Results for "Mats Gustafsson"

Zlatko Kaučič: The Discipline of Freedom

by Neri Pollastri
October 7, 2025

Fresh from the release of the four-CD box set Inklings (Fundacja Sluchaj, 2024) and on the eve of the 15th edition of the Brda Contemporary Music Festival--which he founded and still directs--drummer, percussionist, composer and educator Zlatko Kaučič continues a career spanning over four decades, marked by collaborations with many of Europe's greatest improvisers. A passionate ...

Mats Gustafsson / Ken Vandermark / Tomeka Reid / Chad Taylor: PIVOT

by Mark Corroto
September 25, 2025

Do not judge a friend for buying a lottery ticket when the jackpot climbs to some astronomical sum. The odds of hitting the winning combination may be just as astronomical, but the dollar spent buys something more valuable than probability: a few hours of dreaming, imagining another life. Speaking of combinations, the newly formed quartet Pivot ...

Loke Risberg: Solo

by Alberto Bazzurro
September 9, 2025

Abbinando brani suoi (per lo più) e di altri (fra cui Bach e Berg), in questo album inciso nell'ottobre 2022 ma uscito solo di recente Loke Risberg, al secolo Eva Susanna Linnéa Risberg, chitarrista svedese (quasi) trentacinquenne, già a fianco, fra gli altri, di Maria Schneider e Mats Gustafsson, approda alla formula del solo, sfoggiando una ...

Tatsuya Yoshida / Martín Escalante: The Sound of Raspberry

by Mark Corroto
September 4, 2025

This LP may be the revelation of 2025--or a sonic ordeal, depending on your tolerance for noise and your grasp of history. Japanese drummer Tatsuya Yoshida and Mexican saxophonist Martín Escalante met at the perfect moment in December 2023 to record 14 tracks at Tokyo's Bar Aja. The result, The Sound of Raspberry, is the love ...

Scheen Jazzorkester & Fredrik Ljungkvist: Framat!

by Mark Corroto
June 8, 2025

Scandinavian large ensembles have much to teach their more conservative American counterparts about reinventing the jazz orchestra for the 21st century. Framåt! by Scheen Jazzorkester is a powerful affirmation of this idea. This Norwegian ensemble has consistently pushed the boundaries of large ensemble jazz, and Framåti--their tenth release since forming in 2010--is another compelling addition to ...

Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville 2025

by Mike Chamberlain
May 30, 2025

Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville Victoriaville, Quebec May 12-18, 2025 The 41st edition of the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville was the second with Scott Thomson as artistic director, after taking the reins of the festival from festival founder and artistic director Michel Levasseur following the 39th edition ...

Archer: Sudden Dusk

by Mark Corroto
March 30, 2025

Saxophonist and label chief Dave Rempis invites listeners to come for the punk rock and stay for the meditation session. With his new quartet, Archer, the Chicagoan joins forces with Dutch guitarist Terrie Ex and the Norwegian rhythm duo of bassist Jon Rune Strøm and drummer Tollef Østvang. Sudden Dusk captures two live performances from the ...

Emilio Solla: Uncovering Music Already There

by Dean Nardi
February 26, 2025

In the '40s, the jazz scene was dominated by bebop with its roots in swing music, formerly the purview of the big band era. Trios and quartets became the combo of choice for players such as Charlie “Yardbird" Parker and Thelonious Monk, who took the harmonies of the old jazz and superimposed them on chord substitutions, ...

Sons d'Hiver 2025

by Luciano Rossetti
February 25, 2025

Tribute To Peter Brotzmann at Pardon To Tu

by Ziga Koritnik
January 6, 2025

A collection of musicians portraits from the 3 Nights In Tribute To Peter Brötzmann at Pardon, To Tu in Warsaw, Poland, from May 27 to May 29, 2024; featuring Caspar Brotzmann, Mats Gustafsson, John Corbett, Joe McPhee, Hamid Drake, Paal Nilssen-Love, Keiji Haino, Jason Adasiewicz, Mette Rasmussen, Virgina Genta, Marino Pliakas, Michael Wertmuller, Jan St. Werner, ...