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Karl Van Deun & Ruben Machtelinckx: Shapes
by Mark Sullivan
Young Belgian guitarist Ruben Machtelinckx has already had an active recording career, especially with his quartet and the duo Linus. His recordings have become progressively more acoustic and ever more freely improvised. Guitarist Karl Van Deun was Ruben's teacher at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp. His performing career has been sidelined by hearing problems, but he ...
Karl Van Deun & Ruben Machtelinckx: Shapes
by Jakob Baekgaard
In spite of his young age, Belgian guitarist Ruben Machtelinckx has already traversed a wide spectrum of musical expressions, and yet, while the textures are different, his records share a certain lyrical sensibility and the quality of dwelling in the moment. On Shapes, Machtelinckx joins his former teacher Karl Van Deun to play ...
Lana Meets Jazz - Quarta Edizione
by Paolo Peviani
Lana (BZ) 04-10.05.2015 Seguire il festival Lana Meets Jazz è come prendere una boccata d'aria fresca. Per la bellezza dei luoghi e delle montagne altoatesine, certamente. Ma anche per la presenza--sul palco e tra il pubblico -di numerosi bambini e adolescenti. Sono gli allievi delle locali scuole di musica, ...
Ralph Towner Solstice: Sound and Shadows
by John Kelman
Ralph Towner SolsticeSound and ShadowsECM Records1977 While it took the label a year or so to define its raison d'être, by 1970/71 Germany's ECM Records had already garnered significant attention for its pristine, transparent sound, and for beginning to redefine the possibilities of what improvised music could be. A group that ...
Driftwood
Label: ECM Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Joseph; Uptown; Cambiata; Highline; Driftwood; Luchtzelle; Madame Vonn; Bossa for Michael Brecker.
Wolfgang Muthspiel: Driftwood
Label: ECM Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Joseph; Uptown; Cambiata; Highline; Driftwood; Luchtzelle; Madame Vonn; Bossa for Michael Brecker.
John Kelman's Best Releases of 2014
by John Kelman
2014 was another challenging year, with a personal health matter that began in early summer (thankfully finally diagnosed, non-life threatening and now being treated, though still waiting for signs of improvement) slowing down both travel and the usual breakneck writing in a significant way. Since the rule of this list is that any titles on it ...
David Virelles: Mboko
by John Kelman
For a relatively young musician nearing his 31st birthday in 2014, pianist David Virelles has managed to both garner a strong reputation and emerge with a singular voice in a relatively short period of time. While his early experiences in North America were within the confines of what might be expected from a Cuban expat, playing ...
Lagarina Jazz Festival 2014
by Angelo Leonardi
Ala, Isera, Mori, Villa Lagarina -9-18.08.2014 Tra le rassegne estive italiane il Lagarina Jazz Festival si caratterizza da otto anni come un appuntamento di nicchia tra i più interessanti e ricercati, sia per le originali scelte di programmazione -spesso in esclusiva-che per l'attrattiva dei luoghi, che si snodano nei magnifici borghi del basso ...
Wolfgang Muthspiel: Driftwood
by John Kelman
Since studying at Berklee College of Music and returning to his home in Austria--though not before releasing a number of American-based recordings either on his own or as a member of bands led by people like Gary Burton, Marc Johnson and Patricia Barber--guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel has largely been focusing on his career through Material Records, the ...
