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Tomasz Stanko: Dark Eyes
by AAJ Italy Staff
Chiuso il capitolo col quartetto, il trombettista polacco torna a collaborare con musicisti scandinavi disegnando nuove trame notturne e riproponendo l'essenza profonda della sua musica. Lo spettro timbrico è ampliato con l'ingresso del chitarrista elettrico Jakob Bro mentre quello ritmico assume nuova pregnanza grazie alle frammentazioni del batterista Olavi Louhivuori. Ancora una volta l'arte di Stanko ...
Tomasz Stanko Quintet at RNCM Theatre, Manchester
by David McLean
Tomasz Stanko Quintet RNCM Theatre Manchester, England October 11, 2009 The fire hinted at in Tomasz Stanko's most recent album, Dark Eyes (2009, ECM), has become the focal point of his new quintet's live operations. Whereas the trumpeter's latest ECM disc ferments with economical restraint and brooding atmosphere, the live incarnation of this material ...
Komeda Project: Requiem
by Chris May
Despite the snowballing emergence of European jazz musicians on the world stage, relatively few European jazz composers have, in 2009, made it into the global repertory, which continues to be dominated by American voices. Perhaps it always will be, and perhaps local singularities--Italian or British or Scandinavian or whatever--are in any case better treasured, rather than ...
Different Shades of Hess: Nikolaj Hess & Spacelab
by Jakob Baekgaard
The exploration of sound is a natural part of Danish pianist Nikolaj Hess' music. Since graduating from the Rhythmic Conservatory in Copenhagen, he has worked in a wide range of contexts and played with artists as varied as trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and singer Sissel Vera Pettersen. With Pettersen he made an enchanting duo album, By This ...
Tomasz Stanko Quintet: Dark Eyes
by David McLean
Tomasz Stanko Quintet Dark Eyes ECM Records 2009 It has been a regular event at the ECM label for artists to change line-ups after three albums. After a trio of releases with the prodigiously talented pianist Marcin Wasilewski--(Soul of Things (ECM, 2002), Suspended Night (ECM, 2003) and Lontano ...
John Surman: From Boy Choirs to Big Horns
by John Kelman
It's increasingly risky to be a musician on the road. When British saxophonist John Surman was traveling from his home in Oslo, Norway, to New York City in September, 2007 for a recording session, he almost lost his baritone saxophone to the airlines. “It is a nightmare traveling now," says Surman, “and hardly a tour goes ...
Nicolas Thys: Virgo
by Jerry D'Souza
Nicolas Thys settled down to play the acoustic bass after transitioning through the piano, flute and electric bass. After his academic days, he spent eight years in New York City, where he integrated into the jazz community and set up a long line of collaborations before moving back to Europe. The Belgian native has played with ...
Take Five With Walter Beltrami
by AAJ Staff
Meet Walter Beltrami:Studied performance and jazz composition at Berklee College of Music. Graduated in performance at Musikhochschule Luzern, CH. Three released CDs as a leader with Philology, CamJazz and Re:think-art records. Won the Luca Flores Jazz Price as best Italian soloist at Barga Jazz 2004 and one of the eight finalists world-wide of the ...
Molde Jazz: Day 2, July 14, 2009
by John Kelman
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 Arve Henriksen / Marilyn Mazur / Tomasz Stańko Molde Jazz Molde, Norway July 14, 2009 For the uninitiated, it can be somewhat disorienting to leave a concert at 10 at night ...
Molde Jazz: Day 1, July 13, 2009
by John Kelman
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 Arve Henriksen Cartography / Bugge Wesseltoft Molde Jazz Molde, Norway July 13, 2009 Descending by plane into Molde airport, it's difficult not to be in awe of the geography surrounding ...
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