Home » Search Center » Results: Multiple Reviews

Results for "Multiple Reviews"

Article: Multiple Reviews

Introducing Polish Trumpeter Tomasz Dabrowski

by Eyal Hareuveni
October 16, 2013

Polish trumpeter Tomasz Dąbrowski, now based in Denmark, is a rising and promising force in the European scene. He has a strong, instantly recognizable sound and expressive tone. His versatile musical language references the American fiery free jazz, Eastern European and Balkan folk music, the Scandinavian contemplative jazz and contemporary, avant-garde music. Dąbrowski already released eleven ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Julian Lage: una chitarra in volo libero

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 14, 2013

Nonostante la giovane età (appena 25 anni), il chitarrista Julian Lage può vantare un curriculum di tutto rispetto, con due album incisi da titolare, tre come cotitolare, e numerose partecipazioni discografiche come sideman, iniziate appena dodicenne con la partecipazione ad un album di duetti del mandolinista David Grisman. Ex bambino prodigio di formazione classica, il suo ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Libor Smoldas: Intuition and Dreamtime

by Chris Mosey
October 10, 2013

Libor Smoldas is one of the best jazz guitarists the Czech Republic has produced in recent years. He plays extremely fluent, straight ahead music in the Jim Hall tradition, with overtones of Kenny Burrell. He is more relaxed, less intense than his contemporary, David Doruzka, best known of the current crop of Czech jazz guitarists. Smoldas ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Introducing Hevhetia Records: The Norwegian Connection

by Eyal Hareuveni
September 25, 2013

Hevhetia Records is a new Slovakian label based in Košice which aims to present the local and East European musical spectrum with a focus on jazz and experimental, alternative music. Since its inception in 2005 this label has released over seventy albums, including recent ones by local pianist Ondrej Krajnak dedicated to the seminal Czechoslovakian pianist ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Stories of Friendship and Family Ties: The Gonzalez Clan Rides Out

by Eyal Hareuveni
September 20, 2013

The family unit of trumpeter Dennis González and his sons bassist Aaron González and drummer Stefan González, known as Yells At Eels, has been operating since 2000. Dennis González played and recorded with countless innovative musicians from both sides of the Atlantic, and in recent years solidified his musical bonds with Polish and Portuguese musicians. His ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Four Artists Of The Jazz Clarinet Renaissance

by Dan Bilawsky
September 18, 2013

Since the jazz clarinet never really died, renaissance--or rebirth--may not be the term that best describes what's happening to the instrument in the twenty-first century jazz universe; it is, however, a pretty good one word synopsis. The licorice stick was there at or near the start, tooting along next to the trumpet and ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Tatsuya Nakatani / Harold Rubin / Barre Phillips / Assif Tsahar

by Eyal Hareuveni
September 11, 2013

Japanese percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani's last visit to Israel produced two albums. Both are totally different in their spirit. Both feature Nakatani's unique manner of shaping and extracting sounds from the cymbals and the skins of the drums that blossom as a memorable music. Harold Rubin / Barre Phillips / Tatsuya ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Julian Lage: Living Lage

by Dan Bilawsky
September 4, 2013

It's good to be Julian Lage. The former wunderkind is all grown up and living large, playing with some of the best musicians on the planet; that makes perfect sense, considering he's also one of them. The young guitarist has done his homework, paid his dues and earned his stripes, and now he's spreading his wings ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

I nuovi mondi di Satoko Fujii: Spring Storm / Gen Himmel / Tornado

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 2, 2013

Ormai più che ventennale, la discografia della pianista e compositrice giapponese Satoko Fujii è ormai piuttosto corposa, sia per particolare versatilità della musicista - che spazia dal piano solo a intriganti progetti orchestrali - che per una dedizione davvero minuziosa alla documentazione dei propri lavori. In questo 2013 sono ben tre i dischi che la Fujii ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Pericopes: The Double Side vol. 1-2: - Lights / Shadows

by AAJ Italy Staff
August 28, 2013

Pericopes The Double Side vol. 1 - Lights / The Double Side vol. 2 - Shadows Ram Records Valutazione: 3,5 stelle Due dischi gemelli, registrati negli stessi giorni del marzo 2009 e poi divisi e intitolati diversamente per il differente mood dei brani (otto ciascuno) che li compongono. Tutte composizioni originali, interpretate dagli autori nel classico ...