Results for "Nicolas Masson"

Third Reel

A collaborative group brimming with creative potential, Third Reel consists of reed multi-instrumentalist Nicolas Masson, guitarist Roberto Pianca and drummer Emanuele Maniscalco, three committed improvisers and gifted writers, each with a distinct compositional signature. The contrasts, and a shared sensitivity for space, shape the group’s sonic identity. Each member of this Swiss-Italian trio is a bandleader is his own right but the cooperative Third Reel is a priority for all of them. Conceived as a trio without bass from the outset – “it means more responsibility for each player, as well as more risk-taking” – Third Reel went through various drummers until Pianca brought along Emanuele Maniscalco in 2010 (drummer and guitarist had previously collaborated in the band Food Chain).

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

by Ludovico Granvassu
April 6, 2018

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 ...

Emanuele Maniscalco Meets Sandro Gibellini: E/S

by Neri Pollastri
November 11, 2016

Incontro apparentemente classico tra chitarra e pianoforte, questo lavoro ha in realtà più di un motivo di interesse. Il primo è la documentazione di una collaborazione che dura da circa quindici anni ma che non era mai stata registrata prima, quella tra la chitarra di Sandro Gibellini e il pianoforte di Emanuele Maniscalco, cioè uno storico ...

Swiss Jazz Orchestra: Sincerely Yours

by Jack Bowers
March 11, 2014

The world-class Swiss Jazz Orchestra produced the 2-CD set Sincerely Yours to mark its tenth anniversary in 2013. As is the SJO's custom, the nineteen tracks were taped during a series of stellar concert performances spanning those years, showcasing the orchestra's excellence as a unit and its roster of impressive soloists performing compositions and arrangements by ...

2013 Enjoy Jazz Festival

by John Kelman
November 24, 2013

Enjoy Jazz 2013 Heidelberg/Mannheim/Ludwigshafen, Germany November 6-14, 2013 It's always a treat to return to Heidelberg for Enjoy Jazz. As a very intended contrast to most jazz festivals, that compress a lot of music into a very short time, Enjoy Jazz's founding premise, when it was first conceived 15 years ago by ...

Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2013

by Henning Bolte
August 3, 2013

Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2013jny: Copenhagen, DenmarkJuly 12-14, 2013The annual Copenhagen Jazz Festival, with more than a thousand concerts during ten days--spread over more than hundred places and stages across the city--is a special, unique affair. Like other big jazz festivals, it also has its headliners--big names, mostly American, like Terence Blanchard, Richard Bona, ...

Nicolas Masson / Roberto Pianca / Emanuele Maniscalco: Third Reel

by Glenn Astarita
August 3, 2013

This Swiss-Italian trio of well-travelled musicians benefits from ECM Records' fabled sonic ambiance, largely brought to fruition by distinct audio engineering processes, owing to spatial characteristics and great depth. Its sound is categorically different than customary jazz, jazz-rock or avant- garde-tinted productions. Whether it's the artists' subtly creative exercises that are introspective and understated, or guitarist ...

Nicolas Masson / Roberto Pianca / Emanuele Maniscalco: Third Reel

by John Kelman
May 28, 2013

Few would argue that, while the standard touchstones of contemporary jazz--names like saxophonist John Coltrane, pianist Bill Evans, bassist Charles Mingus, and trumpeter Miles Davis--remain amongst the many cited when contemporary artists are asked for their influences, younger influences have also emerged in the new millennium, names like saxophonist Chris Potter, guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel and pianist ...

Nicolas Masson – Roberto Pianca – Emanuele Maniscalco: Third Reel

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 11, 2013

Il ginevrino Nicolas Masson, il ticinese Roberto Pianca e il bresciano Emanuele Maniscalco si sono riuniti in questo trio attorno a un'idea forte. Un'idea magari non così insolita, di questi tempi, ma che riesce comunque a generare una musica di estremo rigore e coesione. La non eccessiva originalità si deve al fatto che non mancano di ...

Genève

By Nicolas Masson

Label: Unit Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: 1. Carouge - 5:25; 2. Meyrin - 8:34; 3. Les Eaux-Vives - 2:55; 4. Cologny - 7:29; 5. Petit-Lancy - 4:02; 6. Veyrier - 3:31; 7. Les Pâquis - 2:00; Le lignon - 9:21; 9. Onex - 5:41. Tutte le composizioni sono di Bertrand Blessing.