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Rodrigo Lima: Saga
by Chris M. Slawecki
“I fell in love with the jazz guitar--all kinds of jazz guitarists, from Jim Hall to Pat Metheny to Luis Bonfá, by listening to their records," explains Brazilian composer, arranger, bandleader and guitarist Rodrigo Lima. Saga luxuriously extends this jazz guitar love affair across the American and Brazilian continents--it was recorded in New ...
Trilok Gurtu: Bad Habits Die Hard
by John Kelman
Trilok GurtuBad Habits Die HardArt of Groove2014 (1996) Well, it's been a good couple weeks since the last Rediscovery, leaving the pile of potential choices even higher than usual. So what better way to resume operations than to revisit an album that already sounded terrific when it was first released in ...
Roman Miroshnichenko Is A Finalist Of International Songwriting Competition!
Multi-Award winning guitarist, composer and bandleader Roman Miroshnichenko is a Finalist of International Songwriting Competition in the “Instrumental" category for his composition “Forgotten Melody”, which appears on his latest album Surreal. The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) is an annual song contest which has the most prestigious panel of judges (Pat Metheny, Sarah Mclachlan, Robben Ford, Wayne ...
Marco Bolfelli Trio: Streamflow
by Roger Farbey
The scintillating “Madiba" (Nelson Mandela's Xhosa clan name) opens up this set with a cascade of fluidly chiming harmonics. Developing at a moderate pace, it's a haunting celebration of a uniquely inspiring leader. “70pic" signals that the nearest equivalent to Bolfelli's playing might be that produced by virtuoso Bill Frisell, both chordally and melodically with characteristic ...
ECM Fest at SFJAZZ
by Harry S. Pariser
ECM Fest SFJAZZSan Francisco, CA March 26-29, 2015 In 1969, German record producer Manfred Eicher founded ECM, a label which would change music history. Since then his “Edition of Contemporary Music" imprint has more than lived up to its name, issuing well over a thousand albums by ...
Paolo Angeli: S'û
by Bruce Lindsay
S'û is the sound of a master musician. The master in question is Paolo Angeli, a virtuoso player of the prepared Sardinian guitar (an instrument he has developed over the past 20 years). Angeli has worked with musicians from many genres--including jazz players such as Pat Metheny, Hamid Drake, Evan Parker and Fred Frith--developing an ever-increasing ...
Tesla Manaf: Tesla Manaf
by Dave Wayne
The beneficiary of free-range musical knowledge gleaned from his father's record collection---one which included discs by the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Gentle Giant, Pat Metheny, and Soft Machine--guitarist / composer Tesla Manaf has subsequently developed a completely unique musical voice. Perhaps more importantly, he's a daring young fellow who's not afraid to take artistic chances. Classically-trained, he tired ...
Mathias Eick: Midwest
by Vic Albani
Il viaggio è sempre un valido aiuto alla creatività. Mathias Eick, ormai da molti anni riconosciuto quale uno delle più interessanti menti musicali della new wave jazzistica norvegese, è nato a fine giugno del 1979 in un piccolo borgo rurale ed è forse per questo che, attraversando il celebrato Midwest americano a margine di ...
Peripheral Vision: Sheer Tyranny Of Will
by Dave Wayne
One must wonder what chance a group of relatively unknown Canadian jazz musicians playing complicated original tunes has for any sort of recognition or commercial success in the US. If musical quality was the sole determinant, Peripheral Vision, the relatively unknown Canadian band in question, would be celebrities, set for life. They've unleashed a corker of ...
Checking in from Global Outposts
by Chris M. Slawecki
Atlas Maior Palindrome Self Produced 2014 Open the package for Atlas Maior's debut CD and here's the first line you read: “Palindrome was completely improvised and recorded live with no overdubs." How you respond to these words will greatly shape how you respond to this music. A ...
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