Thursday, June 1, 2017

CONCERTOS PORTA-JAZZ: 6ª feira - The Whole Time // domingo - Vitor Pereira Quarteto feat. Alam Nathoo


Sala Porta-Jazz 
6ªfeira, 2 junho
21:30
concerto: 5 eur / 3 eur membros *

THE WHOLE TIME

Sofia Ribeiro (Portugal) - voz
Rizumik (Portugal) - voz, beatbox
Nick Demeris (E.U.A.) - voz

The Whole Time é um coletivo dedicado à arte da improvisação vocal, sediado em Nova Iorque, que apresenta concertos a cappella inteiramente improvisados. Criam temas espontâneos, combinando beatboxing, humor, movimento e rapping em múltiplos idiomas (inglês, espanhol, português e dialetos inventados). Em cada concerto são criadas dinâmicas distintas e imprevisíveis, onde a magia do momento se revela, havendo uma frequente interação com o público.

Rizumik, vencedor do campeonato americano de beatbox de 2012, que ensina ao lado de Bobby McFerrin no Instituto Omega; Nick Demeris, orador TEDx e artista residente no Carnegie Hall; e Sofia Ribeiro, com nove discos editados e vencedora de vários prémios internacionais de jazz vocal, convidam-nos para uma viagem única de paisagens sonoras e criações surpreendentes.


PRÓXIMOS CONCERTOS

4 junho, domingo 22:00 - Sala Porta-Jazz
Vitor Pereira Quinteto Feat. Alam Nathoo
Alam Nathoo - Saxofone
João Mortágua - Saxofone
Vitor Pereira - Guitarra
António Quintino - Contrabaixo
Joel Silva - Bateria - Trompete

FIM DE SEMANA XL

9 junho, 22:00 - Sala Porta-Jazz
João Pedro Brandão Quinteto
João Pedro Brandão - Sax e Flauta
Ricardo Formoso - Trompete
Hugo Raro - Piano
José Carlos Barbosa - Contrabaixo
José Marrucho - Bateria

10 junho, 19:00 - Sala Porta-Jazz
Demian Cabaud Quarteto feat. Jeff Williams
Gonçalo Marques - trompete
André Fernandes - guitarra
Demian Cabaud - contrabaixo
Jeff Williams - bateria

10 junho, 21:30 - Conservatório de Música do Porto
- entrada livre - 
Ricardo Formoso Quarteto + Conferência José Duarte + Jam Session
Ricardo Formoso - Trompete
Carlos Azevedo - Piano
José Carlos Barbosa - Contrabaixo
Marcos Cavaleiro - Bateria

11 junho, 19:00 - Conservatório de Música do Porto
- entrada livre - 
Espécie de Trio
Hugo Raro - piano
Filipe Teixeira - contrabaixo
António Torres Pinto - bateria

11 junho, 22:00 - Sala Porta-Jazz
Matyas Gayer Trio feat. Ricardo Toscano
Ricardo Toscano - saxofone alto
Matyas Gayer - piano
Matyas Hofecker - contrabaixo
Nemanja Delic - bateria

17 junho, 19:00 + 22:00 - Sala Porta-Jazz
Wako (Noruega)
Martin Myhre Olsen - saxofone
Kjetil André Mulelid - piano
Bárður Reinert Poulsen - contrabaixo
Simon O. Albertsen - bateria

PRÓXIMO LANÇAMENTO CARIMBO PORTA-JAZZ
Auditório da FEUP
- entrada livre - 

19 junho, 21:30
João Mortágua "AXES"
+ "Mirros" - projecto Guimarães-Jazz / Porta-Jazz #3

João Mortágua - saxofone alto e soprano
José Soares - saxofone alto
Hugo Ciríaco - saxofone tenor 
Rui Teixeira - saxofone barítono e clarinete baixo
Pedro Vasconcelos - bateria e percussões
Alex Lázaro - bateria e percussões
CICLO JAZZ DE SANTO TIRSO
Centro Cultural de Vila das Aves
- entrada livre -

16 junho, 21:30 - AP Quarteto
AP - guitarra
Carlos Azevedo - piano
Filipe Teixeira - contrabaixo
Acácio Salero - bateria

1 julho, 21:30 - Rui Filipe Freitas Sexteto
Rui Filipe Freitas - vibrafone
José Pedro Coelho - saxofone tenor e clarinete-baixo  
João Mortágua - saxofone alto e saxofone soprano
Mané Fernandes - guitarra
Filipe Teixeira - contrabaixo
João Martins - bateria

RAW FRAME - Side Sight (NAU RECORDS 2017)



Side Sight è il secondo album dei Raw Frame. I brani della band, tutti originali, attingono a piene mani dalla lezione del minimalismo e del jazz europeo contemporaneo, alternando temi essenziali e figure ritmiche ripetute a strutture aperte e ampi spazi d’improvvisazione, in cui la chitarra di Bolzoni assume un ruolo preponderante.

Dalle semplici progressioni di Retell al ritmo incalzante di Sunny Cloud, l'originale matrice jazzistica della formazione si nutre sempre più di influenze pop e post-rock, esplora le qualità timbriche di ciascuno strumento e prova ad abbandonare le nicchie di genere. Chiamatelo, se vi pare, avant-garde o avant-jazz: l'importante è che Side Sight tocchi le corde emotive di ascoltatori “spuri”.

1. Retell 05:32
2. Q 04:32
3. Sunny Cloud 06:23
4. Alla Sol 07:52
5. Blue Deep Forest 05:37
6. Nature Fashion 06:26
7. Neve 04:07
8. Spring 05:34

RAW FRAME 
Andrea Bolzoni: chitarra elettrica 
Salvatore Satta: basso elettrico 
Daniele Frati: batteria

TRACKLIST CREDITI: 1 (Daniele Frati), 2 (Andrea Bolzoni), 3 (Andrea Bolzoni), 4 (Daniele Frati), 5 (Daniele Frati), 6 (Andrea Bolzoni), 7 (Andrea Bolzoni), 8 (Andrea Bolzoni) 

Registrato, mixato e masterizzato presso HSH Studio, San Giuliano Milanese (MI), Italia da Raw Frame il 2 e 3 aprile 2016 

Prodotto da Raw Frame 
Produttore esecutivo Gianni Barone

Carmelo Coglitore Quartet – Istante Groove (NAU RECORDS 2017)



Unisce l’improvvisazione ai tre elementi che fanno parte dell’asse portante della maggior parte della letteratura musicale classica e contemporanea: la composizione, l’arrangiamento e la direzione d’orchestra. In esso tutti e tre gli aspetti sono totalmente improvvisati dando però la sensazione all’ascoltatore che la musica sia scritta, arrangiata e diretta. 

L’improvvisazione è composizione in tempo reale, e in questa registrazione gli avvenimenti espositivi dell’assolo possono essere assimilabili agli elementi tematici di una composizione.

L’arrangiamento e la direzione sono collegate dalla ‘conduction’, (conduzione improvvisata attraverso un protocollo di segni dati dal conductor), grazie alla quale il viaggio musicale prende strade sempre nuove, dando alla performance una freschezza che genera l’aspetto forse più importante del jazz: la sorpresa.

01. Start The Music 02:28
02. Istante 1 02:30
03. Istante 2 02:27
04. Istante 3 05:21
05. Istante 4 05:53
06. Istante 5 05:34
07. Istante 6 04:26
08. Istante 7 04:48
09. Istante 8 02:56
10. Istante 9 04:02
11. The End 04:28

Carmelo Coglitore: clarinetto basso, sax soprano e tenore 
Giacomo Tantillo: tromba 
Pino Delfino: contrabbasso 
Francesco Cusa: batteria 

All music composed by Carmelo Coglitore 

Registrato, mixato e masterizzato il 31 gennaio 2016 
al Rec on Black, Santa Teresa di Riva (ME), Italia 

Ingegnere del suono Ottavio Leo 
Prodotto da Carmelo Coglitore 
Produttore esecutivo Gianni Barone


Federica Gennai + Filippo Cosentino - Come Hell Or High Water (NAU RECORDS 2017)



Is a sonic journey that passes through the repertoire of the two musicians. The Duo, voice and guitar find here new colors, including with the use of electronics. This search, which combines sounds and harmonies, characteristic of the Mediterranean, created by using a variety of colors in guitar Filippo Cosentino (acoustic, electric and baritone) and voice Federica Gennai who becomes an instrument and original interpreter of this Mediterranean tradition, while remaining consistent to the typical characteristics of contemporary European jazz. 

E' un viaggio sonoro all’interno di un repertorio quasi interamente composto dai due musicisti. La formazione, voce e chitarra, è qui alla ricerca di nuovi colori, anche attraverso l’uso dell’elettronica. Una ricerca che unisce le sonorità ed armonie tipiche del mediterraneo, create dai molti colori della chitarra di Filippo Cosentino (acustica, elettrica e baritona), alla voce di Federica Gennai che si fa strumento ed interprete originale di quella tradizione (mediterranea) pur rimanendo coerente ad alcune caratteristiche tipiche del jazz contemporaneo europeo.

01. Tramuntanedda 04:05
02. Loneliness 04:41
03. No Solution Re Solution 04:48
04. Lullaby In Blue 04:03
05. Baritona 02:53
06. Footprints 05:56
07. Crescendo 04:58
08. Every Moment Is A Gift (Song for Paola) 04:09
09. Resàlio 02:56
10. Come Hell Or Hight Water 04:19
11. Avalanche 05:07

Federica Gennai: vocals, kalimba, electronics 
Filippo Cosentino: acoustic, electric and baritona guitars, electronics 

All music composed by Federica Gennai and Filippo Cosentino 
except Footprints (Wayne Shorter) and Avalanche (Leonard Cohen) 

All lyrics composed by Federica Gennai and Michela Lombardi 

Recorded, mixed and mastered at Il Pollaio, Ronco Biellese (BL), Italy 
by Piergiorgio Miotto on 6, 7, 8 January 2017 

Produced by Federica Gennai and Filippo Cosentino 
Executive producer by Gianni Barone


Post Image - Fragile (CRISTAL RECORDS 2017)


Débuter la 1ère année de sa création, en 1987,  avec une 1ère partie de Miles Davis, partager les années suivantes la scène avec Tony Williams, Joe Zawinul, Herbie Hancock, John McLaughlin, Magma ou Wayne Shorter, donner des centaines et des centaines de concerts en France et dans de nombreux autres pays, avoir enregistré dix albums, sont autant de moments exceptionnels d’un magnifique parcours qui montre bel et bien la force d’un groupe, celle de Post Image.

Alors pourquoi « Fragile ». Quand on pose la question à Dany Marcombe, un des deux fondateurs,  du choix de ce titre d’album, il répond « tout est fragile dans ce monde… ». Il en sait quelques chose de cette fragilité, grand accidenté de la route, en 1979, qui s’est battu pour continuer à vivre, à jouer grâce au soutien de ses proches et de ses partenaires. Il ajoute « et puis lors de l’enregistrement, on a vécu à la fois la naissance du premier bébé du batteur et la disparition d’un ami… alors oui la vie est fragile dans un sens comme dans l’autre ». Cependant, très rapidement, Dany dit aussi  « on est fragile seul, mais le groupe apporte de la force ».

La fragilité peut donc se transformer en force lorsqu’elle est nourrie par la musique, par le partage, par l’amitié, par les rêves réalisés, et par les rencontres. Et des rencontres, il y en a eu beaucoup. Notamment, celles avec ceux qui sont les invités de ce nouvel album. Tout d’abord, John Greaves, déjà présent dans le précédent album « In an English Garden ». Dany Marcombe l’a beaucoup admiré lorsqu’il écoutait les albums de Robert Wyatt à en user les sillons, il y eut ensuite la rencontre qui s’était faite en toute simplicité et facilité, le même langage musical opérant, pour aboutir à une complicité qui les réunit encore aujourd’hui.

Alain Debiossat, quant à lui, avait participé au 3ème album, à l’époque où Sixun et Post Image creusaient ce même sillon d’une musique à la croisée du jazz, des rythmes du monde et du groove. C’est donc tout naturellement qu’il vient apporter sa contribution à l’occasion de cet anniversaire.

A l’image de la cover du CD, voilà un embryon de plante qui a poussé, grandi, évolué, qui s’est développé pendant 30 ans, porteuse de l’ADN Post Image, de ses cellules bien vivantes et actives.

Peu de groupes français peuvent revendiquer une telle longévité. Post Image peut décidément rentrer dans la catégorie de groupe culte, de ce qu’on appelle, « jazz fusion », une musique à la croisée d’autres musiques, une musique nomade traversée d’influences riches et diverses, et traversant les décennies avec une énergie intacte, avec ce désir constant de partage.

L’émotion, Post Image en a donné, et en retour c’est avec émotion qu’on peut leur souhaiter un bel anniversaire !

01. The Intro 1:16
02. Petit Citron 5:42
03. Telmine 5:59
04. Nouvelle Vie 4:10 
05. Troubadour 4:15
06. Oh Papa 5:37
07. Funky Roots 6:24
08. Miniature 3:23
09. Sous Le Soleil D'Ars 5:15
10. Gluglu 3:05

Alain Debiossat – Alto & Soprano Saxophones, Flute, Bass Clarinet
Dany Marcombe – Bass
Eric Perez – Drums, Sampler, Vocals
Patricio Lameira – Ekectric and Acoustic Guitars, Vocals
Jean-Christophe Jacques – Trnor & Soprano Saxophones
Frederib Feugas  Keyboards, Machines
Freddy Buzon – Trumpet, Buble
John Greaves – Vocals


Buster Brown & The New Resolutions - Buster Brown & The New Resolutions (2017)

Buster Brown & The New Resolutions is a band comprised of some of Vancouver's best session players. Led by guitarist Andreas Schuld, the band plays music from multiple genres - incorporating elements from rock, jazz, world music, folk, country, fusion, blues and more. Besides Schuld (Long John Baldry, Schuld & Stamer), this supergroup of heavy hitters includes Norm Fisher (Bryan Adams, Jann Arden), Pat Steward (Odds, Bryan Adams) and Graeme Coleman (Skywalk). Special guests include Vince Ditrich (Spirit of the West, Jann Arden), who shares drum duties on 5 songs.


01. Upstairs 5:37
02. The Inner Man 7:35
03. Slo 5:18
04. Shamper's Strut 6:24
05. The Times We Had 5:24
06. Blooze 5:16
07. Chill the Smoothie 4:26
08. Unbroken 4:13
09. Cookies for Lucas 3:29
10. Alena's Lullaby 2:21


Craig Taborn & Ikue Mori - Highsmith (TZADIK 2017)



Two of the most creative, elusive and modest musicians in the Downtown scene in an intimate and free wheeling duo session. Mutual admirers for well over a decade, Ikue and Craig first performed as a duo at the Village Vanguard in December 2016 and now step into the recording studio for an astonishing session of duo improvisations. Inspiring and dynamic music for piano and electronics that explode every expectation. Essential listening for all interested in music that defies ALL categorization.

01. The Still Point of the Turning World
02. Music to Die By
03. Two Disagreeable Pigeons
04. Nothing That Meets the Eye
05. Variations on a Game
06. Quiet Night
07. A Bird in Hand
08. Dangerous Hobby
09. Things Had Gone Badly
10. Mermaids on the Golf Course
11. Trouble with the World

Craig Taborn: Piano
Ikue Mori: Electronics

Ambrose Akinmusire - A Rift In Decorum Live at the Village Vanguard (BLUE NOTE 2017)



Trumpeter and composer Ambrose Akinmusire has proven himself an artist of rare ability and wide-ranging aesthetic interests on his previous Blue Note albums When the Heart Emerges Glistening (2011) and the imagined savior is far easier to paint (2014). Now with the June 9 release of his expansive new double-album A Rift in Decorum: Live at the Village Vanguard, Akinmusire reaches a new pinnacle as he and his quartet of longtime bandmates – Sam Harris (piano), Harish Raghavan (bass), and Justin Brown (drums) – join a distinguished strata of jazz artists who’ve made live recordings in the hallowed New York City venue.

The pre-order for A Rift in Decorum launched today along with the album’s lead track “Maurice & Michael (sorry I didn't say hello),” which is available now to download or stream. Akinmusire has also announced an extensive touring schedule for 2017 that includes concerts in Washington DC (Library of Congress, May 20), San Francisco (SFJAZZ, June 14-15), Los Angeles (Moss Theater, June 16), Montreal International Jazz Festival (June 29), a European tour throughout the month of July, and a return to the Village Vanguard this Fall (September 19-24). See below for a full list of tour dates.

“Justin and I have talked a lot about the spirits that we can feel in the Vanguard,” Akinmusire marvels. “It’s like I’m being bear-hugged by the spirits in there. Especially in a time like now, it’s great to have a place that still exists in the way that it originally existed.”

About the album title, Akinmusire muses: “A ‘rift’ to me relates to investigating a single moment. I think rifts are what make things beautiful. ‘Decorum’ ties into my feelings about what’s going on these days, musically and in the world. But there’s also something about the red curtains at the Vanguard: somehow in connection with that visual image A Rift in Decorum makes sense to me. Musically, I would add, the title is about celebrating the negatives and the positives, the ugly parts as well as the beautiful parts.”


The album was written and produced by Akinmusire, and finds the quartet exploring 14 of his new original compositions. “I’ve been really into exploring extremes,” he explains. “I take things that are really in your face and things that are so not in your face, and then it’s about rubbing those things together and hinting about a middle, or even questioning what a middle is. That’s what this quartet is about in my mind. So you’ll have a tune where we’re playing a lot of material, and then you’ll have something that’s much more spare, almost Morton Feldmanesque, or like a Chopin Nocturne. I think more and more I’m like this as a person — extremes, polar opposites, the far reaches of both.”

There’s a poignant story behind the opening track, “Maurice and Michael (sorry I didn’t say hello)”: “I wrote it when I was artist-in-residence at the Monterey Jazz Festival. The place where you stay to compose is so beautiful. You’re by yourself overlooking the ocean, and if you look over to the right when it’s clear you can see San Francisco and Oakland. One day it hit me — wow, I have friends that are still over there in the hood who would never even know anything like this exists, so close by. Not long after that, I was on the BART home and I saw someone I grew up with named Maurice, who had a brother named Michael. I hadn’t seen them since high school. Maurice seemed to be on something, his eyes were red, he could barely walk, and I just couldn’t say hello. Here I am in some fancy suit with my expensive headphones and Moscot glasses, and this guy I grew up with looks like he’s homeless. It really affected me. I went through so many thoughts: ‘Do I think that I’m better?’ ‘Who am I to feel ashamed at whatever success I think I have?’”

One could reasonably ask if the band felt pressure that week at the Vanguard, following in the footsteps of such giants. “I don’t feel pressure when I’m playing with my band,” Akinmusire responds. “Maybe it has something to do with me not living in New York, feeling more like a normal person, just a regular guy who plays trumpet. And also the older I get, the more of a spiritual thing it becomes for me. I really believe more than ever that I’m not the one playing, so the pressure is kinda off me. My job is to do all the work necessary to allow the spirit to come through me.”

DISC 1
1. Maurice & Michael (sorry I didn't say hello)
2. Response
3. Moment in between the rest (to curve an ache)
4. Brooklyn (ODB)
5. A song to exale to (diver song)
6. Purple (Intermezzo)
7. Trumpet Sketch (milky pete)

DISC 2
1. Taymoor's World
2. First Page (Shabnam's poem)
3. H.A.M.S. (in the spirit of honesty)
4. Piano Sketch (Sam Intro)
5. Piano Sketch (beyond enclosure)
6. Condor (Harish Intro)
7. Condor
8. Withered
9. Umteyo

Ambrose Akinmusire - trumpet
Sam Harris - piano
Harish Raghavan - bass
Justin Brown - drums