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Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Nubya Garcia - Nubya's 5ive (jazzre:freshed 2017)
Nubya fearlessly threw herself head first into this 5ive project, her debut recording, with a clear vision of what she wanted and was meticulous in her pursuit of her sound. Enlisting the help of fellow musical comrades from an exciting new wave of London based talent, Nubya tapped into well-seasoned, harmonious relationships with players that know and understand her – and this joyful union radiates through her compositions.
Beautiful music, thoughtful and passionate playing.
1. Lost Kingdoms 07:38
2. Fly Free 09:41
3. Hold 07:09
4. Contemplation 09:56
5. Red Sun 08:17
6. Hold (Alternate Take) 05:29
Joe Armon-Jones / Piano (all tracks)
Moses Boyd / Drums (all tracks)
Daniel Casimir / Bass (all tracks)
Femi Koloeso / Drums (1, 3, 6)
Sheila Maurice-Grey / Trumpet (1)
Theon Cross / Tuba (3, 6)
Recorded at: Soup Studios
Engineered by: David Holmes
Mixed by: David Wehinm
Mastered by: Cicely Balston at Air Mastering
One Two Free Fall - One Two Free Fall (UNDERPOOL RECORDS 2017)
El sonido conjunto de trompeta y violín ofrecen una amplia y atractiva sonoridad que traslada al oyente al ámbito de la música contemporánea. Junto a ello y en equilibrio estético, contrabajo y batería provocan que florezcan la danza y el baile en sus melodías. Una propuesta protagonizada por cuatro músicos con trayectoria, madurez y experiencia; una novedosa unión que busca un espacio común donde las respuestas se construyen en comunión con el público, con el momento, a través de ellos.
1. I don´t know why but i like it
2. Marmeládov
3. Poco a poco
4. Lonely
5. A pique D
6. Love in the Garden
7. Love in outer space
8. Requiem
Julián Sánchez - Trompeta
Luz Prado - Violín
Joan Masana - Contrabajo
Javier del Barco - Batería
Brenton Foster - The Nature Of Light (2017)
This record represents more than a collection of music. It feels more akin to a personal enlightenment, drawing on experiences that evoked strong emotions across the spectrum. In each track, an experience and emotion are represented by one prominent colour which, even with the passing of time, instantly recalls its origin.
This was the inspiration for this record - emotion defined through colour. An emotion which resonated within me, that I could reflect on, could sit with, often for days or weeks at a time. Those emotions find an outlet in these songs, the composition of which, though credited to me, happened almost involuntarily; an innocent bystander as the music found its way to the piano and the page. It is by this metric, the emotional rawness and honesty, that I feel so proud of this record. It speaks of sadness, love, hope and fear, of happiness, regret and excitement.
Emotional expression is hard. For me, at least. Talking about emotion, particularly negative emotion, is a painful process. This record provides me freedom of expression, in a language with which I’m more comfortable.
This record is intensely personal. It has challenged me and left me exhausted, but at the same time, has inspired and energised me. I hope it will do the same for you. I hope this record will help you to pause, to reflect, to feel and to express your inner self as honestly and fearlessly as possible.
Thank you.
Composition by Brenton Foster
Produced by Brenton Foster
Piano: Brenton Foster
Trumpet: Tom Jovanovic
Saxophone: Gideon Brazil
Trombone: Nick Pietsch
Double Bass: Marty Holoubek
Drums: Aaron McCoullough
Recorded by Allan Neuendorf
New Village Studios, Melbourne, Australia
Mixed by Tom Barnes
Mary Street, Adelaide, Australia
Mastered by Robert Thomas
Ten Eight Seven Mastering, London, UK
Photography: Madeléna Rehorek
Art Direction: James Bobridge
1. mx 05:35
2. First Day 06:51
3. Hundreds And Thousands 05:26
4. Juniper 04:44
5. Midnight Suite, pt I: Transit 01:37
6. Midnight Suite, pt II: Rialto 04:24
7. Midnight Suite, pt III: Flinders Street 04:29
8. Playtime 04:49
9. The Audacity Of Tropes (Redwash) 07:47
Daniel Santiago & Pedro Martins - Simbiose (2017)
O encontro entre dois guitarristas/violonistas se explica para além da sonoridade proposta por este duo. Daniel e Pedro são amigos, filhos da mesma terra (Brasília) e se destacaram nacional e internacionalmente na musica instrumental por seus trabalhos próprios e acompanhando artistas de renome.
Daniel Santiago coleciona indicações e prêmios como Tim Jazz Festival e Grammy Latino de Melhor Grupo Instrumental ao lado de Hamilton de Holanda. Pedro Martins recentemente foi o vencedor do tradicional Montreaux Jazz Festival na Suíça, favorito do júri e do público.
Daniel, 14 anos mais velho, serviu de referência no início da carreira de seu parceiro e hoje admite que o próprio Pedro o influencia.
Há uma simbiose nesse Duo que ultrapassa as influências musicais em comum e deságua no encontro de duas emoções absolutamente compatíveis.
1. Retrato 5:17
2. Simbiose 2:07
3. Distância 3:50
4. Terra Molhada 4:32
5. Caravela 2:17
6. Paz 4:53
7. Terra De Ninguém 5:21
8. Refletindo 6:24
9. Chorando E Sorrindo 5:39
All tracks written by Daniel Santiago, except "Refletindo", by Pedro Martins.
Daniel Santiago violão
Pedro Martins guitarra
Monday, May 15, 2017
Srdjan Ivanovic Blazin' Quartet - La mer, la pierre, la terre, l'oiseau (2017)
Blending oriental musical philosophy with the adventurousness of Jazz, Blazin' Quartet has created a unique sound, ranging from melodic to rhythmic, concrete to abstract and acoustic to electronic. Surprising audiences and critics since their debut, they have won several prizes (Dutch Jazz Competition in 2008 a.o.) and have since toured in Europe, Asia and America. Previously they have recorded two albums on Challenge Records, Finding A Way (2010) and Jalkan Bazz (2012).
In a new line-up, featuring Christophe Panzani on tenor saxophone and bass clarinet, Andreas Polyzogopoulos on trumpet and Mihail Ivanov on bass, the group has produced their third album, La mer, la pierre, la terre, l'oiseau (Coolabel/Absilone). Guests on the album are guitarist Federico Casagrande as well as bassists Marc Buronfosse and Timothee Robert and the singer Jovana Krstevska.
The drummer Srdjan Ivanovic wrote the music of this new album in the period of the last four years, inspired not only by the music he wrote for theatre and film in this period and but also, as the titles and the melodies suggest, the journeys and the adventures of his favorite heroes, Zorba from Kazantzakis celbrated novel and Alija Djerzelez, the bosnian (anti) hero from the stories of writer Ivo Andric. The imaginary meeting of these characters is a glimpse on Srdjan's own story, a refugee of the war in Bosnia that grew up in Greece.
1. All Of The Above 05:35
2. La mer, la pierre, la terre, l'oiseau 05:55
3. Ubavka intro 01:45
4. Ubavka 07:04
5. The Travels of Alija Djerzelez 04:42
6. Marina's Song 06:19
7. Het Eind 03:52
8. Debrani 07:03
9. Marina's Song (alternate take) 07:03
10. On the Blue Seaside 02:27
Christophe Panzani – Tenor Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Electronics
Andreas Polyzogopoulos – Trumpet, Effects
Mihail Ivanov – Bass
Srdjan Ivanovic – Drums, Electronics
Ralph Lavital - Carnaval (JAZZ FAMILY 2017)
Après la parution remarquée d’un EP en 2014, Ralph Lavital sort Carnaval sur le label Jazz Family. Fruit d’une longue maturation, ce premier disque rassemble un groupe de musiciens emblématiques d’une nouvelle scène parisienne. Aux ...
1. Grand Nous (Cabrit) 4:54
2. Mazouk Pitché 6:22
3. Présent 4:39
4. Carnaval 5:29
5. Prêchotin 6:59
6. Les Etés 6:04
7. Douvan 5:55
8. Blind 6:40
9. Big In 5:34
Double Bass – Zacharie Abraham
Drums – Tilo Bertholo
Guitar, Voice – Ralph Lavital
Percussion, Voice – Nicolas Pelage
Piano – Laurent Coq
Steel Pan – Laurent Lalsingue
Tenor Saxophone – Ricardo Izquierdo
Meridian Trio - Triangulum (CLEAN FEED RECORDS 2017)
Artists like Nick Mazzarella, Matt Ulery and Jeremy Cunningham, the members of Meridian Trio, are keeping the Chicago jazz scene alive and as strong as ever. All of them are highly demanded sidemen and also the leaders of their own projects, including the popular Nick Mazzarella Quintet, Matt Ulery’s folkish, chamber jazz group Loom, and the ambient Jeremy Cunningham Quartet. But this triangular combo organized in 2014 by Mazzarella, the group’s composer, is a vehicle for the three musicians to stretch their respective skills and develop new ideas. All three have the capacity to move in many musical directions, and they do. “Triangulum” keeps links with the jazz tradition and goes to unknown territories, destroying all the remaining distinctions that some more distracted listeners (and players) still make between “mainstream” and “avant-garde”. The music is very affirmative, but it’s also flexible. It can get complex but always swings, and even if there’s a triangular hierarchy, with Mazzarella’s alto saxophone on the top and Ulery’s double bass and Cunningham’s drum set occupying the bottom, they all have strong personalities and the music reflects it. The references of open form jazz adopted by the band couldn’t be more uplifting – Ornette Coleman’s Golden Circle Trio and Henry Threadgill’s Air. But take notice – though these models may serve as inspiration for Meridian Trio, listening to this record we quickly have the impression that new ground is being covered. Chicago has more to offer, and here it is.
1. Rhododendron 5:29
2. Triangulum 6:43
3. Ringdown 8:07
4. Reminiscing 2:55
5. Witch Hazel 8:50
6. Solstice 63 7:22
7. Strange 6:48
8. Inflection Point 5:11
Nick Mazzarella alto saxophone
Matt Ulery double bass
Jeremy Cunningham drums
All compositions by Nick Mazzarella (BMI)
Recorded live at the Whistler in Chicago by Dave Zuchowski on January 12 and 26, 2016 | Mixed and mastered by Dave Zuchowski and Nick Mazzarella
Produced by Nick Mazzarella | Executive production by Pedro Costa for Trem Azul | Design by Travassos
The Selva - The Selva (CLEAN FEED RECORDS 2017)
The Portuguese trio The Selva likes to make musical references, to symbolize and to propose dubious significations. The debut album of the group starts with a piece full of indeterminate allusions to the Far-Eastern traditional music expressions. It goes on with a virtual journey through Renaissance times and its aesthetic values, seeming to invite us to care more for the beauty of life. Only in the third track we find recognizable ground as improvised music, but the motives and the obsessive repetitions are clearly African. From then on we hear either wales or machines operating, and when we less expect it is also a distillation of the blues form, but involved in a dreamy fog, as if reminding us from where this kind of music comes from. We’ll soon understand it as the introduction of what comes next: jazz in its more naked and crude essence. But we’re not yet at the destination of this semiotic use of sound – there’s also an acoustic / performative approach to concrete music, twice presented and twice changing into something else. This enterprise combining two string instruments, the cello of Ricardo Jacinto and the double bass of Gonçalo Almeida, with the percussion devices of Nuno Morão never rests in the chamber domain and that is an absolute novelty. This is different from everything already done with this instrumental format, but so naturally that makes you think why it didn’t happen before.
1. The Selva, Pt 1 1:37
2. The Selva, Pt 2 2:42
3. The Selva, Pt 3 15:08
4. The Selva, Pt 4 1:58
5. The Selva, Pt 5 2:00
6. The Selva, Pt 6 4:57
7. The Selva, Pt 7 11:08
8. The Selva, Pt 8 3:17
9. The Selva, Pt 9 4:32
Ricardo Jacinto cello
Gonçalo Almeida double bass
Nuno Morão drums
All music by The Selva
Recorded and mastered by Nuno Morão at Scratch Built Studios, Lisbon / October 2016 / February 2017 | Mixed by Nuno Fernandes, London / January 2017.
Produced by The Selva | Executive production by Pedro Costa for Trem Azul | Cover image by Madalena Matoso | Design by Travassos
Yves Rousseau / Christophe Marguet 5tet - Spirit Dance (CRISTAL RECORDS 2017)
Après 15 ans de complicité et de concerts partagés au sein du Quartet d’Yves Rousseau et 4 albums réalisés ensemble – Fées et gestes, Sarsara, Poète vos papiers! et Akasha – Yves Rousseau et Christophe Marguet se sont associés pour écrire la musique de ce nouveau projet. Ils ont rassemblé autour d’eux de nouveaux musiciens, pour une formation inédite tant par les personnalités qui la composent qu’au niveau de l’instrumentation : Le guitariste David Chevalier, pour sa sonorité, sa personnalité et sa sensibilité à l’écriture musicale ; le pianiste Bruno Ruder pour son imagination fertile et ses talents d’improvisateur et le trompettiste et bugliste Fabrice Martinez pour son incroyable sonorité et sa manière si personnelle de trouver sa place dans l’univers de chacun.
Cette nouvelle rencontre entre ces deux musiciens et compositeurs reflète l’envie de mettre en commun, outre leurs quinze années de complicité partagée sur scène, leurs deux univers respectifs, de les confronter et de les enrichir mutuellement. Ils ont pour cela apporté chacun six pièces, afin de construire ce premier répertoire du Spirit Dance Quintet.
Ils nous offrent une musique fraîche et lisible, enracinée dans le jazz, électrique tout autant qu’acoustique, héritée de leurs nombreuses influences respectives dans des styles très différents, mais qui revient toujours vers le lyrisme et la sensualité du jazz qui les a ému, façonné, qui fut fondateur et qui les a fait devenir musiciens il y a plus de trente ans.
01. Funambolo 2:20
02. Le vent se lève 5:07
03. The Cat 4:34
04. Pénombre 3:18
05. Bleu nuit 5:51
06. Fragrance 5:18
07. Light and Shadow 6:36
08. Fruit frais 4:46
09. Marcheur 4:36
10. Day Off 3:19
11. Spirit Dance 8:24
12. Charlie Haden 2:44
Fabrice Martinez – Trompette, Bugle
David Chevalier – Guitare Electrique
Bruno Ruder – Piano, Fender Rhodes
Yves Rousseau – Contrebasse
Christophe Marguet – Batterie, Composition
Ferenc Snétberger - Titok (ECM 2017)
Hungarian guitarist Ferenc Snétberger made a lot of new friends with his ECM solo debut In Concert (“a beautiful, assured performance” – All About Jazz) and will make many more with Titok, which features his trio with Swedish bassist Anders Jormin and US drummer Joey Baron. Recorded at Oslo’s Rainbow Studio in May 2015 and produced by Manfred Eicher, it’s a warm and involving album, with an emphasis on intensely melodic improvisation and interaction which draws the listener gently into its sound-world. The rapport between Snétberger and Jormin is evident from the outset, as both guitar and bass explore the contours of Ference’s compositions. Throughout, Joey Baron’s drums and cymbals provide shading and texture with restraint and subtlety.
1.COU COU (Ferenc Snétberger) 02:53
2.TITOK (Ferenc Snétberger) 02:18
3.KÉK KERÉK (Ferenc Snétberger) 04:01
4.RAMBLING (Ferenc Snétberger) 07:22
5.ORANGE TANGO (Ferenc Snétberger) 05:13
6.FAIRYTALE (Ferenc Snétberger) 05:24
7.ÁLOM (Ferenc Snétberger) 07:05
8.LEOLO (Ferenc Snétberger) 05:53
9.EASE (Ferenc Snétberger) 05:23
10.RENAISSANCE (Ferenc Snétberger) 05:14
11.CLOWN (Ferenc Snétberger) 05:09
12.RUSH (Ferenc Snétberger) 01:53
13.INFERENCE (Ferenc Snétberger) 02:16
Ferenc Snétberger guitar
Anders Jormin bass
Joey Baron drums
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