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Article: Album Review

Lucian Ban, Mat Maneri: Transylvanian Dance

Read "Transylvanian Dance" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


Prosegue l'esplorazione e la rielaborazione della musica della propria terra da parte del pianista rumeno Lucian Ban, accompagnato come sempre dal violista statunitense Mat Maneri, con il quale da un quindicennio collabora strettamente. Ancora una volta è la natia Transilvania a fare da punto di riferimento (il pianista è nato a Teaca, villaggio della ...

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Article: Album Review

Lucian Ban and Mat Maneri: Transylvanian Dance

Read "Transylvanian Dance" reviewed by Scott Gudell


Classical composer Bela Bartok was fascinated by folk melodies he heard throughout his native Transylvania at the close of the 19th century / beginning of the 20th century. Similar to when American musicologist Alan Lomax journeyed into the rural communities of the US (and other counties), Bartok journeyed deep into his native countryside to research and ...

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Poor Is My Heart

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Label: ECM Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 04:41

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Article: Year in Review

Dan Bilawsky's Best Jazz Albums of 2024

Read "Dan Bilawsky's Best Jazz Albums of 2024" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Music that resonates with a listener is a rare gift for that receiver. And the artists who create it are to be admired for all that they produce and bestow. It's important to never lose sight of those truths and the power of aural art. I can't truly say that I believe that ...

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Transylvanian Dance

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Poor Is My Heart; Romanian Folk Dance; Lover Mine of Long Ago; Transylvanian Dance; The Enchanted Song; Harvest Moon Ballad; The Boyer's Doina; Make Me, Lord, Slim and Tall.

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Blutopia

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Speak Our Silence; Blue Black; Fantasm; Hieroglyphics; Mist; Marrakesh; Spirit Take My Hand; Blutopia; Hymn.

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Oedipe Redux

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Prelude; Tirésias et Laïos; Helas! Terre lamentable...; Interlude I; Adonis couché sur la pourpre et l'or; Le berger; Hécate, Hécate; Oui suis-je? Le Corbeau crie...; Interlude II; Le crime, mort de Laïos; El est un breuvage; La Sphynge; Couronnement et chute; Je mourrai dans la lumière.

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Transylvanian Dance

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Label: ECM Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 08:47

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Article: Album Review

Lucian Ban, Mat Maneri: Oedipe Redux

Read "Oedipe Redux" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


Pur se da venticinque anni residente negli U.S.A., il pianista Lucian Ban non ha mai smesso di coltivare le sue radici rumene, che spesso anzi caratterizzano sottilmente la sua prolifica produzione artistica. In particolare, assieme al violista Mat Maneri --con il quale collabora assai spesso, contribuendo recentemente al suo album Ash --ha più volte proposto apprezzati ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

America in Miniatures And More

Read "America in Miniatures And More" reviewed by Bob Osborne


The featured album on this edition is from guitarist Miles Okazaki who gathers an extraordinary cast of ten musicians to create Miniature America, a collection of 22 vignettes exploring the wonder of chance encounters and “found" compositions. I am featuring four of these pieces. The rest of the show includes brand new releases of both studio ...


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