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Enjoy Jazz Festival: Heidelberg / Mannheim / Ludwigshafen, Germany, October 30-November 7, 2012
by John Kelman
2012 Enjoy Jazz FestivalHeidelberg/Mannheim/Ludwigshafen, GermanyOctober 30-November 7, 2012After a week in northern Sweden covering the 2012 Umeå Jazz Festival--where the were days shortening and the temperature dropping--moving south to Heidelberg, Germany was a welcome respite from the oncoming onslaught of winter that's also approaching back home in Canada. For this year's coverage of ...
Lo spazio del suono. Conversazione con Roberto Dani
by AAJ Italy Staff
Roberto Dani è un batterista ben noto, membro del trio di Stefano Battaglia e collaboratore di musicisti come Erik Friedlander, Ben Monder, Louis Sclavis, Michel Godard e Annette Peacock, solo per citarne alcuni. Ma Dani è anche un musicista dedito alla ricerca più rigorosa sul suo strumento, perseguita con collaborazioni in ambito teatrale e in eventi ...
Samo Salamon: Eleven Stories
by Hrayr Attarian
Slovenian guitarist Samo Šalamon has earned many accolades throughout his decade-long recording career; listening to Eleven Stories it is quite clear why. A fearless explorer of sonic landscapes, Šalamon and his trio of the past six years presents an exhilarating program of eleven elegiac tracks, each one a gem in its own right. ...
Roberto Dani: Lontano
by AAJ Italy Staff
Roberto Dani è uno dei più originali e creativi interpreti della batteria nel nostro paese e non solo. Lo si ascolta in numerosi gruppi nei quali mette a frutto la propria sensibilità su piatti e pelli, come recentemente accaduto nel trio di Stefano Battaglia in The River of Anyder. Sensibilità che porta all'estremo in lavori sperimentali ...
Samo Salamon Bassless Trios: Duality
by Nic Jones
Guitarist Samo Salamon is one of those players quietly but fully engaged with moving the music forward. His vocabulary is entirely his own by dint of the individuality of phrasing that pervades the music of both trios featured in this set. Despite the similarity of instrumentation, the two groups' different personalities is testament ...
Stefano Battaglia Trio: The River of Anyder
by John Kelman
After three ECM recordings that finally brought greater international attention to the eclectic breadth of Stefano Battaglia's nearly two-decade career, the Italian pianist turns to a format steeped in jazz orthodoxy for The River of Anyder . But those familiar with his career, if only his ECM dates--the freer terrain explored with two trios on Raccolto ...
Samo Salamon Bassless Trios: Duality
by Dan Bilawsky
By splitting the program between two different bass-less trios connected to opposite sides of the Atlantic, Slovenian guitarist Samo Salamon has managed to bridge the continental divide on Duality. This project could turn into a compare-and-contrast session on the music made by the two groups, alternately dubbed the “US Trio" and “European Trio," and that line ...
Jazz pianist Mika Pohjola releases "101 Compositions"
One Hundred One compositions by Mika Pohjola is one of most important musical statements to-date by the Finnish-born New York jazz pianist who also writes classical music. In 2009, Pohjola was cited as one of fifty “most influential pianists since 1990," by Jazz, a 700- page book on jazz history, authored by Gary Giddins and Scott ...
Samo Salamon Trio: Live!
by Jerry D'Souza
Guitarist Samo Salamon has shown, through his recordings, that he is capable of pushing boundaries. His instrument is the wellspring for ideas that manifest themselves in his compositions that traverse various genres. His playing is luminous and harmonically rich, driven by the clarity of his ideas. Salamon also continues to mature as a writer. His compositions ...
