Results for "Michel Portal"

MP85

By Michel Portal

Label: Label Bleu
Released: 2021
Track listing: African Wind; Full Half Moon; Armenia; Jazzoulie; Mino-Miro; Split the Difference; Desertown; No Hay; Mister Pharmacy; Euskal Kantua.

Ludovico Granvassu's 2021 Sonic Delights

by Ludovico Granvassu
December 29, 2021

Jazz is not a competitive sport and “Best Ofs" are misnomers. End of the year listicles have no bearing on the artistic standing of the albums they include, or on those they neglect, just like a five star review doesn't make the album it graces any better than it already is. But, apparently, humans ...

Fano Jazz by the Sea 2021, Part 2-3

by Andrea Rotili
November 4, 2021

Fano Jazz by the Sea 2021

by Libero Farnè
August 5, 2021

Fano Varie sedi 23—31.7.2021 Nell'arco di nove giornate zeppe di iniziative, Fano Jazz by the Sea ha invaso vari punti della città adriatica, proponendo un cartellone ricco di progetti italiani e stranieri significativi dell'attuale ricerca musicale. Fra l'altro il festival rappresenta solo la punta dell'iceberg di un'articolata attività, estesa durante tutto l'anno ...

Maria Grand, Michel Portal, Anthony Joseph, J&F Band & Other New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
June 1, 2021

A playlist replete with music that hits you hard and deep regardless of the volume at which it was recorded—ranging from a compelling album marking the 85th birthday of Michel Portal to the new concept album by Maria Grand [pictured], and a whole bunch of genre-defying projects to keep your spirits high! Happy listening! ...

Michel Portal: MP85

by Giuseppe Segala
May 3, 2021

Alla tenera età di ottantacinque anni, compiuti lo scorso novembre, Michel Portal è ancora in grado di stupire e incantare con le sue invenzioni musicali. Anche se, naturalmente, i suoi tour di concerti non sono più molto frequenti sulla scena internazionale, questo MP85 è eloquente nella conferma che il carattere, la vitalità creativa, la sostanza musicale ...

Francesco Bearzatti, Carmine Ioanna: Favolando

by Neri Pollastri
March 3, 2021

Da sempre frequentatore delle musiche più diverse, Francesco Bearzatti si presenta in questo disco in una veste piuttosto lontana da quella del suo quartetto Tinissima (clicca qui per leggere l'intervista in cui parla del recente disco della formazione, Zorro): lo troviamo infatti a duettare con un fisarmonicista irpino, Carmine Ioanna, in nove brani, un terzo dei ...

The Mark Harvey Group: A Rite for All Souls

by Alberto Bazzurro
August 31, 2020

Due anni pima di dar vita alla sua creatura per eccellenza, l'Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, il trombettista bostoniano Mark Harvey si era reso protagonista alla testa del suo quartetto dell'epoca della memorabile performance oggi quanto mai meritoriamente dissotterrata dall'oblio grazie all'Americas Musicwords. Era il 31 ottobre 1971 allorché all'Old West Church di Boston andava in scena questo ...

The French Scene - Part 4

by Ludovico Granvassu
August 11, 2020

In this final installment of our exploration of today's French jazz scene, we focus on a number of projects that illustrate how beautifully French musicians blend their many influences, from troubadour music of the middle-ages to pop songs of the '60s and '70s, and interests, from Greek mythology to the M-Base collective, with jazz.

Michel Portal

Born: November 27, 1935

Composer Michel Portal also plays the clarinet, the saxophone and the small accordion or bandonion. A musician whom it is difficult to classify because he offers so much across arange of categories, Michel Portal is one of those extraordinary characterswho is just as at home with classical works " Mozart, Brahms, Schumann,Berg " as he is with contemporary music where he has performed for Boulez,Stockhausen, Berio, Kagel and Globokar among others. When the Free movement in France began, Portal became a founder member of the New Phonic Art group, along with the trombone player Bernard Vitet, pianist François Tusques and the drummer Sunny Murray, which based its ideas on collective improvisation, the quest for particular sounds and instant output