Results for "Leni Stern"
Leni Stern

Leni Stern is a traveler. Borders are not important, as she fits in effortlessly from place to place. The many languages of rhythm are her passports, her love of people fixes her destinations, and time marks her well-earned path. For over 25 years Stern has found motivation in the ever-changing world around her for the music that she plays, a sound that is equally transforming, malleable, fluid, and moving. Traveling. She came from Europe, put roots down in America, followed the winds to Africa, and her sights are always on the horizon. It is unique to find a musician so proficient at their art form but who still admits to finding inspiration in the music and culture of the current events around them
The Bill Frisell Songbook: Part 2

by Ludovico Granvassu
Bill Frisell's instrumental voice is instantly recognizable, whether displaying its skronky side in John Zorn's Naked City or his sublime and delicate voicings infused of high-end Americana. Equally distinctive are his compositions which more and more of his peers have been incorporating into their repertoires, in a process of metabolization that goes back to the 1990s ...
Eternal Dance

Album: Eternal Dance
By Monika Herzig
Label: Savant Records
Released: 2020
Duration: 7:03
Bubbles

Album: Sheroes
By Monika Herzig
Label: Whaling City Sound
Released: 2018
Duration: 7:54
Eternal Dance

Label: Savant Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: We Are the Champions;
Eternal Dance;
Dear Geri;
Rabbit;
Fly High;
We Can Be (S)Heroes;
Fall in Reading;
Seas of Change;
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child;
Up in the Sky;
Memories of Petra;
Hymn for Justice and Understanding (Bonus Track).
4

By Leni Stern
Label: LSR
Released: 2020
Track listing: Lambar; Amadeus; Serrer; Princess Miu; Japalema; Chartwell; Habib; Zamba.
Ada Rovatti: Big Sax, Big Heart, Big Shoes

by Jim Worsley
From a small town in Italy to bright lights around the world, saxophonist Ada Rovatti boldly stepped into the big shoes of the late and legendary saxophonist Michael Brecker several years ago. She didn't fill them. No one could. Instead she has snugged up inside them and found her own way of expressing Brecker's music. Married ...
Leni Stern: 3

by Neri Pollastri
Apprezzata chitarrista e cantante, con alle spalle un considerevole numero di lavori a proprio nome, la tedesca Leni Stern è nota anche in quanto consorte di Mike Stern, una delle icone della chitarra jazz e accompagnatore di Miles Davis in ben tre album. Al marito la Stern assomiglia molto per sonorità e approccio allo strumento, mentre ...
Global Fusions and African Connections

by Geno Thackara
Whatever may be going wrong in the world, there are always some figures (especially artists) out there reminding us of the importance of community and celebration. Without making a direct statement on the strange circumstances of 2020, this batch of recordings nonetheless offers just the kind of vibrant affirmation the times need. Duende Libre ...
Samuel Torres: The Interfuse of Percussion and Orchestration

by Jim Worsley
Samuel Torres is a percussionist extraordinaire. Samuel Torres is an exceptional composer. Samuel Torres is an astute arranger. Samuel Torres has vast skills as an orchestrator. All of those statements are valid responses to the question, who is Samuel Torres? The Colombian born artist, who now makes his home in New York City, has, as they ...