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Looking Forward Looking Back

Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Dark Wood: Bass Concerto for McBride (Movement I - Movement II); Symphonic
Captain's Journey (Calm - Storm); Rhapsody in Blue (original 1924 version): Part
I-II-III.
Convergence

By Warren Wolf
Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Soul Sisters; Four Stars From Heaven; King Of Two Fives; New Beginning; Cell Phone; Montara; Havoc; Tergiversation; Knocks Me Off My Feet; A Prayer For The Christian Man; Stardust / The Minute Waltz.
Harold Lopez-Nussa: El Viaje

by James Nadal
Prodigious pianist Harold López-Nussa has come full circle. With numerous acclaimed recordings, and acknowledged as a seasoned performer on international stages, he returns home and records El Viaje in Havana, Cuba, offering musical insights on the world through his piano. Continuing with his established trio format, which includes his brother Ruy Adrián López-Nussa on drums and ...
Warren Wolf: Convergence

by Mark F. Turner
The paucity of jazz vibraphonists may be due in part to the complexity of mastering an instrument that's like a hybrid of drums, percussion and piano. Notwithstanding, one of the instrument's brightest stars is 36 year old Baltimore native Warren Wolf, a rising virtuoso whose form and technical abilities continue the lineage of great vibe players ...
Alfredo Rodriguez: Tocororo

by Angelo Leonardi
Il terzo disco del pianista cubano scoperto da Charlie Haden conferma il sodalizio col produttore Quincy Jones e la permanenza nell'etichetta di Detroit. Dopo l'acclamato Sound of Space, legato alla tradizione musicale della sua isola e l'eccellente conferma in The Invasion Parade, intriso di riferimenti etnici e classici, Rodriguez amplia notevolmente la prospettiva. Il ...
Symphonic Jazz Orchestra: Looking Forward Looking Back

by Angelo Leonardi
Nata nel 2002, la Symphonic Jazz Orchestra è un ampio organico che opera a Los Angeles e comprende alcuni dei massimi strumentisti classici residenti in California. Negli anni è stata co-diretta da Mitch Glickman e George Duke con l'intento di legare jazz e musica classica in opere di ampie dimensioni. Questo suo primo disco, ...
Brian Bromberg: Brian Bromberg

by Dave Wayne
Talk about backstory! There are multiple backstories going on with bass virtuoso Brian Bromberg's Full Circle. The first actually involves Bromberg's back. Full Circle marks Bromberg's return to recording and full-on playing since suffering a debilitating spinal injury several years ago. Always a chops-meister, Bromberg truly projects the sheer joy of music-making throughout. Cutting loose seems ...
Julian Lage: Arclight

by Mario Calvitti
Il nuovo album del chitarrista Julian Lage, che segue a breve distanza di tempo il precedente World's Fair, ci dà un'ulteriore dimostrazione del suo immenso talento. A soli 28 anni, e con già 20 anni di attività professionale alle spalle, Lage ha accumulato un bagaglio tecnico strumentale di assoluta eccellenza, che ha modo di esibire anche ...
Julian Lage: Arclight

by Doug Collette
Anyone who saw guitarist Julian Lage in concert with bassist Scott Colley and drummer Kenny Wollesen in 2015 will be equally surprised and delighted by Arclight. On his Mack Avenue label debut: Lage proves himself not just a student of his instrument--as if that needed further affirmation given his previous solo work and collaborations with vibraphonist ...