Results for "Martin Kuchen"

Roots Magic, Audio Cave Artists & Alan Braufman

by Maurice Hogue
September 9, 2020

A new release by the Italian Quartet Roots Magic is always welcome. Their contemporary and improvisatory approach to old blues tunes and the way they always put their own touch on the music of avant-garde jazz composers is kind of unique on the European scene. Take Root Among the Stars, out on Clean Feed, should be ...

Martin Kuchen

Martin Küchen was born 1966 in Eskilstuna, Sweden. He wanted to take lessons on drums, but his parents made him "choose" the flute instead, which became his main instrument from the age of nine until he stopped when he was twenty. When he was thirteen he started to sing in a rock band. That group ended after some years, but he never have stopped singing. From 1985 to 1987 he attended the Music school of Skurup, Sweden. It was a very jazzorientated education, but when he persuaded a bass and drums and piano to join him playing a standard on his tenor saxophone (which he started playing when he was fifteen), but in an Ayleruesqe way, they laughed him to pieces

Parede

By Martin Kuchen

Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Equality & Death (Mothers, Fathers, Where Are Ye?); Satan in Plain Clothes; Francisco / By Way of Deception; Don´t Ruin Me / Love, Flee Thy House (In Breslau).

Baza

By Martin Kuchen

Label: NoBusiness Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Baza 1; Baza 1 (continued); Baza 2.

Nobject: X-rayed

by John Sharpe
December 17, 2019

This double CD presents the final date in Lodz of a short Polish tour by a multinational co-operative trio which goes under the moniker Nobject. The band comprises Swedish reedman Martin Küchen on saxophones, Catalan drummer Vasco Trilla and Polish acoustic bass guitarist Rafal Mazur. Although X-Rayed is the outfit's first release, the trio had toured ...

New releases and a special focus on albums from Dease and Giancola

by Bob Osborne
November 7, 2019

New music all the way with two featured albums from Michael Dease and Trevor Giancola... and some great new releases from the Caligola Records label. Playlist Michael Dease “Mirror Image" from Never More Here (Posi-tone) 00:00 Trevor Giancola “Report Card" from Sonnet 18 (TQM Recording Co) 07:41 Ben Wolfe “Blind Seven" from Fatherhood (Resident ...

Angles 9: Beyond Us

by John Sharpe
September 17, 2019

Swedish saxophonist Martin Küchen's versatile Angles agglomeration has appeared in assorted sizes from a trio up to a nonet. But whatever the dimensions, it possesses the familiar virtues of driving riffs, explosive soloing, and elemental yet affecting melodies. Beyond Us, recorded live during Groningen's splendid Summer Jazz Cycling Tour is no different. It's the fourth release ...

Angles 9: Beyond Us

by John Bricker
July 25, 2019

Across their discography, Angles 9 constantly evoke powerful emotions through finely-tuned chaos. In the near-traditional jams of 2014's Injuries and the abstract noise of 2017's Disappeared Behind the Sun, the sheer kinetic energy of nine gifted players, led by saxophonist Martin Küchen, working together while competing for a moment in the spotlight, creates unique and spellbinding ...

Angles 3: Parede

by Glenn Astarita
May 6, 2019

This European improvising super-group reverts back to the original trio format, captured live at a Portuguese venue. Here, reedman Martin Küchen teams with fellow Scandinavians (now residing in the US), bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and drummer Kjell Nordeson. In effect, it's an invigorating performance and designed with great focus, as the musicians don't blow matters out ...

Martin Kuchen: Baza

by John Sharpe
February 26, 2019

On Baza Swedish reedman Martin Küchen joins forces with Polish acoustic bass guitarist Rafal Mazur for a seat-of-the-pants duet, recorded live at the titular Krakow club. Issued as a limited edition LP, but also available as a download, the program contains two cuts also named after the venue. While Küchen may be best known for his ...