Thursday, December 1, 2016
Giulia Valle Trio - Live in San Francisco (2016)
Compuesto por tres músicos de absoluta referencia en este país, Giulia Valle (compositora y contrabajista), Marco Mezquida (piano) y David Xirgu (batería), el Giulia Valle Trio significa la continuación de reconocidísimo Giulia Valle Group, pero en formato más reducido. Ahora nos presentan su nuevo álbum “Live in San Francisco” grabado en el festival de Jazz de la ciudad norteamericana el pasado mes de junio. El Giulia Valle Trio representa la libertad total de expresión e interacción entre sus tres miembros. Sus tres integrantes se conocen a la perfección y verlos y escucharlos supone un viaje para todos los sentidos, sobre todo teniendo en cuenta que el repertorio está basado en música de la muy creativa y reconocida a nivel internacional Giulia Valle.
Su música, intensa y sorprendente, te atrapa desde el primer momento y te lleva por toda suerte de caminos. Se trata de una música "viva", repleta de matices y contrastes, en la que intensidad rítmica y melodías arrebatadoras, alto voltaje y situaciones intimistas se entrelazan, sorprendiendo al oyente a todo momento. Giulia es a día de hoy considerada una de las más sorprendentes compositoras de la escena jazzística nacional e internacional, y se está forjando un nombre tanto a nivel europeo como en la escena estadounidense.
1. Reguetown (Live) 7:16
2. Opening (Live) 9:57
3. Break a Loop 2.0 (Live) 8:17
4. Llueve (Live) 6:11
5. Lucy-Lú (Live) 5:08
6. Capitan Courage (Live) 6:08
7. Chacarera Búlgara (Live) 9:42
8. Joya (Live) 4:51
Marco Mezquida (piano)
David Xirgu (batería)
Oliver Leicht (feat. Jim McNeely) - The State of Things (2016
"Life is in color, but black and white is more realistic." is one of my favorite movie quotes, taken from the 1982 picture „The State of Things“ by Wim Wenders. In the first rehearsal of the music on this recording we didn’t have enough time to work out the complete arrangement of the tune with the working title “The State of Things”. So at the first concert we played only the rehearsed part, and the title took on an enhanced meaning. It gave me the certainty that I’d found the right title, not only for this tune but for the whole production. It shows the state of things concerning my music--deriving the description from a more musical point of view, yet always keeping in mind this wonderful, dark movie and that splendid quote.
Once again I am more than thrilled to have had the possibility to convert my ideas into sound with these extraordinary musicians. This time enriched by Jim McNeely as our guest at the piano, not only adding brightness through his soloing but also complementing and enhancing the musically rich color palette of the ensemble.
So I hope that listeners might let themselves go completely into our music. And maybe one or another image might arise in the mind at times in color, other times in black and white.
1. Vertical Convertible (feat. Jim McNeely) 5:59
2. The State of Things (feat. Jim McNeely) 16:41
3. Up (feat. Jim McNeely) 10:42
4. Shimmering Daylight on a Wooden Pale (feat. Jim McNeely) 7:44
5. Number 18 as a Basic Idea (feat. Jim McNeely) 11:21
6. Poem for Them (feat. Jim McNeely) 5:55
7. Conversion Non Vertical (feat. Jim McNeely) 6:31
8. M (feat. Jim McNeely) 4:33
Norbert Scholly guitars
Ingmar Heller bass
Jens Düppe drums, glockenspiel
Linus Bernoulli french-horn
Christian Jaksjø euphonium
Klaus Heidenreich trombone
Ed Partyka bass-trombone, tuba
feat. Jim McNeely piano
Lee Konitz & Kenny Wheeler Quartet - Olden Times: Live At Birdland Neuburg 1999 (2016)
This re-release of the 1999 recording Live At Birdland has been remastered for optimal sound quality and includes a bonus track not previously included on the album. Lee Konitz was born in 1927 in Chicago. When he was 11 years old, he received his first instrument, a clarinet, but later dropped the instrument in favor of the tenor saxophone. He eventually moved from tenor to alto. His greatest influences at the time were the Swing big bands he and his brother listened to on the radio, in particular Benny Goodman. He started his professional career in 1945, and played with all the greats, from Miles Davis to Joe Henderson. Kenny Wheeler was born in 1930 in St. Catharines, Ontario. He studied trumpet in Toronto and moved to London in 1952. Versatile artist as he was, he played free improv in the Globe Unity Orchestra of Alexander von Schlippenbach as well as jazz-rock in the United Jazz & Rock Ensemble.
He passed away on September 18, 2014. Light shines on this rerelease, on the glistening vibrato of the alto saxophone, the lyrical melancholy of the flugelhorn, the spinning web-like weaving of the piano as well as the clever architecture of the bass. Everything joins into a shimmer mesh of interaction and strategy of technical brilliance and solo sophistication.
01. Lennie's (Live) (8:09)
02. Where Do We Go From Here (Live) (7:34)
03. Kind Folk (Live) (8:32)
04. Thingin' (Live) (14:34)
05. On Mo (Live) (9:33)
06. Olden Times (Live) (4:21)
07. Aldebaran Play Fiddle Play (Live) (3:59)
08. Kary's Trance (Live) (8:54)
09. Bo So (Live) (6:12)
10. No Me (Live) (6:25)
Lee Konitz – Alto Saxophone
Kenny Wheeler – Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Frank Wunsch – Piano
Gunnar Plümer – Bass
Massimo Farao' Trio - Groovin' (2016)
01. It's All Right With Me (C. Porter)
02. If I Should Lose You (R. Rainger)
03. It's A Blue World (R. Wright)
04. For Sentimental Reasons (W. P. Best)
05. Awful Mean (J. C. Adderley)
06. Bye Bye Blackbird (R. Henderson)
07. Sugar Ray (P. Newborn, Jr)
08. The Nearness Of You (H. Carmichael)
09. Teach Me Tonight (G. De Paul)
10.Temperance (W. Kelly)
Massimo Farao', piano
Aldo Zunino, bass
Steve Williams, drums
Produced by Tetsuo Hara
Recorded at Riverside Studio in Torino on March 3 and 4, 2016.
Engineered by Alessandro Taricco
Mixed and Mastered by Tetsuo Hara
Venus Hyper Magnum Sound Direct Mix
Cover Art by Yuuki Koyano
Designed by Artplan
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
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Julian Lage - Live in Los Angeles (2016)
1. Persian Rug
2. I'll Be Seeing You
3. Nocturne
4. Stop Go Start
5. Activate
Julian Lage - guitar
Scott Colley - bass
Kenny Wollesen - drums
Julian Lage On Tour
TUE 31 JANUARY
Cotton Club
Tokyo, Japan
WED 1 FEBRUARY
Cotton Club
Tokyo, Japan
THU 2 FEBRUARY
Cotton Club
Tokyo, Japan
FRI 3 FEBRUARY
Cotton Club
Tokyo, Japan
TUE 21 FEBRUARY
Rose Music Hall
Columbia, MO, US
with Chris Eldridge and Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge
WED 22 FEBRUARY
Old Rock House
St Louis, MO, US
with Chris Eldridge and Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge
FRI 24 FEBRUARY
The Frequency
Madison, WI, US
with Chris Eldridge and Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge
SAT 25 FEBRUARY
Hopkins Center for the Arts
Hopkins, MN, US
with Chris Eldridge and Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge
SUN 26 FEBRUARY
Old Town School of Folk Music
Chicago, IL, US
with Chris Eldridge and Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge
MON 27 FEBRUARY
The Ark
Ann Arbor, MI, US
with Chris Eldridge and Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge
WED 1 MARCH
The Earl
East Atlanta, GA, US
with Chris Eldridge and Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge
THU 2 MARCH
Station Inn
Nashville, TN, US
with Chris Eldridge and Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge
FRI 3 MARCH
Grey Eagle
Asheville, NC, US
with Chris Eldridge and Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge
SUN 5 MARCH
Jammin' Java
Vienna, VA, US
with Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge and Chris Eldridge
TUE 7 MARCH
Club Café
Pittsburgh, PA, US
with Chris Eldridge and Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge
WED 8 MARCH
Johnny Brenda's
Philadelphia, PA, US
with Chris Eldridge and Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge
THU 9 MARCH
Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2
New York, NY, US
with Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge and Chris Eldridge
FRI 10 MARCH
Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2
New York, NY, US
with Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge and Chris Eldridge
FRI 17 MARCH
Sanders Theatre
Cambridge, MA, US
with Chris Eldridge, Aoife O'Donovan and Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge
SAT 18 MARCH
Stone Mountain Arts Center
Brownfield, ME, US
with Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge, Chris Eldridge and Aoife O'Donovan
SUN 19 MARCH
First Unitarian Church
Burlington, VT, US
with Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge, Chris Eldridge and Aoife O'Donovan
THU 23 MARCH
Shea Theatre
Turners Falls, MA, US
with Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge, Chris Eldridge and Aoife O'Donovan
THU 23 MARCH – SUN 26 MARCH
Big Ears Festival 2017
Knoxville, TN, US
with Wilco, Blonde Redhead, The Magnetic Fields and more…
FRI 24 MARCH
Massry Center for the Arts, College of Saint Rose
Albany, NY, US
with Chris Eldridge, Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge and Aoife O'Donovan
SAT 25 MARCH
Harvester Performance Center
Rocky Mount, VA, US
with Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge, Chris Eldridge and Aoife O'Donovan
TUE 28 MARCH
The Ballroom at Taft Theatre
Cincinnati, OH, US
with Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge, Chris Eldridge and Aoife O'Donovan
SUN 2 APRIL
Philarmonie de Paris-Amphithéâtre
Paris, France
with John Zorn, Masada, Asmodeus and more…
THU 6 APRIL
Charles H. Morris Center
Savannah, GA, US
with Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge and Aoife O'Donovan
SAT 8 APRIL
Royce Hall, UCLA
Los Angeles, CA, US
with Nels Cline, Big Lazy, Steven Bernstein and more…
THU 13 APRIL
Kahilu Theatre
Waimea, HI, US
with Chris Eldridge, Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge and Aoife O'Donovan
FRI 14 APRIL
Maui Arts & Cultural Center
Kahului, HI, US
with Chris Eldridge, Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge and Aoife O'Donovan
SAT 15 APRIL
Hawaii Theatre
Honolulu, HI, US
with Chris Eldridge, Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge and Aoife O'Donovan
TUE 18 APRIL
Neptune Theatre
Seattle, WA, US
with Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge, Chris Eldridge and Aoife O'Donovan
WED 19 APRIL
Aladdin Theater
Portland, OR, US
with Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge, Chris Eldridge and Aoife O'Donovan
FRI 21 APRIL
Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Santa Cruz, CA, US
with Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge, Chris Eldridge and Aoife O'Donovan
SAT 22 APRIL
Freight & Salvage Coffee House
Berkeley, CA, US
with Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge, Chris Eldridge and Aoife O'Donovan
SUN 23 APRIL
Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center, UC Davis (UCD)
Davis, CA, US
with Chris Eldridge, Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge and Aoife O'Donovan
TUE 25 APRIL
Campbell Hall, UC Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA, US
with Chris Eldridge, Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge and Aoife O'Donovan
WED 26 APRIL
Smothers Theatre, Center for the Arts, Pepperdine University
Malibu, CA, US
with Chris Eldridge, Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge and Aoife O'Donovan
THU 27 APRIL
Ballroom, Price Center, UC San Diego
La Jolla, CA, US
with Chris Eldridge, Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge and Aoife O'Donovan
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Kris Davis - Duopoly (2016)
01. Prairie Eyes 06:04
02. Surf Curl 04:15
03. Fox Fire 08:58
04. Beneath The Leaves 05:58
05. Eronel 05:29
06. Dig & Dump 06:04
07. Trip Dance for Tim 06:34
08. Prelude to a Kiss 04:21
09. Don Byron 04:04
10. Tim Berne 04:05
11. Marcus Gilmore 03:34
12. Billy Drummond 04:15
13. Angelica Sanchez 04:12
14. Craig Taborn 04:27
15. Julian Lage 03:24
16. Bill Frisell 03:09
Kris Davis: piano
Don Byron: clarinet
Tim Berne: alto saxophone
Marcus Gilmore: drums
Billy Drummond: drums
Angelica Sanchez: piano
Craig Taborn: piano
Julian Lage: guitar
Bill Frisell: guitar
Pianist, composer and bandleader Kris Davis, just named one of Downbeat magazine’s “25 for the Future,” has made outstanding music in trio, quartet and quintet formats; her most recent output ranges from solo piano (Massive Threads) to an octet with four bass clarinets (Save Your Breath). The next logical step seemed to be duo. After brainstorming with producer David Breskin, Davis was ready to make 'Duopoly,' a series of duos with eight colleagues, all highly regarded and accomplished improvisers. Each duo would play two pieces, one composed and the other free, 16 tracks in all. The album is out September 30th, 2016 on Davis' imprint, Pyroclastic Records.
“We decided to limit the instrumental palette of the guests,” writes Davis in her booklet text, and so she chose guitarists Bill Frisell and Julian Lage, pianists Craig Taborn and Angelica Sanchez, drummers Billy Drummond and Marcus Gilmore, and reed players Tim Berne and Don Byron. It was only later that the album’s two-part structure emerged, and within that structure, “a symmetrical, palindromic sequence,” Davis writes, “with what [Breskin] calls a ‘mobius twist’ in the middle.” In other words, the players rotate once through and then again in reverse order, with Frisell starting and finishing. The midway shift from structured writing to free improv feels entirely fluid and continuous.
“Additionally,” writes Davis, “the tracks are paired by instrument, for cohesive focus and the suggestive hint (or illusion) of a ‘phantom duo’ between each of the guitarists, pianists, drummers, and horn players.”
The DVD portion of Duopoly brings the music even more vividly to life: “We also chose to make a visual record … which we hoped would be as live and uncompromising as the music. Shot by Mimi Chakarova with one fixed camera and one handheld, the goal was for this film to have a kind of 1:1 or indexical relationship to the music itself.”
With Davis at the center of it all, her pianism a marvel of dynamic control, harmonic mystery and sonic invention, Duopoly opens with the richly contrasting sounds of Frisell and Lage: first ethereal Telecaster-plus-effects on “Prairie Days,” then the pure, warm timbre of Lage’s 1939 Martin acoustic on “Surf Curl.” The duos with Taborn and Sanchez bring out yet more facets in Davis’s playing: “Two pianos is a unique experience,” she remarks. “I can lose myself in the sound. Angie and Craig are such great listeners, and it was an especially freeing and spiritual experience for me.”
The drummers, too, are a study in contrast, hailing from different generations: Drummond the veteran, Gilmore the rapidly rising newcomer, both with complementary approaches to sound and pulse and a remarkable gift for listening. Berne and Byron, on their respective free improvisations, create one of the album’s most captivating transitions — from legato, middle-register clarinet to wrenching, extreme extended techniques on alto saxophone.
There are five Davis originals as well as two standards, in keeping with Davis’s approach on her solo piano discs: the Hakim/Sulieman/Monk classic “Eronel” features Drummond while Ellington’s “Prelude to a Kiss” features Byron in a gorgeously oblique clarinet rendering. There is one piece by Sanchez, “Beneath the Leaves,” a satisfying contrast with Davis’s vehicle for Taborn, “Fox Fire.” Davis’s original piece for Berne, “Trip Dance for Tim,” takes inspiration from the title of a great Berne composition, “Hard Cell (for Tom).”
The free pieces still convey a structural logic, as Davis remarks in the notes: “In some cases, the free playing sounds more ‘composed’ than the tunes do.” Some are first takes; other pieces needed more thinking through: “There was reconfiguration, experimentation, exploration: these were searching dialogues. This album captures the rawness, intimacy, and immediacy of that process.”
Released September 30, 2016
Music recorded live at Sear Sound in New York City May 21st, 22nd, & 31st, 2015
No Mixing, No Editing, No Overdubbing, No Punching
Gutbucket Digital > All Dialogue Guaranteed Verbatim
DAVID BRESKIN - producer
RON SAINT GERMAIN - sonic photographer
JOE GASTWIRT - mastering engineer
SPOTTSWOOD ERVING - art direction
NICOLE MILLER - layout
MIMI CHAKAROVA - still + moving pictures
STEPHANIE MECHURA - movie editor
Composition Credits
1>Prairie Eyes, 2>Surf Curl, 3>Fox Fire, 6>Dig & Dump, and 7>Trip Dance for Tim by Kris Davis (Rye Eclipse Music, BMI)
4>Beneath The Leaves by Angelica Sanchez (Sancha Music, Sesac) 5>Eronel by Sadik Hakim, Idrees Sulieman,and Thelonious Monk
(Thelonious Music, BMI)
8>Prelude to a Kiss by Duke Ellington (EMI Music Publishing)
9<Don Byron by Kris Davis and Don Byron (Nottuskegeelike music, BMI)
10<Tim Berne by Kris Davis and Tim Berne (Party Music, BMI) 11<Marcus Gilmore by Kris Davis and Marcus Gilmore
(Marcus Gilmore Music, BMI) 12<Billy Drummond by Kris Davis and Billy Drummond
13<Angelica Sanchez by Kris Davis and Angelica Sanchez (Sancha Music, Sesac)
14<Craig Taborn by Kris Davis and Craig Taborn (Light Made Lighter Music, BMI)
15<Julian Lage by Kris Davis and Julian Lage (Julian Lage Music, BMI)
16<Bill Frisell by Kris Davis and Bill Frisell (Friz-Tone Music, BMI)
All Kris Davis credits, tracks 9-16 (Rye Eclipse Music, BMI)
General Grant Valentine ably assisted Ron Saint Germain at Sear Sound
Bill Frisell appears courtesy of OKeh Records / Sony Classics
Julian Lage uses D’Addario Strings and Blue Chip Picks
Billy Drummond plays Gretsch Drums, Zildjian Cymbals, Vic Firth Drum Sticks
Marcus Gilmore plays Craviotto Drums, Remo Drum Heads, Zildjian Cymbals and Innovative Percussion sticks
David Breskin wishes to thank Barbara & Don Ruhman, Billie Miro Breskin, Thelonious Blue Breskin, Isabel Breskin & Ornette
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