Results for "Vienna"

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Andy Manndorff: Dirt & Soil

Read "Dirt & Soil" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero
December 1, 2015

Il nome di Andy Manndorff potrebbe risultare ai più sconosciuto ed anche in Austria, dove risiede, non ha mai raggiunto la notorietà che il talento e le importanti collaborazioni (la prestigiosa Vienna Art Orchestra e il pianista olandese Jasper van't Hof tra gli altri), avrebbero meritato. Il motivo? Difficile individuare una sola causa ma certamente lo ...

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Georg Breinschmid: Double Brein

Read "Double Brein" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
October 29, 2015

Georg Breinschmid è uno dei massimi contrabbassisti e compositori austriaci e questo doppio CD è la palpabile raffigurazione della sua tumultuosa vena creativa. Georg si muove con agilità tra musica classica, jazz, musiche popolari e quant'altro, in un caleidoscopio di riferimenti e citazioni che si fondono e sovrappongono. Nato 42 anni fa, dopo aver fatto parte ...

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Christian Muthspiel, Steve Swallow: Simple Songs

Read "Simple Songs" reviewed by Mario Calvitti

by Mario Calvitti
October 21, 2015

Il titolo di questo nuovo lavoro del trombonista e pianista austriaco Christian Muthspiel, accompagnato dal basso elettrico di Steve Swallow, ne descrive il contenuto in maniera sinteticamente efficace. Canzoni semplici, appunto, essenziali non soltanto nella scarna strumentazione adottata, ma soprattutto nelle loro caratteristiche compositive. Spogliati di qualsiasi abbellimento superfluo gli undici brani del CD descrivono un'estetica ...

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Mia Zabelka: Monday Sessions

Read "Monday Sessions" reviewed by John Eyles

by John Eyles
October 19, 2015

Live in concert, Austrian violinist Mia Zabelka is an electrifying performer, whether appearing solo or with others. In any context, she has the uncanny knack of commanding the stage and always being the centre of an audience's attention, achieved by the intensity and focus of her performances, rather than any gratuitous showmanship. (For a typical example, ...

Article: Live Review

Saalfelden 2015

by Vincenzo Roggero
September 7, 2015

Memorabile edizione la trentaseiesima del Saalfelden Jazz Festival. Forse il caldo più consono ai mari del sud che ad una località alpina ha sciolto anche gli animi più rigidi, ha favorito la libera circolazione delle idee, ha creato un clima di condivisione e stimolo artistico. Forse gli dei della musica hanno soffiato un vento benevolo sulle ...

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Daniel Cacija: Lifeline

Read "Lifeline" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
June 16, 2015

Vocalist Daniel Čačija is a snappy, if somewhat retro, dresser--the cover images on Lifeline show him sporting, variously, a dinner suit and a cravat. A quick glance at the track list reveals jazz standards such as “Detour Ahead," “Lush Life" and “Exactly Like You." The band is the classic piano trio, with added trumpet. It looks ...

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Michael Mantler: The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (Update)

Read "The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (Update)" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro
February 23, 2015

All'indomani dei suoi settant'anni, compiuti il 10 agosto 2013, Michael Mantler ha voluto farsi (e farci) un grande regalo: ha “occupato" per tre sere (30/31 agosto e 1 settembre) il Porgy & Bess di Vienna con una venticinquina di musicisti al seguito e ha ridato voce alle partiture, debitamente rivedute e corrette, che quarantacinque anni prima ...

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Plasmic: Live At Chilli Jazz Festival 2013

Read "Live At Chilli Jazz Festival 2013" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
November 11, 2014

This European outfit started as a trio in 2003, and extended its reach by integrating avant-vocalist Agnes Heginger into its rather pliant mode of operations amid some asymmetrical shenanigans, devious interactions and shifty dialogues. The live recording imparts an air of excitement into your listening space, as the artists' push and prod each other within the ...

Article: Gnome Notes

Eric Zinman's Excellent European Adventures

by Chris Rich
September 11, 2014

Eric Zinman goes to Europe each year on his own dime for a varying array of shoe string gigs with people who mean a lot to him as colleagues. He usually works with Mario Rechtern and people from a community in Vienna that includes expatriate, Linda Sharrock. His most recent trip was especially gratifying ...

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Franz Koglmann: Join!

by Eyal Hareuveni
August 16, 2014

Austrian, Vienna-based composer Franz Koglmann always used music as a means to present his ideas, often provocative perspectives, on cultural phenomena at large. He alienated the American jazz community with A White Line (hatART, 1990), where he sketched an alternative history of jazz based on white innovative musicians. Later he reconstructed the compositional ideas of Johan ...