Lorraina Marro - Love Is For All Time (July 15, 2021)

A delightful singer from Los Angeles, on Love Is For All Time, Lorraina Marro performs a set of standards from the jazz, r&b and Latin music worlds.

Joined by a jazz sextet with pianist Steve Rawlins, guitarist Grant Geissman, trumpeter Dr. Bobby Rodriguez, and Rickey Woodard on tenor saxophone, Lorraina Marro sings a well-rounded set of swingers and ballads.

Lorraina Marro is a powerful singer with an attractive high voice. She puts plenty of feeling into the lyrics that she interprets and has a style all her own that was originally inspired by Nancy Wilson.

On Love Is For All Time, she chose songs that deal with love on all different levels. “The promise of new love, loss of love, sassy kind of love, and love for other people in general; I’ve experienced it all. I’ve lived long enough to sing about my own truth.” For this special project, she performs with a top-notch group of top Los Angeles-based musicians. Pianist Steve Rawlins, bassist Jennifer Leitham, drummer Steve Pemberton form the core trio and are joined by three guest soloists: tenor-saxophonist Rickey Woodard, trumpeter Dr. Bobby Rodriguez, and guitarist Grant Geissman

The singer interprets such numbers as a Latinized “Stairway To The Stars,” the swinging “The Night Has A Thousand Eyes” (which has a fine tradeoff by Woodard and Rodriguez), a playful “My Baby Just Cares For Me,” and her heartfelt interpretation of “When The World Turns Blue.” She sings in Spanish during “Viajera del Rio,” sounds joyful on the Billie Holiday-associated “I Wished On The Moon,” and concludes the program by effectively vocalizing in both Spanish and English on “Yesterday I Heard The Rain.”

Lorraina Marro was born and raised in Los Angeles. She loved to sing as a child and, in addition to Nancy Wilson, she credits Barbra Streisand, Sarah Vaughan and Linda Ronstadt as some of her early influences and inspirations. She performed standards on her recording debut You Must Believe In Spring and followed it up with Mixed Emotions, a set in which she wrote the lyrics for all nine songs. In her career Ms. Marro has performed at many of Los Angeles’ top venues (including creating a tribute to Nancy Wilson at Catalina Bar & Grill), in New York (the Metropolitan Room and Danny’s Skylight Room), and Las Vegas.

A vocalist who has the maturity and depth to fully understand the words that she sings, Lorraina Marro is in top form throughout Love Is For All Time, her finest recording to date.

Lorraina Marro was named one of L.A.’s Jazz & Blues Living Legend Honorees in 2015. Living Legend’s “JazZabration” was created to celebrate International Jazz Day and to annually select artists that have dedicated 25+ years of their life to Jazz or Blues.

1. Stairway to the Stars (Mitchell Parish, Matt Malneck and Frank Signorelli) 3:53

2. I’m Not Alone (Ivan Guimaraes Lins, Victor Martins and Will Jennings) 4:55

3. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes (Jerry Brainin and Buddy Bernier) 4:02

4. Rain Sometimes (Arthur Hamilton) 4:57

5. My Baby Just Cares For Me (Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn) 4:19

6. Viajera Del Rio (Manuel Yanez) 4:28

7. When the World Turns Blue (Joe Sample and Will Jennings) 4:43

8. People (Bob Merrill and Jule Styne) 4:19

9. I Wished on the Moon (Dorothy Parker and Ralph Rainger) 4:01

10. Esta Tarde Vi Llover (Yesterday I Heard the Rain) (Armando Manzanero) 4:21

Lorraina Marro – voice

Steve Rawlins – piano

Jennifer Leitham – bass

Grant Geissman – guitar

Steve Pemberton – drums

Dr. Bobby Rodriguez – trumpet

Rickey Woodard – tenor saxophone

www.lorrainamarro.com

Mototeru Takagi Quartet - Live at Little John, Yokohama 1999 (July 15, 2021 NoBusiness Records)

1. Yokohama Iseazaki Town 40:37

2. Yokohama Yamashita Town 12:06

3. Yokohama Yamate Town 20:34

Improvised & composed by Mototeru Takagi, Susumu Kongo, Nao Takeuchi and Shota Koyama

Recorded live on the 25th September, 1999 at LITTLE JOHN, Yokohama, Japan by Susumu Kongo and Nao Takeuchi

Mastered by Arūnas Zujus at MAMAstudios

Design by Oskaras Anosovas

Cover photo by Mitsuo Jofu 上不三雄

Booklet photos - Shota Koyama by Yutaka Narasaki 楢崎 豊 / Nao Takeuchi courtesy of Papillon / Mototeru Takagi by Mitsuo Jofu 上不三雄

Produced by Danas Mikailionis and Takeo Suetomi 末冨健夫 (Chap Chap Records)

Release cordinator - Kenny Inaoka (Jazz Tokyo)

Co-producer - Valerij Anosov

Mototeru Takagi 高木元輝 - tenor saxophone

Susumu Kongo 金剛督 - tenor saxophone

Nao Takeuchi 竹内直 - tenor saxophone, flute, bass clarinet

Shota Koyama 小山彰太 - drums

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Itaru Oki Quartet - Live at Jazz Spot Combo 1975 (July 15, 2021 NoBusiness Records)

1. Combo Session 1 14:00

2. Combo Session 2 17:05

3. Combo Session 3 05:49

4. Combo Session 4 17:11

5. Combo Session 5 15:15

Improvised and composed by Itaru Oki, Yoshiaki Fujikawa, Keiki Midorikawa and Hozumi Tanaka

Recorded live on the 7th December, 1975 at JAZZ SPOT COMBO, Fukuoka City, Japan by　Heihachiro Arita 有田平八郎 (cassette tape)

Mastered by Arūnas Zujus at MAMAstudios

Design by Oskaras Anosovas

Cover photo by Tatsuo Minami南達雄

Booklet photos by Tatsuo Minami 南 達雄and Heihachiro Arita / 有田平八郎

Liner noto by Akira Saito齊藤聡

Produced by Danas Mikailionis and Takeo Suetomi 末冨健夫 (Chap Chap Records)

Release cordinator - Kenny Inaoka (Jazz Tokyo)

Co-producer - Valerij Anosov

Itaru Oki 沖至 - trumpet, flute

Yoshiaki Fujikawa 藤川義明 - alto saxophone, flute

Keiki Midorikawa 翠川敬基 - bass

Hozumi Tanaka 田中保積 - drums

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Rodrigo Amado Motion Trio & Alexander von Schlippenbach - The Field (July 15, 2021 NoBusiness Records)

1. The Field 56:10

Recorded by Valdas Karpuška at the Vilnius Jazz Festival, Vilnius, October 18th, 2019

Mixed by Joaquim Monte and Rodrigo Amado

Mastered by David Zuchowski

Produced by Rodrigo Amado and Danas Mikailionis

Co-producer - Valerij Anosov

Cover photo by Rodrigo Amado

Inlay photo by Vytautas Suslavičius

Design by Rodrigo Amado

Rodrigo Amado - tenor saxophone

Alexander von Schlippenbach - piano

Miguel Mira - cello

Gabriel Ferrandini - drums

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Szilárd Mezei Tubass Quintet - Rested Turquoise (July 15, 2021 NoBusiness Records)

1. Hep 34 11:50

2. Hep 26 12:51

3. Hep 33 G 15:44

4. Osaka Blues 08:51

5. Pihent Türkiz / Rested Turquoise 14:02

6. Hep 31 ½ 07:50

7. Simfle Sonk 07:56

Recorded on 21-22nd August, 2018, KCNS, Novi Sad, Serbia

Recording engineer - Lazar Živanac.

Mixed and mastered by Szilárd Mezei & Lazar Živanac

Liner notes by Alexander Hawkins

Cover graphic by Erzsébet Mezei

Photo by Aleksandar Stojković

Design by Oskaras Anosovas

Produced by Danas Mikailionis

Co-producer - Valerij Anosov

Ervin Malina - double bass (right)

Ernő Hock - double bass (left)

Kornél Pápista - tuba (center)

Zoltán Csányi - double bass (left middle)

Szilárd Mezei - double bass (right middle)

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Joel Futterman - Creation Series (July 15, 2021 NoBusiness Records)

1. CD1 - Part One 22:04

2. CD1 - Part Two 32:19

3. CD1 - Part Three 17:26

4. CD2 - Part One 38:13

5. CD2 - Part Two 37:57

6. CD3 - Part One 32:07

7. CD3 - Part Two 13:44

8. CD3 - Part Three 11:47

9. CD3 - Part Four 01:32

10. CD4 - Part One 32:57

11. CD4 - Part Two 19:10

12. CD4 - Part Three 03:19

13. CD4 - Part Four 01:52

14. CD5 - Part One 36:15

15. CD5 - Part Two 32:11

All compositions by Joel Futterman (BMI)

Recording engineer Dr. Benjamin Tomassetti

Recorded at the Paradise Studio, Virginia Beach, Virginia

Each track is complete unedited first-take and is in the orderi n which it was recorded.

Photos by Michael Wilderman

Mastered by Arūnas Zujus at MAMAstudios

Design by Oskaras Anosovas

Producer - Danas Mikailionis

Co-producer - Valerij Anosov

Joel Futterman - piano, curved soprano saxophone

CD 1 - VOLUME ONE

1. Part One 22:06

2. Part Two 32:21

3. Part Three 17:29

Recorded 16th June, 2008

CD 2 - VOLUME TWO

1. Part One 38:18

2. Part Two 37:57

Recorded 14th August, 2008

CD 3 - VOLUME THREE

1. Part One 32:10

2. Part Two 13:48

3. Part Three 11:50

4. Part Four 1:36

Recorded 1st September, 2008

CD 4 - VOLUME FOUR

1. Part One 32:57

2. Part Two 19:10

3. Part Three 3:17

4. Part Four 1:52

Recorded 10th November, 2008

CD 5 - VOLUME FIVE

1. Part One 36:15

2. Part Two 32:10

Recorded 27th December, 2008

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Total Music Association - Walpurgisnacht (July 15, 2021 NoBusiness Records)

1. Walpurgisnacht 17:03

2. Incubus-Succubus-Pestilentia 13:34

3. Improvisation 21:20

Track 1-2 originally self-released by Hans-Jörg Hussong and the band members with the catalogue no. T.M.A.001 in 1971

Track 3 previously unissued

Transferred and remastered from the original tape. Tape transfer by Wolfgang Obrecht at Tonstudio RichArt, Munich

Original Cover Design by Manfred Vogel

Design by Oskaras Anosovas

Remastered by Arūnas Zujus at MAMAstudios

Photography of the musicians by Konstanze Vollmer

Produced by Danas Mikailionis and Ernst Nebhuth

Co-producer - Valerij Anosov

Liner Notes by Hans-Jörg Hussong / Liner Notes (translation) - Ernst Nebhuth, Alfons Mader

Track 1-2

Andreas Boje - trombone

Wilfried Eichhorn - bass clarinet & tenor saxophone

Hans-Jörg Hussong - baritone & soprano saxophone, composition

Erich Schröder - viola

Helmut Zimmer - piano

Matthias Boje - double bass

Rudi Theilmann - drums

Recorded by Martin Wieland on July 17, 1971 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, Germany

Track 3

Hans-Jörg Hussong, baritone, tenor and alto saxophone

Matthias Boje, double bass

Willi Schneider, drums

Recorded July 3, 1988 at Finest Song studio in Hamm, Westfalen, Germany

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Irwin Hall - We In It! (July 2021)

"We In It!" is my take on the classic organ sound I grew up with in my home state of NJ. I was fortunate enough to come up on the tail end of the famed Newark Organ Jazz scene where, in its heyday, greats like Larry Young, Jimmy Smith, Jack McDuff, Charles Earland, Shirley Scott and more would regularly pass through, and I fell in love with the sound of the organ trio. With this project, we put our own spin on the stripped down trio format and surely hope you do enjoy!

1. We In It! 03:08

2. Ask Me Now 03:52

3. Don't Change Horses (In the Middle of a Stream) 04:15

4. For Regular's Only 04:35

5. Naima's Love Song 04:33

Irwin Hall - Alto Saxophone

William Gorman - Organ

Jerome Jennings - Drums

Recorded at Tedesco Studios on Nov 26 2019

Audio Engineer: Tom Tedesco, Tedesco Studios, Paramous, NJ

Mixing Engineer: Brad Williams, Bunker Studios, Brooklyn, NY

Mastering Engineer: Michael Fossenkemper, Turtletone Studios, New York, NY

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Jerome Bryerton / Damon Smith - .​.​.​There Must be a Reason for Generating Sounds​.​.​. (July 2021 Balance Point Acoustics)

11 duos for Wolfgang Fuchs

From the late 1990s to the early 2000s, Jerome & I toured & recorded with the great Wolfgang Fuchs. It was a formative experience for both of us. All titles are quotes by Fuchs. He was a constant source of wisdom and humor.

1. Three (-1) Italian Dogs 02:05

2. This is Clear 07:07

3. I Don't Want to go to Porky's 06:30

4. One Minute, One Espresso, One Cigarette 05:42

5. I am Sorry, You Cannot be Both 06:08

6. I Played Very Loud and I did not Listen 09:22

7. This is not About Friendship 08:54

8. The Blue Letter 04:03

9. From the East 03:10

10. I like Music - and Musicians (Gary Peacock in memorium) 03:36

11. Your Lights Made me Public 03:40

Recorded by Ryan Wasoba

Mixed and Mastered by Weasel Walter

Design by Alan Anzalone

Cover artwork by Max Neumann

© Max Neumann

Photgraph of Fuchs & Bryerton by Damon Smith

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Da giovedì 15 a domenica 18 luglio - Torna il Talos Festival a Ruvo di Puglia (Ba)

La notte della Banda

DAL 15 AL 18 LUGLIO A RUVO DI PUGLIA SI CONCLUDE L'EDIZIONE STRAORDINARIA 2020/2021 DEL TALOS FESTIVAL

TRA GLI OSPITI LUCILLA GALEAZZI, MICHEL GODARD, GIANNI IORIO, PASQUALE STAFANO, EUGENIA CHERKAZOVA, FARAUALLA, ROBERTO OTTAVIANO, NABIL BEY E MIRKO SIGNORILE, LA DANZATRICE ERIKA GUASTAMACCHIA. GRAN FINALE CON PINO MINAFRA & LA BANDA.

Da giovedì 15 a domenica 18 luglio a Ruvo di Puglia si conclude tra musica e danza l'edizione "straordinaria" del Talos Festival 2020/2021. Dopo la prima sessione "in presenza" di ottobre e le due serate online di conversazioni e dialoghi artistici a febbraio, il Festival torna in Piazzetta Le Monache e nel Museo del libro, nel cuore del centro storico del comune, per quattro serate (inizialmente previste ad aprile e rinviate a causa delle restrizioni da Covid19) ispirate ai "Suoni meridiani" e dedicate a Franco Cassano. 

«Lavorare, scrivere, fare musica a sud è più difficile, ma chi ci riesce batte la forza di gravità e per questo talvolta riesce a dire cose che hanno valore per tutti», scriveva nel 2003 il sociologo barese, scomparso a febbraio, nelle note del cd "Meridiana" della Multijazz Orchestra. «Ritrovare i nostri suoni non è adorazione reliquiaria del passato, ma ritrovarli nel presente senza arrendersi alla volgarità del mercato è una ricerca difficile per rappresentare al mondo una voce forte e antica, rinnovata dall’ansia e dalle domande del nostro tempo». Parole che sono state di ispirazione per questa sessione del festival che ospiterà, tra gli altri, la cantante Lucilla Galeazzi, il tubista e serpentonista Michel Godard, la fisarmonicista Eugenia Cherkazova, il bandoneonista Gianni Iorio e il pianista Pasquale Stafano, il quartetto vocale Faraualla, il progetto "Bakhur" con Nabil Bey e Mirko Signorile, il sassofonista Roberto Ottaviano, la danzatrice Erika Guastamacchia. Gran finale domenica 18 luglio con La Notte della Banda con Pino Minafra & La Banda e tanti solisti.

Talos festival - con la direzione artistica dell'ideatore Pino Minafra e del musicista e compositore Livio Minafra e il progetto coreografico di Giulio De Leo - è promosso dal Comune di Ruvo di Puglia, con il cofinanziamento di Regione Puglia tramite Teatro Pubblico Pugliese nell’ambito del Fondo di Sviluppo e Coesione 2014-2020 – Valorizzazione della Cultura e della Creatività territoriale, in collaborazione con Associazione Terra Gialla e Compagnia Menhir Danza e altre realtà pubbliche e private.

PROGRAMMA CON SCHEDE

Il programma dei concerti in Piazzetta Le Monache prenderà il via giovedì 15 luglio (ore 20) con Mediterranean Tales. Il duo formato da Gianni Iorio (bandoneon) e Pasquale Stafano (pianoforte) racconta storie di persone, incontri, passione, pensieri e amore tradotti in composizioni originali ed interessanti che hanno come protagonista il viaggio nel tempo e nello spazio nell'oceano musicale, dal jazz alla world music, dal classico al pop e alla melodia mediterranea che è sempre sullo sfondo quasi come un marchio di fabbrica. Subito dopo le Faraualla, quartetto vocale di Gabriella Schiavone, Teresa Vallarella, Loredana Savino, Maristella Schiavone, accompagnate dalle percussioni di Pippo D’Ambrosio e Michele Marrulli proporranno Ogni male fore, un ideale percorso nell’affascinante territorio della medicina popolare pugliese. 

Le formule di guarigione univano gli aspetti più pagani della cultura popolare ad una fervida religiosità, la pratica magica o taumaturgica ad una medicina legata alla reale conoscenza delle erbe curative in una unione che non risultava mai essere forzata. Il materiale relativo a questa ricerca è difficile da recuperare, in quanto nascosto in una parte della memoria popolare misteriosa e accessibile solo a pochi prescelti. In ogni brano le formule rivivono nel canto e nel suono delle Faraualla, in un ideale percorso verso la guarigione fisica e spirituale.

Venerdì 16 luglio (ore 20) si parte con Bakhur, nuovo progetto che coinvolge il cantante Nabil Bey, voce dei Radiodervish, e il pianista Mirko Signorile, una rivisitazione essenziale con voce e pianoforte dei più grandi interpreti della musica araba del ‘900 e non solo. Bakhur è un viaggio attraverso il repertorio musicale dei maggiori protagonisti della canzone mediorientale che hanno fatto epoca nella storia della musica araba. A seguire, il sassofonista Roberto Ottaviano con il progetto Pinturas con Nando Di Modugno (chitarra), Giorgio Vendola (contrabbasso) e Pippo D’Ambrosio (batteria). «Dopo 25 anni circa di progetti realizzati insieme ad artisti provenienti da varie parti del nostro pianeta, non è un caso se questo nuovo quartetto nasce nella mia terra. Nasce infatti dalla convinzione che in questo angolo del mondo esistano ormai delle capacità e sensibilità mature, connotate da una forte personalità», sottolinea Roberto Ottaviano. «Il jazz diventa qui il “pennello” veloce con cui rappresentare paesaggi e storie immaginarie, i colori sono una infinita tavolozza costituita da tutte le musiche che amiamo profondamente e che rappresentano ancora oggi, e nonostante tutto, l’idea di un messaggio nella bottiglia. Ecco come si compone Pinturas, un affresco dinamico e proiettato verso il futuro ma tuttavia profondamente radicato nell’archetipo del Sud».

Sabato 17 luglio la serata si aprirà alle 18 nella Sala conferenze del Museo del libro con Lazzaro, una performance site specific nata da un’idea di Giulio De Leo, ispirata al progetto "Lazzaro_art doesn’t sleep" di Laura Mega e Claudia Pecoraro e sviluppata in stretta collaborazione con la danzatrice Erika Guastamacchia in scena con il sassofonista Roberto Ottaviano. La performance, una produzione Compagnia Menhir nell’ambito de "Le danzatrici - archeologia del contemporaneo" (finanziato da “Custodiamo la cultura in Puglia”, Regione Puglia – Teatro Pubblico Pugliese e realizzato in collaborazione con Comune di Ruvo di Puglia), è stata presentata in anteprima a Iperfestival 2021 – Festival del Museo delle Periferie di Roma e nel Bipod 2021 - Beirut International Platform of Dance. Lazzaro riflette sulla capacità del corpo di rigenerare il movimento a partire dagli atti vitali fondamentali, secondo una logica organica di ascolto. Un corpo adagiato su un tavolo e rianimato dalla danza, diventa fulcro di identità per la nuova comunità che si raccoglie a vegliarlo.

Dalle 20 si torna in Piazzetta Le Monache per un triplo concerto. In apertura la voce di Lucilla Galeazzi che, nel secondo set, dialogherà con il tubista e serpentonista francese Michel Godard. Vera “passionaria” del canto popolare italiano, Lucilla Galeazzi si divide, nella sua carriera, tra progetti da solista e partecipazioni al fianco di altri grandi artisti. Fa inoltre parte del Quartetto Vocale di Giovanna Marini e de l’Arpeggiata di Christina Pluhar, e continua a cantare e a portare in giro i propri progetti musicali, facendo conoscere al mondo intero le tradizioni orali della musica popolare italiana. Musicista e compositore francese, Michel Godard è uno dei pochissimi solisti di tuba e probabilmente l'unico solista di serpentone. Sviluppando su questo strumento dimenticato il suo enorme talento tecnico, Godard propone un repertorio che va dalla musica del XVI secolo al jazz ed alla musica improvvisata. Chiusura di serata affidata al duo Round Trip Apulia-Balkans con la fisarmonicista greco-ucraina Eugenia Cherkazova e il pianista Livio Minafra. Una musica agile, intensa, profonda e festosa. Una sorta di musica da camera improvvisata dove le composizioni e gli arrangiamenti di Minafra raccontano di questo viaggio fatto di tarantella, musica popolare, balcanica, jazz, improvvisazione. Storia e geografia insieme in un volto moderno.

Gran finale domenica 18 luglio dalle 20 sempre in Piazzetta le Monache con La Notte della Banda il Talos Festival rende omaggio alla grande tradizione musicale tipica del Sud Italia che ha prodotto un suono originale e unico al mondo. Sul palco il progetto Pino Minafra & La Banda, che dal 1993 a oggi si è esibito a Parigi, Londra, Monaco di Baviera, Graz, Les Mans, Lille, Huddersfield, Brighton, Basingstoke, Munster, Berlino, Roma, Firenze, Ravenna e altre città, ospite dei più importanti festival europei di jazz, musica classica e contemporanea, proporrà prima un repertorio “classico” diretto da Michele Di Puppo e poi si confronterà con i numerosi ospiti coinvolti per questo concerto inedito e originale. Alla direzione si alterneranno, infatti, Pino e Livio Minafra e Nicola Cotugno mentre i solisti saranno Michel Godard (tuba/serpentone), Eugenia Cherkazova (fisarmonica), Faraualla, Lucilla Galeazzi e Loredana Savino (voci). Un  percorso trasversale fra tradizione e innovazione che dimostra l’attualità e la freschezza di questo suono caldo, vivo e generoso, ancora tutto da esplorare oltre che proteggere.

Programma

Giovedì 15 luglio - ore 20

Piazzetta le Monache

Mediterranean Tales • Gianni Iorio (bandoneon), Pasquale Stafano (pianoforte)

Ogni male fore • Faraualla - Gabriella Schiavone, Teresa Vallarella, Loredana Savino, Maristella Schiavone (voce), Pippo D’Ambrosio e Michele Marrulli (percussioni)

Venerdì 16 luglio - ore 20

Piazzetta le Monache

Bakhur • Nabil Bey (voce) – Mirko Signorile (piano)

Pinturas  • Roberto Ottaviano (sax), Nando Di Modugno (chitarra), Giorgio Vendola (contrabbasso), Pippo D’Ambrosio (batteria)

Sabato 17 luglio - ore 18

Sala conferenze - Museo del Libro

Lazzaro

progetto di Giulio De Leo, coreografie Erika Guastamacchia

con Erika Guastamacchia (danza) e Roberto Ottaviano (sax)

Sabato 17 luglio - ore 20

Piazzetta le Monache

Lucilla Galeazzi (voce)

Lucilla Galeazzi (voce) - Michel Godard (tuba/serpentone)

Round Trip Apulia-Balkans • Eugenia Cherkazova (fisarmonica) - Livio Minafra (piano)

Domenica 18 luglio - ore 20

Piazzetta le Monache

La Notte della Banda

Pino Minafra & La Banda con Michel Godard (tuba/serpentone), Eugenia Cherkazova (fisarmonica), Faraualla (voci), Lucilla Galeazzi e Loredana Savino (voce). Direttori Michele Di Puppo, Pino Minafra, Livio Minafra, Nicola Cotugno.

I concerti e la performance di danza saranno a ingresso gratuito con prenotazione obbligatoria e organizzati nel rispetto delle normative anticovid. 

Info e prenotazioni talosfestival@gmail.com

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Movin' Along - Maciej Grzywacz plays music of Wes Montgomery (July 2021)

Maciej Grzywacz has 6 albums as a leader and 26 as a side man to his credit. Maciej Grzywacz is a faculty member at Academy of Music in Gdansk, Poland

1. Far Wes 03:45

2. Full House 05:01

3. Leila 05:17

4. Montgomeryland Funk 02:52

5. Wes' Tune 04:50

6. Movin' Along 04:06

7. Road Song 04:41

8. S.O.S 05:33

9. West Coast Blues 03:43

10. D-Natural Blues 04:50

Maciej Grzywacz - Guitar

Tomasz Grzegorski - Saxophone, Flute

Kuba Stankiewicz - Piano

Piotr Kułakowski - Bass

Kuba Grzywacz - Drums

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Möbius Strip - Time Lag (July 2021)

Möbius Strip is the name of a young Italian progressive jazz-rock band, made of Lorenzo Cellupica (keyboards), Nico Fabrizi (saxophone & flute), Eros Capoccitti (bass) and Davide Rufo (drums).

1. Chand Baori 08:57

2. Iblis's Hybris 07:52

3. Mateka's Speech 08:29

4. Old Tapestry 10:06

5. Möbius Cube 07:32

6. A Theme for the end 06:34

Möbius Strip are:

- Lorenzo Cellupica: piano, organ, keyboards, vocals

- Nico Fabrizi: tenor sax, alto sax, soprano sax, percussions

- Eros Capoccitti: electric bass, percussions

- Davide Rufo drums, percussions

Special Guests:

- Fabio Gelli: trumpet (tracks 2 and 3)

- Romeo Venditti: trombone (tracks 3 and 3)

- Simone Marcelli: electric guitar (track 5)

- Caterina Sebastiano: vocals (track 6)

- Debora Camilli: vocals (track 6)

- Andrea Martini: vocals (track 6)

- Giacomo Serino: trumpet (track 6)

- Massimo Izzizzari: electric guitar (track 6)

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Junichiro Mataga - Sketches (2021)

Junichiro Mataga is a jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and educator based in New York City. Mataga grew up in Niigata, Japan where he began playing piano at the age of six and guitar in junior high school. After graduating high school, he moved to Tokyo and began studying jazz piano in the University Jazz Club. Following his graduation from the University of Electro-Communications with a Master’s Degree in Engineering, Mataga worked as a Sound and Vibration Researcher in the Central Research Lab of NEC Corporation. 

Throughout his studies and his work at NEC,  Mataga was active in the jazz scene in Tokyo, Japan. He performed with his own band, the big band, Shiny Stockings; the gospel band, 7 Seasons; the jazz quartet, Beyond the Cinema. 

Mataga’s career took  a major turn in 2019 when he moved to New York City and began taking courses in the jazz program at Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College.  There he studied with world-renowned musicians such as David Berkman, Jeb Patton, Antonio Hart, Michael Mossman, Dennis Mackrel, Tim Armacost, and many others. Mataga graduated from ACSM in May 2020 and is now working as a freelance musician in NYC.

1. Midnight Shore 06:16

2. C.C.T 05:52

3. Cave 04:43

4. I Mean You 04:59

5. Little Cheers 05:24

6. Scramble Crossing 02:29

7. Light and the Darkness 06:38

8. Time to Work 04:34

9. Loop 07:16

10. Total Praise 05:00

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Jussi Fredriksson Trio - Archipelago Sea Tales (July 2021 Flame Jazz Records)

On their latest album the internationally acclaimed Jussi Fredriksson Trio shares musical anecdotes on the beautiful yet vulnerable Archipelago Sea. The trio’s rooted new sound is ecologic and warm in nature.

1. Dead Sea

2. Splatter

3. Käkkärämänty

4. Red Ochre

5. Chase

6. Swan Love

7. Korpo Waltz

8. Rock

9. Improvisatio

Jussi Fredriksson - piano

Jori Huhtala - bass

Mika Kallio - drums

Recorded and mixed by Matti Fredriksson

Mastered by Svante Forsbäck

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Joel Untinen Trio - Facing Paradise (July 2021)

After living in New York City and studying jazz guitar with Peter Bernstein, Canadian guitarist Joel Untinen recently moved to Montreal. His most recent project, "Facing Paradise," was recorded with his trio in New York in December 2019. Joel is a composer, a collaborator, and a band leader, who has performed on numerous live and recorded music projects in Calgary, Edmonton, Banff, and New York.

1. 12/10/16 05:34

2. Figure of Man 08:36

3. The Old Man and the Sea 07:27

4. Winter Hymn 11:04

5. Shorter Story 07:52

6. Facing Paradise 06:34

Joel Untinen - Guitar

Dan Montgomery - Bass

Timothy Angulo - Drums

Li Hai - Recording Engineer

Jacob Aviner - Mixing

Liberty Ellman - Mastering and Additional Mixing

Cover Art - Richard Charter

Guitar Made by Sota Mori Guitars

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Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey - Lil Tae Rides Again (Expanded Edition) July 2021 Royal Potato Family

'Lil Tae Rides Again (Expanded Edition)’—JFJO’s ethereal masterwork—returns after being out of print for years. The expanded edition includes 11 live performances from the subsequent tour supporting the album.

In 2008, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey re-awoke with their most idiosyncratic album to date, 'Lil Tae Rides Again.' Featuring pianist Brian Haas, bassist Reed Mathis and drummer Josh Raymer, the band had appeared for only a handful of tour dates and summer festivals the previous year. Rumors swirled among fans regarding the reasons for such scarcity. JFJO s intent, however, was never in question. They simply went underground to create music on their own terms, in their own universe, on their own timetable.

The trio enlisted eccentric electronic music futurist Tae Meyulks to produce. He shared in the trio s vision to record an album awash in sprawling soundscapes, minimalist melodies and subliminal themes.

Lil Tae Rides Again achieved its intent through an Eno-esque vision that offers a sustaining aura of ethereal splendor. As on previous efforts, JFJO defined themselves as a mercurial musical force in a constant state of re-imagining their creative horizons. The beauty in JFJO s self-definition is that they are utterly un-definable.

Unavailable for years on streaming platforms, this experimental jazz/electronic classic now returns in an expanded edition featuring a live version of each of the 11 songs from the subsequent tour in support of the album. 'Lil Tae Rides Again,' but better still, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey rides again. 

1. Autumnal 04:14

2. Winter Clothes 02:57

3. Tetherball Triumph 04:46

4. Carpool 02:48

5. Tae Parade 05:18

6. Santiago Lends A Hand 05:13

7. Waking The Reluctant Genius 02:24

8. Scuffle In The Hallway 02:41

9. The Votes Are Counted 02:20

10. Recovering The Time Capsule 03:15

11. Goodnight Ollie 07:31

12. Autumnal (live) 05:08

13. Winter Clothes (live) 03:35

14. Tetherball Triumph (live) 06:50

15. Carpool (live) 04:54

16. Tae Parade (live) 04:36

17. Santiago Lends A Hand (live) 03:50

18. Waking The Reluctant Genius (live) 03:43

19. Scuffle In The Hall (live) 05:07

20. The Votes Are Counted (live) 02:18

21. Recovering The Time Capsule (live) 04:05

22. Goodnight Ollie (live) 04:44

Brian Haas: Piano, Rhodes

Reed Mathis: Bass, Guitar

Josh Raymer: Drums

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Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey - Winterwood Revealed (Live Vipers & Studio Doves) July 2021 Royal Potato Family

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey ‘Winterwood Revealed (Live Vipers & Studio Doves)' is a companion piece to ‘Winterwood,’ JFJO's final studio album with bassist Reed Mathis. It contains live performances from the tour prior to recording the album, as well as, studio outtakes and alternate mixes from the 'Winterwood' sessions.

1. Song Of The Vipers (live) 07:13

2. Hover (live) 07:34

3. Goodnight Ollie (live) 04:39

4. Skeeball Over The Ocean (live) 07:39

5. Oklahoma Stomp (live) 09:34

6. Twinstar (live) 07:42

7. Bumper Crop Of Strange (live) 07:22

8. Sean's Song (live) 10:25

9. Julia (rehearsal) 04:07

10. Happiness Is A Warm Gun (live) 07:53

11. Santiago (live) 11:11

12. Vernal Equinox (live) 13:12

13. Dove's Army Of Love (live) 06:24

14. Oklahamo Stomp (dirty mix) 06:43

15. Twinstar (dreamy mix) 05:43

16. Song Of The Vipers (raw mix) 05:42

17. A-Bird (piano) 06:22

18. Crazy Fingers (piano) 04:48

19. Earl Hines (piano) 03:14

20. Goodnight Ollie (piano) 04:26

21. The Slip (piano) 07:18

22. Twinstar (piano) 05:41

23. Vernal Equinox (piano) 07:34

Brian Haas: Piano, Rhodes

Reed Mathis: Bass, Guitar

Josh Raymer: Drums

Produced by Reed Mathis

Out Now on Royal Potato Family

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Eric Zinman / Mario Rechtern / Weasel Walter - Mermaids and Sirens Know (July 2021 ugEXPLODE Records)

A newly released studio session of piano/reeds/drums based volcanic free jazz, the trio of Eric Zinman, Mario Rechtern and Weasel Walter meets the high standards of the classic Cecil Taylor/Jimmy Lyons/Andrew Cyrille trio in terms of blistering momentum, density and clarity, but pushes forward in their own distinctive and idiosyncratic personal voices.

1. Mermaids in the water; Sirens on the sands. 34:30

2. When seas go high, 09:47

3. Where do we go? 09:16

4. Mermaids and Sirens know. 19:27

Eric Zinman - piano

Mario Rechtern - alto, baritone and sopranino saxophones

Weasel Walter - drums

Recorded May 2011

Mixed and remastered by Weasel Walter and Mario Rechtern

Artwork by Mario Rechtern

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The Flying Luttenbachers - Negative Infinity (July 2021 ugEXPLODE Records)

Roaring out of the gates is the 15th full-length album by no wave/punk jazz/brutal prog iconoclasts The Flying Luttenbachers, led by founding member and main composer Weasel Walter. There's a few special twists this time, friends. The last two albums, "Shattered Dimension" and "Imminent Death", both epic double-length affairs released in 2019, focused on open ended, improvisational approaches more so than heavily structured ones. "Negative Infinity" is a sort of return-to-form in a regard, featuring 6 tightly scripted doses of what they call "Brutal Prog" - the tag Weasel coined in the early 2000s to describe an elite breed of intense, complex bands who emphasised harshness and intensity over the typical prog-rock flutes and fairies positivity. This is prog for THE APOCALYPSE, not your uncle.

The merciless opening track sets the tone for the album - "Fury of the Delusion" is a through-composed, neck-snapping whirlwind of a number where an unrelenting, hair-raisingly harmonized line spat forth in unison by saxophone and duel guitars is investigated, turned upside down and transformed into a deadly musical cyborg. Oh yes - the other big surprise is that Weasel doesn't provide his usual hyperactive drumming on this release. The chap has switched to guitar. He feels that it will be easier to drip sweat on the punters that way.That's right. Close your eyes. That's Sam Ospovat on the drums. Doesn't he sound great? We bet you won't even miss the Weez! Dark overlords Tim Dahl (bass) and Matt Nelson (saxophone) return once again and newest member Katie Battistoni plays the other guitar parts.

The closing number, "On The Verge Of Destruction" is a monolithic side-long extrapolation off of Albert Ayler's bizarre '66/'67 "marching band on acid" musical suites. The group is shuttled through an exacting sequence of berserk rollercoaster melodies and the whole front line takes turns spewing outrageous solos. The structure coils up the band to release a climactic orgy of noise before the piece goes back to the beginning and winds down. 

The rest of the tunes may invoke fragant whiffs of old Mayhem sturm und drang, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks sonic terrorism, the jigsaw puzzle logic of the Rock In Opposition bands and, ahem, even '90s Flying Luttenbachers style varsity team punk-jazz ("Demonic Velocities II" appears here as a meta-sequel to the old chestnut first performed by the group as early as 1993). The core tenets of The Flying Luttenbachers remain: Dissonance, Speed, Aggression, Weirdness, Singularity. This is perhaps the finest chapter of the three-decade saga so far . . . 

1. Fury Of The Delusion 04:47

2. Demonic Velocities II 06:57

3. A Depraved Heart 04:37

4. Omnicide 05:19

5. Mass Manslaugher, Ma'am 03:44

6. On The Verge Of Destruction 19:11

Weasel Walter (left guitar)

Matt Nelson (tenor saxophone)

Katie Battistoni (right guitar)

Tim Dahl (bass guitar)

Sam Ospovat (drums)

recorded at Mighty Toad Studios, Brooklyn, NY on November 30, 2020

recording engineers: Craig Dreyer, Lucas Haas

mixed by Weasel Walter

mastered by Colin Marston

band photo by Dominika Michalowska

all compositions by Weasel Walter / Sedition Dog Music (BMI)

copyright 2021 ugEXPLODE Records

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Jochro-Trio / Good Things Take Time (July 2021)

Our first EP recorded on a March weekend in 2021 consisting of several originals and a few standards.

1. Good Things Take Time - Do Not Use Tinder 04:28

2. Love For Sale 06:46

3. Again and Again 05:41

4. Sweet Corn with Eggs 03:21

5. I'll Close My Eyes 06:32

6. Why Try to Change Me Now 07:38

7. Seven in Heaven 06:02

8. Good Things Take Time - Do Not Use Tinder (alt. version) 04:51

Fabian Jochro - piano, rhodes, composition

Thomas Brühwiler - bass

Corsin Hobi - drums

Recorded on 27th and 28th March in Bern

Recorded and mixed by Fabian M. Müller

Mastered by Steffen Peters, Soundfarm

Cover Foto taken by Melissa Dehédin, edited by Fabian Jochro

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