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Mwendo Dawa: Mwendo Dawa Music
by Eyal Hareuveni
The Swedish quartet Mwendo Dawa (in Swahili: the way to a special goal) is co-led by keyboardist Susanna Lindeborg and reed player Ove Johansson, both also working as a duo and running the LJ Records label, which has operated since the late seventies and defined its own means of musical expression. Throughout the years, this quartet ...
Lars Jansson Trio: Koan
by James Pearse
The second Lars Jansson Trio recording of 2012, after the outing with Ensemble MidtVest on Worship Of Self (Prophone, 2012), is a deep and reflective one. Koan not only remembers the victims of the 2011 tsunami, but also pays homage to the people of Japan and their unique culture.Lars Jansson Trio is something of ...
Iiro Rantala: My History Of Jazz
by Bruce Lindsay
It is perhaps an odd history of jazz that opens and closes with a composition by Johann Sebastian Bach, but My History Of Jazz is a very personal history, the history of Finnish pianist Iiro Rantala. His previous album, Lost Heroes (ACT Music, 2011), was a solo piano recording; full of mesmerizingly beautiful music, it was ...
ACT: 20 Years of Magical Music
by Jakob Baekgaard
Nowadays, creating a record label is closer to the norm than the exception. The real sign of success in a fleeting music business, where the sale of records constantly declines, is staying power. This year, 2012, the German record label ACT Music is able to celebrate its 20th anniversary. Not a mean feat for a company ...
Lars Danielsson: Liberetto
by AAJ Italy Staff
In Liberetto Lars Danielsson dà fondo a tutta la sua eleganza compositiva ed espressiva, in dodici brani nei quali viene affiancato da una band di valore assoluto. Sono quasi tutti originali del bassista svedese, tranne alcuni firmati dal pianista Tigran Hamasyan e un tradizionale armeno riarrangiato per l'occasione, che ben figura in una scaletta stilisticamente omogenea. ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Lars Danielsson
All About Jazz is celebrating Lars Danielsson's birthday today! Bassist Lars Danielsson is reknown and admired in the International Jazz world for his lyrical but groovy playing. Not least his capability to improve the appearance of the melody has brought him around the world in a number of various musical constellations. Lars Danielsson was born in ...
Istanbul Jazz Festival: Istanbul, Turkey, July 3-19, 2012
by James Pearse
Istanbul Jazz FestivalIstanbul, TurkeyJuly 3-19, 2012Istanbul, the second largest city in the world, has become an important meeting point in countless ways.Founded in around 660 BC by King Byzas, captured by the Romans and later by Sultan Mehmed II to become the capital of the Ottoman Empire, Istanbul was, despite its ...
Arve Henriksen: Cartography
by John Kelman
Increasingly well-known to ECM fans for his work with Christian Wallumrod, Trygve Seim and Jon Balke, Cartography is Arve Henriksen's debut as a leader for the label. A logical successor to his impressive Rune Grammofon discs--Sakuteiki (2001), Chiaroscuro (2004) and Strjon (2007)--it's also the Norwegian trumpeter's most ambitious release to date.Post-production has always figured ...
Adam Baldych And The Baltic Gang: Imaginary Room
by Bruce Lindsay
Despite the perceived similarities between musical groups and gangs, there are surprisingly few examples of bands with a “gang" appellation. There's American rockers the James Gang, Brit-punks the Tyla Gang and of course there's the Purple Gang (although that was just a rhythm section). Imaginary Room, the debut release from violinist Adam Baldych and The Baltic ...
Dave Liebman: What It Is - The Life of a Jazz Artist
by John Kelman
What It Is: The Life of a Jazz Artist Dave Liebman In Conversation with Lewis Porter 386 Pages ISBN: 978-0810882034 Scarecrow Press 2012 In life, there's them that are aware and them's that ain't. Them's that are aware are not necessarily better than them's that ain't; but in being ...
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