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Georg Graewe - Marcio Mattos - Michael Vatcher: Impressions Of Monk
by Glenn Astarita
Not often will you hear Thelonius Monk's music performed in the manner that is represented on Impressions Of Monk by the Trio consisting of pianist Georg Graewe, bassist Marcio Mattos and drummer Michael Vatcher. Following up their extraordinary and largely improvised freshman release for “nuscope recordings titled, “Subsymbolism , the group take on Monk's work in ...
Fields - Houle - Roebke: Hornets Collage
by Glenn Astarita
The implied significance of Hornets Collage is aided by Russell Summer’s smart graphic design and Amy Wencel’s black & white photographs of the three musicians standing among strange looking, tree-like vines, which may parallel something akin to a hornet’s nest. As we have come to expect with “nuscope recordings”, the listener is also treated to the ...
Georg Graewe & Jon Butcher: Light's View
by Glenn Astarita
Light’s View is free-jazz pianist Georg Graewe and saxophone virtuoso John Butcher collaborating on a series of improvised pieces. The results prove to be fascinating and altogether enduring. On “Second Curiosity” we find Butcher supplying tremolo and quaint melodic undercurrents, which nicely contrasts Graewe’s, inquisitive style phrasing through brief chord progressions and quick, darting right hand ...
Fred Van Hove: Passing Waves
by Glenn Astarita
Legendary Belgian free-jazz pianist Fred Van Hove launches the newly formed NUSCOPE label with an extraordinary display of solo piano pieces performed on the Baldwin SD-10 piano. As Mr. Van Hove mentions in the liners “Most of these titles are wordplays or phrases that came to my attention during my trips to the U.S, but I ...
Graewe/Mattos/Vatcher: Subsymbolism
by Glenn Astarita
Here, we celebrate the first of 2 releases on the newly formed NUSCOPE record label. NUSCOPE records dutifully conveys the flavor of modern improvised jazz with smart packaging, photos of modern artwork gracing the CD inserts and superior audiophile sound quality. Veteran modern jazz pianist Georg Graewe aligns himself with London based Marcio Mattos (bass) and ...
