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Losen Records in for a strong 2019
by Friedrich Kunzmann
There's a new stirring in Norway's current jazz scene. At the center of this new orbit lies Losen Records, a label established in 2010 by Odd Gjelsnes--the man who's also in charge of the 1997 founded jazz and classical music distribution company MusikkLosen . Contrary to the cinematically and atmospherically textured sound one has come to ...
CTI on BGO, Part 2
by Jakob Baekgaard
2018 proved to be a very good year for reissues of CTI-albums on the British label, BGO. They stepped up with an abundance of albums from the likes of guitarist Jim Hall, saxophonist Stanley Turrentine and flautist Hubert Laws (you can read about them here). So far, 2019 also looks promising and kicks off with releases ...
3x3: Piano Trios, vol. IV
by Geno Thackara
Yonathan Avishai Joys and Solitudes ECM Records 2019 Though Yonathan Avishai isn't exactly in solitude on his debut as leader, half the recording is well suited to quiet times away from the world, or perhaps being enjoyed with minimal company—the trio at hand is comfortable with silence as any ECM ensemble ...
Matthew Shipp Announces Presidential Campaign
by Mark Corroto
I like to think about Matthew Shipp's music in the same light as that of Eric Dolphy and Charlie Parker. If both artists, Bird and Dolphy, had the level of support from critics and listeners that they currently command while they were still alive, the pair would have been wealthy. Okay, that plus honest record companies ...
Il debutto di Abelita Mateus: Vivenda - Mixed Feelings
by Angelo Leonardi
È un debutto significativo questo di Abelita Mateus, giovane pianista e cantante brasiliana residente a New York dal 2012, che arricchisce la fervida tradizione di musicisti carioca attivi negli Stati Uniti. Il suo recente album Mixed Feelings e il precedente Vivenda offrono piena misura delle sue doti vocali e strumentali. Accompagnata da musicisti di ...
The Sound Of Progress: Lioness And Ellen Rowe
by Dan Bilawsky
The voices of women who've been marginalized, demeaned, abused, and overlooked will no longer be silenced. The #MeToo and #TimesUp movements have pulled the curtains back on deplorable actions and practices that have run rampant in all corners of society, the jazz world being no exception. With scandals airing out hidden truths at the Berklee College ...
Satoko Fujii's Orchestras
by Jerome Wilson
Among pianist and composer Satoko Fujii's many and varied ensembles are the orchestras she leads in various cities. These two releases contrast Fujii's approach to orchestral music with the results of another composer writing for one of her orchestras. Satoko Fujii Orchestra Tokyo Kikoeru Libra 2018 Kikoeru ...
South African Saliency: Reza Khota, Carlo Mombelli, Andrew Lilley, and Mandisi Dyantyis
by Dan Bilawsky
As sure as the sun will shine on Chapman's Peak and the winds will sweep over Table Mountain, South Africa will continue to flourish and birth new music worthy of worldwide attention. The West may typically pay little to no mind to South African jazz and the artists who shape it, but that has yet to ...
Evan Parker and Paul G. Smyth on Weekertoft
by John Eyles
In 2016, English guitarist John Russell and Irish pianist Paul G. Smyth set up the independent Weekertoft label to release music they had been involved in, including recordings made at Russell's longstanding monthly Mopomoso concert series or annual Fete Quaqua festival. As the label reached its third anniversary, its catalogue was dominated by two large sets--the ...
The Grammys' Failure To Recognize 2018's Greatest Rock Records
by John Bricker
If an average music fan was asked to judge the quality of rock music in 2018 based only on the Grammys, they would conclude that rock must not be producing quality records although nothing could be further from the truth. On February 10, 2019, the Grammys awarded From The Fires the coveted title of best rock ...
