Results for "Seamus Blake"

Dan Costa: Skyness

by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
February 14, 2019

The gentle piano “Prologue" instantly telegraphs that something rare and luxurious is on its way. These are the opening chords of Skyness, the gifted pianist/composer Dan Costa's 2018 follow-up to his auspicious 2016 debut, Suite Três Rios (also self-produced), which peaked at number one on the iTunes jazz chart and was named one of the year's ...

Philipp Schiepek

Born: December 4, 1994

"When you listen to this music and are ready to get involved with it, doors open to a diverse universe of cross-genre impulses." (Elke Walter) Munich based guitarist Philipp Schiepek and his quartet, featuring Henning Sieverts on bass, Bastian Jütte on drums and New York based Seamus Blake on saxophone, present their debut album "GOLEM DANCE", which has just been released by ENJA-Records. When composing, Philipp Schiepek draws inspiration from everyday encounters, but also from characters from literature and art. The first and foremost goal of every composition is to carry an intensity that is not conveyed by volume, but rather by rhythmic and harmonic flexibility

Break Free

By Flávio Silva

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2018
Track listing: Africa; Next Chapter; Samba E Amor; Royal Song; In Search Of Peace; Brooklyn Bound; Prayer #2; Break Free; Beatrice.

Efímero

By Jenny Beaujean

Label: Colectivo NooN
Released: 2018

Caleb Wheeler Curtis: Brothers

by Dan Bilawsky
September 24, 2018

Brotherhood comes in multiple forms--genetic, fraternal, and professional, to mention the most applicable--but all are bound by a sense of fellow feeling and shared experience(s). That truth rests at the heart of this, saxophonist Caleb Wheeler Curtis' debut album. The obvious nods to brotherhood here come in the form of this album's title, ...

David Lyttle: Leading Jazz Into The Hinterlands

by Ian Patterson
August 28, 2018

There was a time when jazz groups would zig-zag all over the country, by train, in customized buses or in cars, playing date after date in towns big and small. Tours that kept a band on the road for months at a time were once the norm for many jazz outfits--the bread and butter of countless ...

Gideon King: Street Jazz

by Paul Naser
July 11, 2018

New York based guitarist/composer/ songwriter Gideon King is no stranger to the city. Growing up there, he is well positioned to tell a story or two about the place. This is just what he sets out to do with his forthcoming release with his band City Blog, entitled Upscale Madhouse. Far from a condemnation, the title ...

Alberto Gurrisi, Seamus Blake, Adam Nussbaum at the 2018 Torino Jazz Festival

by Antonio Baiano
May 22, 2018

Torino Jazz Festival 2018

by Libero Farnè
May 8, 2018

Torino Jazz Festival Varie sedi 23-30.04.2018 La sesta edizione del Torino Jazz Festival ha rappresentato una nuova tappa di una manifestazione importante alla ricerca di una propria identità. Chiusa l'epoca della direzione artistica di Stefano Zenni, quest'anno le redini sono passate nelle mani dei musicisti torinesi Giorgio Li Calzi e Diego ...

Torino Jazz Festival 2018

by Antonio Baiano
May 6, 2018