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Stephan Thelen e Fabio Anile: Music for Piano and Strings
by Mario Calvitti
Avevamo salutato con entusiasmo World Dialogue, il primo lavoro del chitarrista americano (ma residente in Svizzera) Stephan Thelen dedicato alle sue composizioni per quartetto d'archi che traducono in un linguaggio minimalista contemporaneo reminiscente di Steve Reich i suoi principi compositivi basati sull'utilizzo estensivo di poliritmi e finora applicati in chiave rock dal suo gruppo SONAR e ...
Cecilia Quinteros: Narel
by Hrayr Attarian
Argentinian cellist Cecilia Quinteros' oeuvre has encompassed the western classical idiom, jazz, improvised music and interdisciplinary projects with dancers. After several collaborative recordings Quinteros has released her first solo album, the award winning seven movement Narel. This is a mesmerizing suite that demonstrates Quinteros' brilliance as a composer and virtuosity as a performer. The ...
Andrew Nixon, Ed Croft, Joe Goretti: Outside Agitators
by Chris May
In winter 2021, seemingly out of nowhere, pianist and composer Andrew Nixon brought a ray of sunlight to those fortunate enough to happen upon his debut album, the self-produced In Congruence. A review can be read here. A little research revealed that Nixon was a resident of Buffalo, NY, from whose university he had graduated with ...
Gayle Ellett & The Electromags: Friends
by Glenn Astarita
In their 2023 offering, “Friends, The Electromags deliver a smorgasbord of instrumental rock that is as rich in variety as it is in talent. Think of it as a musical potluck, where every guest brings their best dish to the table. The thirteen tracks on this album are like thirteen assorted flavors of rock, ...
L'Heroïsme
Album: Penelope
By Billy Marrows
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Duration: 05:19
Ivo Perelman, Nate Wooley, Mat Maneri, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Joe Morris, Matt Moran: Seven Skies Orchestra
by Hrayr Attarian
Ever the intrepid innovator, saxophonist Ivo Perelman takes his music in a new direction on the double-disc set, Seven Skies Orchestra. After a long series, primarily of duets, Perelman returns to a larger ensemble setting, a sextet in this case. That is not the only difference between this release and his previous output; the music here, ...
Gili Lopes: Algures
by Doug Collette
Bassist, composer, musical director and producer Gili Lopes is nothing if not an astute judge of talent. After all, for Algures (from an old Portuguese word meaning 'somewhere'), he has recruited a redoubtable case of accompanists, not the least of whom is saxophonist John Ellis, he of fruitful collaborations with Charlie Hunter and Miguel Zenon among ...
Jean-Marc Hebert: L'Origine Eclatee
by Dan McClenaghan
Montreal-based guitarist Jean-Marc Hebert's third album, L'Origine Eclatee, sounds like something out of the ECM Records catalog. He is joined by trumpeter Lex French, bassist Morgan Moore and drummer Pierre Tanguay, forming a patient, subdued chamber jazz atmosphere that opens the first of the Hebert originals, “La Deteinte." The tune shimmers. Understatement is the plan of ...
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Album: Beneath the Blue
By Brian Clemens
Label: Distrokid
Released: 2023
Duration: 5:20
Daunik Lazro, Benjamin Duboc, Mathieu Bec: Standards Combustion
by Mark Corroto
The French trio of saxophonist Daunik Lazro, bassist Benjamin Duboc, and drummer Mathieu Bec has released a collection of music with the fitting title Standards Combustion. Their covers of two compositions each by John Coltrane and Albert Ayler, and one each by Steve Lacy and Wayne Shorter do not so much burn down these nuggets as ...
