Results for "Leo Records"

Cathédrale

By François Lana

Label: Leo Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Chaos Momentum; Hillness (Tribute to Andrew); Der Turm; Divertissement; Black Socks, No Sugar; Weird Stuff; Nocturne; Cathédrale.

Last Train from Narvskaya

By Carolyn Hume

Label: Leo Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Winter Aviary; Red Wave Suite; Last Train from Narvskaya; The Lover-Magician; Voices of the Luna.

Faces of Souls, The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra

By Mark Harvey

Label: Leo Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: 1. Meltdown 2. Sisyphus 3. Consecreation 4. Greta 5. Of the People 6. Lament for the City 7. Faces of Souls

Aardvark Jazz Orchestra: Faces Of Souls

by Angelo Leonardi
December 30, 2020

Si avvicina al cinquantesimo anno di attività l'Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, fondata nel 1973 da Mark Harvey e ancora diretta dall'inossidabile trombettista, compositore e bandleader di Boston. In questo nuovo disco--il decimo pubblicato con la Leo Records e registrato live in varie occasioni--ritroviamo il consueto eclettismo della formazione, capace di passare da quadri in libera improvvisazione a ...

Hanna Schörken: Luma

by John Eyles
December 25, 2020

German voice artist Hanna Schörken covers so many activities that reading them can easily make one feel exhausted. A published writer and poet, she developed a personal, idiosyncratic approach to sound poetry and experimental voice. Having studied Jazz Singing and Musicology, she is both a jazz vocalist and a free improviser, involved in several projects in ...

Armaroli - Schiaffini - Sjostrom: Duos & Trios

by Glenn Astarita
September 25, 2020

Italian musicians Sergio Armaroli (vibraphone) and Giancarlo Schiaffini (trombone) beckoned reputable Finland-reared Harri Sjostrom (saxophones) to join them for a session consisting of nine duos and three trios that are somewhat noteworthy due to the unconventional instrumentation. Per the album liners, the goal was to create 'events' such as “amazement, wonder or a good mood through ...

Simon Nabatov: Time Labyrinth

by Glenn Astarita
August 9, 2020

Pianist Simon Nabatov is well-known for his explosive semi-structured presentations and freely navigated improvisational advances within this seemingly limitless musical space. But Nabatov is a composer who often stretches the perceived limits of avant-garde jazz. With this effort, he pursues a largely new approach by employing chamberesque forums via an acoustic-electric platform, intensified by consummate woodwind ...

Ziv Taubenfeld

Born in the Galil region, Northern Israel, Ziv Taubenfeld started playing the clarinet as part of his primary school orchestra and continued with classical studies guided by Ilya Schwartz at the local conservatory of Karmiel. During that period, following the attraction to low sounds, the bass clarinet was added as a second instrument that soon became Ziv's main focus. His interest in improvised music (fooling around with the orchestras charts or diggin into jazz records) grew bigger after meeting the influential saxophone player Albert Beger who opened up a road that eventually led to further studies of the bass clarinet with Michael Moore in the Netherlands.

Pat Battstone and Giorgia Santoro: Dream Notes

by Geannine Reid
May 21, 2020

Dream Notes is a collaborative effort by American pianist Patrick Battstone and Italian flautist Giorgia Santoro, along with Italian painter Daniela Chionna. Battstone connected to her paintings and had a strong affinity for her improvisational style. Previously her “Immersion" series of paintings was absorbed in his previous recording Elements. When she created the series, “Dream Notes," ...

Urs Leimgruber - Andreas Willers - Alvin Curran - Fabrizio Spera: Rome-Ing

by Glenn Astarita
February 10, 2020

These venerable European improvisers tease and taunt the listeners' psyches with free-form minimalist sound-shaping designs and subdued inner-workings with gradual buildups and asynchronous movements, countered by explosive episodes of angst, tinted with creaky sub-motifs. With four lengthy works recorded live in Rome--hence, the album title—American pianist Alvin Curran and Swiss guitarist Andreas Willers incorporate electronics into ...