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Jazzahead! 2018
by Henning Bolte
Bremen Trade Fair Hall Jazzahead! Bremen, Germany April 21-23, 2018 Jazzahead!, the three-day annual jazz marketplace marketplace of/for jazz in the Hanseatic city of Bremen in North-Western Germany with 3,283 participants from 61 countries stood strong and steady again this year. A total of 40 showcases over three ...
Maciej Obara: Unloved
by Mike Jurkovic
Seemingly from thin air, the meditative music on Unloved, Polish alto saxophonist Maciej Obara's ECM debut, envelopes you in its improvisatory, chamber atmosphere and stays with you through the darker parts of the day. Spectral piano Dominik Wania, expressive double bass Ole Morten Vagan and airy percussion Gard Nilssden, composers and band leaders all, ...
Maciej Obara: Unloved
by Ian Patterson
Unloved marks a before and after for alto saxophonist/composer Maciej Obara, whose star has gradually risen since his debut as leader, Message from Ohayo (Polish Radio Katowice, 2007), and his subsequent stint with Tomasz Stanko's New Balladyna Quartet. However, it's arguably with his quintet Obara International, featuring Dominik Wania, Gard Nilssen, Ole Morten Vågan and Tom ...
Motif: My Head Is Listening
by John Sharpe
Formed in 1998, Norwegian sextet Motif celebrates its sixth release with My Head Is Listening and its second on Clean Feed following Art Transplant (2011). Bassist Ole Morten Vågan, who co-founded the outfit with reedman Atle Nymo, is once again responsible for all seven compositions. As well as Motif, he boasts some heavyweight credits with Joshua ...
Snik: Metasediment Rock
by John Sharpe
The Clean Feed imprint continues to unearth new outfits from Scandinavia deserving wider appreciation. Among the latest is Snik, a predominantly Norwegian quartet which includes bassist Ole Morten Vågan, best known for his tenure in saxophonist Joshua Redman's Trio. Completing the line up are young trombonist Kristoffer Kompen, who contributes half a dozen of the eight ...
Jazztopad 2014
by Henning Bolte
Jazztopad 2014 Wroclaw November 19-22, 2014 The city of Wroclaw by the Odra river in the southwest of Poland has occupied a pre-eminent position throughout its long turbulent history, and it still does. The Wroclaw way Wroclaw's Jazztopad festival is a relatively young one. This applies to the ...
You Taste Like a Song
Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2011
Track listing:
01. Silencio-For the Fado; 02. You Taste Like a Song; 03. Improvisacao (Call It Whatever); 04. Airbag (Radiohead); 05. Hip-Hop Du-Bop;
06. Um Pouco Mais De Azul; 07. A Dona Do Gato Sassi; 08. Who Do You Think I Was (J.Mayer); 09. Straight No Chaser (T.Monk).
Tutte le composizioni sono di Julio Resende tranne quelle indicate.
Julio Resende Trio: You Taste Like a Song
by AAJ Italy Staff
Trio da tener d'occhio quello del portoghese Julio Resende. Innanzitutto perché suona in maniera pazzesca e come un unico organismo pensante. I ruoli sono continuamente invertiti non come semplice divertissement ma come stimolante provocazione e sollecitazione delle dinamiche interne. Il contrabbasso del formidabile Ole Morten Vagan funge spesso da traino melodico contrappuntandosi alle creazioni istantanee del ...
