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Tom Rainey Obliggato: Float Upstream
by Dan McClenaghan
Drummer Tom Rainey's reputation runs toward the “outside." His “worked with" resume speaks loudest perhaps from his collaborations with saxophonist Tim Berne--not a guy given to relaxing into a reverent take of, say, "What's New" or “Stella By Starlight." So a set of the familiar standards from Rainey comes as a bit of a surprise.
The Slovenian Experience: Jazz Festival Ljubljana 2017
by Henning Bolte
Ljubljana--capital of the Republic of Slovenia, member of EU, neighbored by Austria, Hungary, Croatia and Italy--hosts the oldest jazz festival in Europe, which held its 58th edition this year (June, 28--July, 2). The event is organized by Cankarjev House/Cankarjev Dom, a prestigious, state-run cultural center in midtown Ljubljana, residing in one half of an impressive twin ...
Jason Stein Quartet: Lucille
by Mark Corroto
Jason Stein continues to curve a niche in the jazz world, but it's not what you might assume. Listeners straightaway assume that he is an idiosyncratic outlier because his sole instrument is the bass clarinet. We've grown accustomed to saxophonists like Eric Dolphy and David Murray doubling on the bass clarinet. Stein's constancy to this one ...
Miles Donahue: The Bug
by Jack Bowers
People who have an aversion to bugs (do you know any?) may hesitate to purchase (or even review) an album whose title epitomizes the very thing they abhor. But even though multi-instrumentalist Miles Donahue's new album does nod to that often-despised creature and even includes a song by that name, there is more to it than ...
Albert Mangelsdorff: Albert Mangelsdorff And His Friends
by Dan Bilawsky
The afterlife for Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer's storied MPS Records has been tough to track. After Brunner-Schwer sold the rights to Philips in the early '80s, the label changed hands several times--Polydor picked it up and passed it through a subsidiary, Universal Music Group acquired its holdings, Speakers Corner Records took over on the vinyl side of ...
Roberto Spadoni & New Project Jazz Orchestra: Travel Music
by Angelo Leonardi
La New Project Jazz Orchestra è una brillante formazione della regione Trentino-Alto Adige, nata alla fine degli anni ottanta con intenti didattici, che ha saputo evolversi in organico d'ottimo livello: una fondamentale palestra per giovani leve che ha ospitato musicisti di primo piano (Lee Konitz, Florian Brambock, Javier Girotto, Fabrizio Bosso ecc...) e realizzato vari progetti ...
Dan Tepfer Trio: Eleven Cages; Judy Niemack with Dan Tepfer: Listening to You
by Angelo Leonardi
Dan Tepfer s'è messo in luce da un decennio con eccellenti lavori da leader (dai trii jazz all'esecuzione delle Goldberg Variations) e con prestigiose collaborazioni: ricordiamo il duo con Lee Konitz, il sestetto con Billy Hart, il trio con quest'ultimo e Gary Peacock. In queste due ultime incisioni il pianista trentacinquenne evidenzia l'alto livello di ...
Gianluigi Trovesi, Umberto Petrin: Twelve Colours and Synesthetic Cells
by Alberto Bazzurro
Accoppiata ormai di lungo cabotaggio, la Premiata Ditta Trovesi/Petrin giunge solo oggi al suo secondo album, lontano dieci anni esatti dal precedente Vaghissimo ritratto (ECM), dove, per la verità, facevano qua e là capolino anche le percussioni di Fulvio Maras. Se quel capitolo inaugurale aveva diversi numi tutelari, il dedicatario di questo nuovo lavoro è invece ...
Art Pepper: More West Coast
In February, I posted about two superb Art Pepper albums that have were remastered on the Omnivore label. The recordings were originally made for the Japanese Atlas label, with Pepper's featured guest as the leader so he could get around his contracts with Fantasy. One was with Pete Jolly and the other was with Sonny Stitt. ...
TD Ottawa Jazz Festival 2017
by John Kelman
TD Ottawa Jazz Festival Ottawa, Canada June 23-26, 2017 Amongst the most significant challenges that face any festival is, as the gray and no-hair crowd continues to age, finding ways to cultivate and grow a younger audience. But when you're a Canadian festival, another major challenge is a simple fiscal fact: most ...
