Results for "Nelson Veras"

Nelson Veras

Sadhana

Label: BMC Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Le Frontalier; Nine Pines; Azur; Dig the mud; 5 for Paul; Go; Cassiopeia; Fearlessness; Degrees of Freedom; Music from Gyimes; Down to the Water; Background Music.

Mátyás Szandai Quartet: Sadhana

By FRIEDRICH KUNZMANN

A Frenchman, a Brazilian, a Hungarian and a Cuban meet up in a bar in downtown Paris and start making music together. This is not the beginning of a joke but merely the account of where the quartet around Hungarian double bassist Mátyás Szandai originally formed. A graduate from the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest, Szandai ...

Lisa Hoppe, Alexandra Grimal, Miles Okazaki, The Comet Is Coming & Other New Releases

By LUDOVICO GRANVASSU

The second part of this week's show focusing on newly released album features, in particular, large ensembles, electronically infused improvised music and the many recent collaborations of the Brazilian transplant in Paris, guitarist Nelson Veras. For the first part of the show click here Happy listening! Ben Allison ...

Jonathan Kreisberg: A Spirit Captured in Constant Motion

By FRIEDRICH KUNZMANN

Over 3,000 miles separate jny: New York City from Europe. A distance that feels a little smaller every day—traveled in a virtual way in less than a second, even physically in a matter of only roughly 7 hours. Musicians especially are prone to crossing the pond rather frequently. New York-based guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg tends to make ...

Jonathan Kreisberg: Capturing Spirits - JKQ Live!

By FRIEDRICH KUNZMANN

Throughout his over 30 year-spanning career, Jonathan Kreisberg has made a name for himself that reaches beyond his reputation as a dexterous bop-guitarist that frames him as a leading composer of the modern jazz variety. Like any song from the sacrosanct repertoire of standards, Kreisberg's compositions reveal memorable heads with a cleverly wrought spin to them. ...

Aka Moon - Una Doverosa Retrospettiva

By MARIO CALVITTI

Constellations Box 1992>2015 (OutThere Music) raccoglie i frutti dei primi 25 anni di attività del trio belga Aka Moon. La cosa che sorprende di più all'ascolto di questo voluminoso cofanetto è che il gruppo non abbia ancora ricevuto il riconoscimento internazionale che merita assolutamente. Nonostante la corposa discografia di altissimo livello finora realizzata, raccolta in questo ...

Nylon Strings and Other Things: Albums by Jean Chaumont and Kreisberg/Veras

By PATRICK BURNETTE

Nylon-string acoustic guitars don't crop up in jazz all that often, but when they do the results can be delightful. Below I discuss two very different albums which incorporate that distinctive sound. The Beauty of Differences Misfitme 2018 Jean Chaumont's album The Beauty of Differences bogs down in ...

The Coltrane family, Jazz and funerals, and more new releases

By LUDOVICO GRANVASSU

This episode focused on the Coltrane: John, Alice and Ravi, and by those inspired by their music. Also, funeral marching bands from Southern Italy, and other jazz experiments with funeral music, which are much more fun than you'd expect! And of course more new releases! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz ...

On the Road, Fellini & All That Jazz

By LUDOVICO GRANVASSU

The Road. A place that inspires both composing music and listening to it. In this episode of Mondo Jazz we'll focus on music about a road to Timbuktu, French, Italian and Brooklyn streets, being on the road and the road as a metaphor for a jazzist's necessary openness to the unexpected. Not to mention, ...