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Fran Vielma: Fran Vielma & Venezuelan Jazz Collective: Tendencias

by Angelo Leonardi
Il latin jazz continua a rinnovarsi, alimentato da nuove sintesi col folklore sudamericano. Venezuelano di nascita e formazione (studi ed esperienze in gruppi folk del suo Paese, perfezionamento dal 2010 al Berklee College e al New England Conservatory), il percussionista Fran Vielma debutta da leader con la formazione Venezuelan Jazz Collective. L'album è il ...
JAZZTOPAD 2018

by Henning Bolte
Jazztopad Festival Witold Lutoslawski National Forum of Music National Forum of Music, Club Mleczarnia November 21-25, 2018 Jazztopad is the annual Jazz Festival of Poland's Witold Lutoslawski National Forum of Music in Wroclaw. Wroclaw, a vibrant, hip, internationally oriented city that never sleeps, has character, lots of peculiar neighborhoods, populated by ...
Fran Vielma: Fran Vielma & Venezuelan Jazz Collective: Tendencias

by Troy Dostert
Continuing the long, fruitful history of jazz's intermingling with Afro-Caribbean music, percussionist Fran Vielma brings his considerable talents to bear in offering a distinctive melding of jazz with Latin forms--but with a special focus on his native Venezuela. Joined by some outstanding instrumentalists, such as trumpeter Mike Rodriguez and alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón, Vielma sketches a ...
Jon Irabagon Quartet: Dr. Quixotic’s Traveling Exotics

by Mark Corroto
It's easy imagine Hollywood producers putting together a comic book superhero movie when listening to a recording by the saxophonist Jon Irabagon. We know that after joining Moppa Elliott's Mostly Other People Do The Killing and winning the 2008 Thelonious Monk Saxophone Competition, he decided to use his super powers for good instead of evil. Like ...
The Way I Hear

By Sandy Eldred
Label: LabelWhoAble
Released: 2017
Track listing: #1 Peaceful Neighbors
#2 Spring Song
#3 Convenient Circumstances
#4 The Way I Hear
#5 They Can't Dance Those Changes
#6 Twelve Is Hip
#7 A Moment
#8 The Story of a Warrior
Jazz Jantar 2017

by Martin Longley
Jazz Jantar Klub Zak Gdańsk, Poland November 9-12, 2017 Jazz Jantar is one of the less well-known Polish festivals (outside of Poland), but it has been running in the northern port of Gdańsk for two decades, and is housed by Klub Zak, an arts centre that has roots ...
Miguel Zenon: Tipico

by Mark Corroto
The saying like butta" comes to mind when listening to the alto of saxophonist Miguel Zenón. His tone has the consistency of velvety cream, with nary a sour note. Hearing him in the context of his long-standing quartet, we get something like the voguish bulletproof coffee, which consists of butter, whipped into your favorite cup of ...
Miguel Zenon: Tipico

by James Nadal
The vintage cover photograph on Tipico, of Puerto Rican musicians, might lead one to believe that this is a continuance of alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón's jazz adaptations revolving around his heritage and homeland. But this is not the case. On this release, he hones in on his bandmates, and the music is centered on what each ...
Montage

By Luis Perdomo
Label: Hot Tone Music
Released: 2016
Track listing: Montage: Fleeing; Monk’s Dream; Montage: Sleepwalker; Mambo Mongo; Amani;
Montage: Angst; Cal Massey; Si Te Contara; hinking Of You; Montage: Air; The Sky
Beyond; La Revuelta de Don Fulgencio; The Boundary Law; Montage: The Ascent;
Body And Soul.
Luis Perdomo: Montage

by Mark Corroto
The highest praise you can give to a recording by a solo performer is that the music was made just for your ears. Pianist Luis Perdomo's Montage gives just that impression. It's easy to imagine these fifteen tracks were played in your living room, or automobile, for that matter. After releasing seven discs as ...