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Jazzdor 2014

by Vittorio Lo Conte
January 20, 2015

Ben ventiquattro concerti, dal 7 al 21 Novembre 2014 per la ventinovesima edizione del Jazzdor, festival tenuto a Strasburgo e dintorni, anche oltre il confine con la Gemania, come vedremo. Questa volta è stato dedicato alla figura del contrabbassista Jean Jacques Avenel, spesso protagonista. Jazzdor si è oramai consolidato come uno dei più ...

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Naomi Berrill - Vincent Courtois: La Beatitudine (e Io)

by Paolo Peviani
December 16, 2014

Lampi di Musicamorfosi Teatrino di Corte della Reggia -Monza, 29.11.2014 Dodicesima edizione di Lampi, rassegna monzese che si muove attraverso tutti i generi musicali, dal jazz alla contemporanea, dal liscio al pop d'autore. Filo conduttore di quest'anno, sottotitolo della manifestazione, è “La Grande Bellezza." Un brand in verità ormai ...

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Principato di Monaco: i trent'anni del Festival Printemps des Arts

by Libero Farnè
May 2, 2014

Una grafica d'impronta pop-postmodern caratterizzava la copertina del catalogo del Festival Printemps des Arts: un logo dalla comunicativa perentoria e la sfrontata aggressività di colori contrastanti costituivano un'efficace traduzione visiva della sua filosofia. Nell'edizione del trentennale il direttore artistico Marc Monnet ha dato vita a un festival curioso e tentacolare, sempre alla caccia di nuove collaborazioni ...

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Vincent Courtois, Daniel Erdmann, Robin Fincker: Mediums

by Anthony Shaw
March 12, 2014

This album of tunes from the cross-border, French-led trio features many elements of their native approaches to improvised music-- exploratory experimentation on the boundaries of the respective instruments, solo work of a high order, and a strong sense of playfulness. The three instruments concerned are all from the middle range of pitch, as ...

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Aki Takase La Planete: Flying Soul

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by Glenn Astarita
January 16, 2014

Japanese pianist, composer Aki Takase collaborates with her peers on what could be considered an all-star international lineup, originating from her partnership with French clarinetist Louis Sclavis. Interspersed with several pieces, spanning one-minute to two- minutes in length, the nouveau chamber, jazz, and improvised segments are brusque, changeable and smoothly cohesive. In addition, many of these ...

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Jazzdor Berlin 2013: Berlin, Germany, June 5-8, 2013

by Henning Bolte
June 21, 2013

Jazzdor Berlin 2013Kesselhaus in der KulturbrauereiBerlin, GermanyJune 5-8, 2013The Jazzdor festival is part of Berlin's still highly attractive cultural and artistic climate of the post- wall era. The seventh edition of this four-day festival took place during the first week of June, 2013 at the Kesselhaus of a former brewery in ...

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Mediums

By Vincent Courtois

Label: Studios La Buissonne
Released: 2012
Track listing: Mounting; Mediums; Entresort; Une inquiétante disparition (Part 1); Regards; Jackson's Catch; Une inquiétante disparition (Part 2); Rita and The Mediums; La femme sans corps; Bengal(1); Bengal(2); Bengal(3;)La nuit des monstres; The removal.

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Louis Sclavis Atlas Trio: Sources

by John Kelman
June 21, 2012

It's not uncommon for artists to shake things up by changing personnel to explore roads previously untraveled, but few push themselves so relentlessly into new territory through revamped instrumentation as Louis Sclavis. Still, since coming to ECM with the auspicious Rouge (1992), the French clarinetist/saxophonist has always maintained continuity between recordings--cellist Vincent Courtois carried over from ...

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L’imprévu

By Vincent Courtois

Label:
Released: 2011
Track listing: 01. L’imprévu; 02. Colonne sans fin; 03. Alone with G; 04. Sensuel et perdu; 05. Amnésique tarentelle; 06. Suburbs kiosk; 07. Skins; 08. No Smoking; 09. Regards; 10. La visite; 11. Couldn’t Imagine It; 12. L’imprévue.

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Matthias Winckelmann: Happy Birthday ENJA!

by Bob Hatteau
November 1, 2011

ECM, ACT, Winter & Winter, FMP, MPS, ENJA... Germany sounds like a generous land for creative jazz record labels. ENJA Records, the Münich-based jazz label, was founded in 1971 by Matthias Winckelmann and Horst Weber. For the last forty years ENJA has built an impressive catalog, with more than seven hundred releases that ...