed Records) 00:00 Joe Morris “Slipshod" from Racket Club (About Time Records) 07:05 Federico Calcagno & The Dolphians “Children of Gaza" from Face The Music (Da Vinci Jazz Records) ...
Kit Downes: The Art Of Sonic Curiosity
by Marco Iacoboni
Some use the piano to tell stories, and some use the pipe organ to create entire universes. Then there's Kit Downes, who does both, with a sensitivity and talent that have made him one of the most interesting and sought-after names on the European scene. Winner of the prestigious BBC Jazz Award, nominated for the Mercury ...
Kit Downes: dalla Cattedrale al Jazz contemporaneo
by Marco Iacoboni
C'è chi usa il pianoforte per raccontare storie e chi usa l'organo a canne per creare interi universi. Poi c'è Kit Downes che fa entrambe le cose, con una sensibilità e un talento che lo hanno reso uno dei nomi più interessanti e ricercati nel panorama europeo. Insignito del prestigioso BBC Jazz Award, nominato per il ...
Brda Contemporary Music Festival 2024
by Neri Pollastri
14th Brda Contemporary Music Festival Sala Cinematografica Medana Medana, Slovenia 12-14 settembre 2024 Festival unico nel suo genere, interamente dedicato com'è all'improvvisazione più libera, il Brda Contemporary Music Festival era quest'anno alla sua quattordicesima edizione, la seconda svoltasi nel piccolo paese di Medana, una manciata di chilometri dalla frontiera italiana e ...
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