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Katsura Yamauchi Duets
by Eyal Hareuveni
Japanese saxophonist Katsura Yamaychi is a unique musician in the Japanese experimental and avant-garde scene. He comes from the industrial town Beppu, far from the traditional creative center around and in the bigger cities of Japan. He picked up the saxophone in the early seventies, but it took until 2012 for Yamaychi to quit his regular ...
Le Boeuf Deux Fois: Pascal's Triangle and Le Boeuf Brothers Remixed
by Dan Bilawsky
The Le Boeuf Brothers--saxophonist Remy and pianist Pascal--don't box themselves into a jazz corner; or, perhaps it should be said that they don't box jazz into a corner, preferring instead to let it marinate in the juices of the present, where it can absorb new flavors and move in different directions. Both men ...
Cinque dischi nuovi per una primavera 2013 con orecchie curiose!
by AAJ Italy Staff
È l'imperativo della primavera! Rinnovarsi, aprirsi a nuove idee, suoni, geografie, rimescolando quello che si dà per scontato per esplorare emozioni inedite. Abbiamo scelto per voi cinque dischi in uscita o appena usciti, cinque gemme curiose, lontane dalle definizioni e dalle convenzioni, tutte da esplorare perché la vostra primavera di ascolti sia originale e stimolante. Kink ...
Didrik Ingvaldsen's Corners
by Eyal Hareuveni
Norwegian trumpeter, composer and educator Didrik Ingvaldsen has studied at Julliard conservatory, honed his skills as in improviser at downtown New York clubs, educated students at Leeds College in England, Tanzania in Africa and at his home town, Stavanger in southern Norway. His main musical vehicle in recent years is the Pocket Corner quintet. This outfit ...
Alone Together: Charnett Moffett and Marc Cary on Motéma
by Dan Bilawsky
Motéma Music has a tremendous amount of material coming through the pipeline as the imprint celebrates its tenth anniversary in 2013. Drummer Jaimeo Brown's forward-thinking debut, vibraphonist Joe Locke's take on the mellow and bluesy, vocalist Rondi Charleston's most mature outing to date, and a trio release from pianist Eldar Djangirov are all hitting shelves around ...
Klaus Treuheit: Kaurismaetic / Madrigali dal 2° & 3° libro / Beyond
by AAJ Italy Staff
Vale ben la pena di fare la conoscenza con Klaus Treuheit, sessantenne pianista, clavicembalista, organista e compositore tedesco, e la sua musica. Tre CD arrivati in redazione tutti in un colpo ce ne danno l'opportunità. Klaus Treuheit Kaurismaetic KTMP (2012) Valutazione: 3,5 stelle Partiamo dal più recente, un piano solo uscito da pochi mesi, a fine ...
Introducing Yasuhiro Yoshigaki's Orquesta Libre
by Eyal Hareuveni
Japanese drummer Yasuhiro Yoshigaki is one of the most influential drummers in the left-off-center alternative music scene in Japan. A close collaborator of sound sculptor Otomo Yoshihide, included in all incarnations of Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet/Ensemble/Orchestra, and member of the groups Emergency! (with Yoshihide), Altered States (with guitarist Uchihashi Kazuhisa), Rovo (with violinist Yuji Katsui, former ...
Lisa Ullen / Nina de Heney / Okkyung Lee / Mariam Wallentin
by Eyal Hareuveni
The duo of acclaimed Swedish improvisers pianist Lisa Ullén and double bassist Nina de Heney, winner of the Swedish radio prize Jazzkatten for 2012 as the musician of the year, has been active now for more than four years and was documented on the remarkable double album Carve (LJ Records, 2009). Ullén and de Heney managed ...
Insubordinations celebrates Swiss-Portuguese connections
by John Eyles
Since its inaugural release in 2006, the Swiss Insubordinations label and net label has issued over sixty albums, dedicated to improvised and/or electroacoustic music, as free-of-charge downloads and as limited editions on CD or CDr. Refreshingly, all Insubordinations releases remain fully downloadable under creative commons license. If that were not enough, Insubordinations is also ...
The Arrival of the Modern Guitarist: Marcos Pin and Hristo Vitchev
by Hrayr Attarian
The first months of 2013 saw the emergence of two fascinating and innovative guitar albums by two very different musicians who, nevertheless, share a strong European sensibility.Marcos Pin Factor E-ResetBarbanzaFree Code Jazz Records2013Galician guitarist and composer Marcos Pin has undertaken a daring project with Barbanza, his ...


