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Abbey Rader in the Spotlight: Ritual and Phenobarbital Sessions
by Kevin Press
There are no springs in Coral Springs, Florida. What the Broward County city does have is a remarkable ability to adapt. Two of its most popular landmarks, The Coral Springs Center for the Arts and The Museum of Coral Springs History, were originally designed as a gymnasium and real estate office respectively. Despite its surprising lack ...
ECM e le voci: Theo Bleckmann e Sinikka Langeland
by Mario Calvitti
Con gli anni, le voci hanno acquistato un carattere sempre più rilevante nel catalogo ECM rispetto ai tempi della sua fondazione, quando l'etichetta bavarese era rivolta alla pubblicazione di musica di carattere prevalentemente jazzistico e quasi esclusivamente strumentale. I primi nomi di cantanti a trovar spazio nel catalogo dell'etichetta sono stati quelli di Norma Winstone, Aina ...
Anat Cohen: Rosa Dos Ventos e Outra Coisa
by Angelo Leonardi
Anche quest'anno Anat Cohen è risultata prima clarinettista nel critics poll di Down Beat e questi nuovi album concorrono a spiegare le ragioni. La musica brasiliana è da vent'anni nel cuore di Anat: ha suonato con i loro massimi artisti e sa esprimere a tal punto il mood e l'intensità di quelle musiche (choro, samba bossa ...
Stunt Records in the Spotlight: Enrico Pieranunzi and Sinne Eeg
by Jakob Baekgaard
For a long time, Stunt Records has released high quality music from the Danish jazz scene, some albums have gone on to become classics while others have just pleased those in the know. In terms of genres, Stunt is a curious label with an ear for many genres, including avant-garde, world music, funk and fusion, but ...
Two Sides of John Wetton
by Geno Thackara
If there's one thing listeners and fans associate most with John Wetton, it's that voice. That's not to dismiss his roles as bassist and songwriter, however, which were also reasons his presence in U.K., Asia and early-1970s King Crimson had such an impact in the world of rock, progressive and otherwise. Since his passing in January ...
The Pianist as Director: Ryuichi Sakamoto and August Rosenbaum
by Jakob Baekgaard
The piano is a world itself, but sometimes it is just the starting point for an exploration of sounds in all possible shapes. In fact, some pianists are closer to directors of sounds than musicians focused on a single instrument. However, both the Japanese maestro, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and the young, Danish composer and pianist, August Rosenbaum, ...
A Sense of Place
by Geno Thackara
Music itself may be universal, but the circumstances of its birthplace (or places) so often aren't. Overt or otherwise, it can be fascinating how those factors don't just shape a recording, but become vital elements in themselves. Yukari Synchronic QFTF 2017 There's no place like home ...
David Murray Octets on Black Saint
by Patrick Burnette
Younger jazz fans may be only dimly acquainted with the Italian record labels Black Saint and Soul Note, but during their prime in the 1980s both labels released jazz that was adventuresome and challenging without losing touch with tradition. As such, the imprints offered a compelling middle way between the major label output of the time ...
New and Notable Releases
by Phil Barnes
Sometimes in summertime the living isn't quite so easy and life contrives to get in the way of finding and celebrating the great music that is out there waiting for us. This article is an attempt to distill personal favourites from the many releases that have crossed my path in the last few months--had time been ...
Michael Vlatkovich: Mortality & Myrnofant's Kiss
by Angelo Leonardi
Michael Vlatkovich è un trombonista e compositore di St. Louis attivo dal 1973 a Los Angeles, parte di quella nicchia sperimentale presente dagli anni cinquanta nella West Coast. È membro regolare del Vinny Golia Large Ensemble e del Rob Blakeslee Quartet ma collabora anche con artisti di varie tendenze espressive: Bobby Bradford e Gerry Hemingway ma ...
