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Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Chris Byars - The Music of Frank Strozier (SteepleChase Productions ApS 2017)
Chris Byars’s ongoing endeavour to re-discover and celebrate works by outstanding jazz composers of the past generations produced here another collection of gems by alto saxophonist Frank Strozier superbly arranged by Byars.
Born in Memphis, TN in 1937 Frank Strozier grew up playing piano in the nourishing Memphis blues/jazz environment. Strozier established himself in New York as highly acclaimed alto sax player and composer in the 1960s, performing a. o. as a member of The Miles Davis Sextet.
“The music of Duke Jordan is surely worthy of re-appraisal and when it is refurbished and re-interpreted as creatively as it is here it emerges as much more than a trip down memory lane but serves as inspirational source material upon which to build a new music.”
(Euan Dixon – Jazz Views on SCCD 31787 The Music of Duke Jordan)
JOHN MOSCA trombone
STEFANO DOGLIONI bass clarinet
JAMES BYARS oboe
PASQUALE GRASSO guitar
ARI ROLAND bass
STEFAN SCHATZ drums
01. Extension 27 8:33
02. Neicy 7:08
03. Remember Me 6:43
04. Idle One 4:39
05. For Chris 7:26
06. Long Night 9:53
07. Just Think It Over 6:54
08. Some Other Time 6:48
09. Ollie 4:01
10. Will I Forget 7:48
Stephen Riley & Peter Zak - Deuce (SteepleChase Productions ApS 2017)
Riley and Zak started performing as duo and made their first duo release SCCD 31806 Haunted Heart to critical and public acclaim. So here’s “Deuce” to follow up by the empathic twosome.
“…This session is his third meeting with pianist Peter Zak, whose sensitive accompaniment allows Riley the breathing room he thought could only be found in pianoless groups. This time, however, it’s just the pair, finding new avenues through a mix of jazz standards and gems from the Great American Songbook. Without timekeeping by a rhythm section, the players rely on intuition to anticipate their joint path…. With Haunted Heart, Stephen Riley and Peter Zak have achieved that rare chemistry that demands future projects together.”
(Ken Dryden, New York City Jazz Record on “Haunted Heart” SCCD 31806)
1 PLEASE (Ralph Rainger) 7:50
2 LOVER MAN (Ram Ramirez) 7:01
3 EVERYTHING HAPPENS TO ME (Matt Dennis) 5:51
4 INTERLUDE 1 (Stephen Riley) 1:31
5 TETRAGON (Joe Henderson) 6:45
6 INTERLUDE 2 (Stephen Riley) 0:48
7 WHO? (Jerome Kern) 6:07
8 SHALA (Peter Zak) 6:28
9 PANNONICA (Thelonious Monk) 6:16
10 INTERLUDE 3 (Stephen Riley) 1:46
11 EXACTLY LIKE YOU (Jimmy McHugh) 7:29
12 WITHOUT A SONG (Vincent Youmans) 8:30
Unexpected - Odisseo (FRESH SOUND NEW TALENT 2016)
Vuelve Unexpected, un magnético trío que presenta su quinto álbum, titulado Odisseo (Fresh Sound New Talent).
Entre el 2003 y el 2006, esta enigmática formación grabó cuatro originales discos para este sello discográfico, que cosecharon muy buenas críticas de grandes especialistas como Ben Ratcliff (New York Times), Jordi Pujol, Roger Roca e importantes medios como Rolling Stone u All About Jazz.
Ahora, trece años después de su debut discográfico, Unexpected, formado por tres de los más valorados músicos de la esfera española, como el pianista catalán Sergi Sirvent, el contrabajista argentino Esteban Hernández y el baterista gallego Dani Domínguez, vuelve a entrar en un estudio de grabación para materializar un nuevo proyecto y seguir explorando su propio y vasto universo.
01. Samuraiarumas 5:33
02. Quintes asimètriques 3:27
03. Coso 5:03
04. Odisseo 6:00
05. Twice 4:02
06. Crazy Latin Dance for Cooking 10:21
07. Se me va la voz 4:34
All compositions written by Sergi Sirvent, except "Odisseo" and "Twice" by Dani Domínguez, and "Se me va la voz" by Guillermo Klein.
Sergi Sirvent Escué (piano, vocal on #7, ocarina on #4)
Esteban 'Tempe' Hernández (bass)
Daniel Domínguez (drums, percussions on #6)
Recorded at Estudi Laietana, Barcelona, on July 22, 23 & 24, 2013
Engineered, mixed & mastered by Jordi Vidal
Artwork by Homi on ABLE Visual Art Love
Produced by Unexpected
Executive producer: Jordi Pujol
Mihaly Dresch Quartet with Chris Potter - Zea [Live] (BMC RECORDS 2016)
When Dresch starts a solo, you get the feel that you are reading his mind. That little bird of a melody trembles first when it opens its wings, ventures upwards, and also ponders the depth below. It crosses forests and pastures before the journey ends. Dresch is a perfectionist, no doubt about that, but he never wanted to display fireworks, he is too straightforward not to speak his mind. Instead of positioning himself out front all alone, he was always interested in teaming up with players who think along similar terms as he does, while doing some of those things in a different way.
Potter has mastered the rhythms and harmonies of the Hungarian and other ethnic components, he is able to show that there is rhapsody in his soul, too, elegantly filling the framework of the folk-songs that are in fact compositions of Dresch. In the duos with the bandleader and truly inspired by the forward-moving bandwagon you can hear hilarious dance-driven passages in which they trade solos and go all the way together. Potter proves why he has become one of the top sax players on the global scene. While the drive, the urge, the vertigo (check out the final track) are the fruits of decades of determined work by Dresch and his quartet, fitting into all that so smoothly and so creatively on both his horns, in both the accompanying and the soloing roles, you needed somebody of the stature of Chris Potter. Kornél Zipernovszky
Miklos Lukacs – cimbalom
Hock Erno – double bass
Istvan Balo – drums
Chris Potter – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
1. Togo
2. Zea
3. Legenyes / Lad’s Dance
4. Amott legel / Grazing Yonder, Six Bay Horses
5. Free
6. Hazafele / Homeward Bound
7. Ereszkedo / Falling Gently
8. Futas Miska / Get Your Skates on, Mick!
All compositions by Mihály Dresch except tracks 2, 5 written by Chris Potter and track 1 written by Ed Blackwell, arranged by Chris Potter
Recorded live by Müpa Budapest at the Festival Theatre on 16 April, 2012
Sound engineer: Miklós Monoki
Mixed and mastered by Viktor Szabó
Artwork: László Huszár / Greenroom
Toms Lipskis Quintet - Holographic Projections (2016)
Kontrabasists Toms Lipskis izdod debijas albumu "Holographic Projections"
Kontrabasists Toms Lipskis 23. decembrī publiskojis savu debijas albumu "Holographic Projections", ko ierakstījis džeza kvinteta sastāvā.
"Mūzika ir cilvēka personības atspoguļojums. Tas ir kā garīgs ceļojums starp dažādām dimensijām.
Hologramma šajā gadījumā ir domāta kā trīsdimensionāls attēls, kurš ir uzburts ar cilvēka domu palīdzību, un albumā ietvertie skaņdarbi ir šīs hologrāfiskās projekcijas, kurās tiek atspoguļots autora pasaules redzējums," albuma ideju skaidro Toms Lipskis.
Toma Lipska kvintetā spēlē saksofonists Dāvis Jurka, tompetists Oskars Ozoliņš, pianists Dāvis Bindemanis un bundzinieks Rūdolfs Dankfelds. Ierakstā piedalījušies arī vijolnieki Aleksejs Bahirs un Ivars Brīnums, čellists Jānis Pauls un altu iespēlējusi Zane Dziesma.
Albums ierakstīts Sound Division studijā, miskēšanu un māsterēšanu veicis Ivars Ozols.
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