GEORGE ANTHEIL
Antheil: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 - 4 Tianwa Yang (violin) Nicholas Rimmer (Piano, drums) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 9/Jun/2023 ] New Jersey-born George Antheil traveled to Europe in 1922 determined to become "noted and notorious" as a pianist-composer, soon gaining a reputation as the "bad boy of music" with works such as the infamous Ballet mécanique. |
Les Arrivants - Amijai Ben Shalev (bandoneon), Abdul-Wahab Kayyali (oud) and Hamin Honari (tombak, daf, frame drums)
Home [ Analekta / CD - released 28/Oct/2022 ] "Les Arrivants" is an ensemble composed of Amijai Ben Shalev (bandoneon), Abdul-Wahab Kayyali (oud) and Hamin Honari (tombak, daf, frame drums), three musicians who moved to Montreal during the COVID-19 pandemic. The repertoire developed by "Les... |
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Raphaël Imbert (saxophone), Pierre-François Blanchard (piano), Sonny Troupé (drums)
Invisible Stream [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/Aug/2022 ] Invisible Stream: the "unseen currents" are those that connect people and musical works by transcending styles or customary aesthetic and cultural boundaries. A feast of poetic expression organized by four key representatives of both the classical... |
JORIS ROELOFS
Roelofs: Rope Dance Bram van Sambeek, bassoon; Joris Roelofs, bass clarinet and clarinet; Bram de Looze, piano; Clemens van der Feen, double bass; Martijn Vink, drums [ BIS / CD - released 7/May/2021 ] The award-winning Dutch composer and bass clarinet player Joris Roelofs is also currently working on a PhD dissertation on Friedrich Nietzsche, improvisation and the notion of freedom. On the album Rope Dance he is able to combine all of this, in a... |
JONAS SJØVAAG
Sunday Songs Jonas Sjøvaag (vocals, synthesizers, drums), Hilde Marie Kjersem (vocals), Sarah-Jane Summers (fiddle), André Roligheten (saxophone) etc. [ NXN Recordings / CD - released 19/Mar/2021 ] Sunday Songs is the latest vocal album from Jonas Sjøvaag. It features a series of songs based on lyrics written in Florence in the spring of 2019, under a scorching sun on a rooftop in the eastern part of the city; the music followed during... |
Avishai Cohen (trumpet) Yonathan Avishai (piano), Barak Mori (double bass), Ziv Ravitz (drums)
Avishai Cohen - Naked Truth [ ECM / CD - released 25/Feb/2021 ] There is a searching, yearning quality to Naked Truth, and a raw beauty and vulnerability in Avishai Cohen's trumpet sound on his most improvisational ECM recording to date. Very much music-of-the-moment, found and shaped in the course of a... |
Avishai Cohen (trumpet), Yonathan Avishai (piano), Barak Mori (double bass), Ziv Ravitz (drums)
Naked Truth (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 25/Feb/2021 ] There is a searching, yearning quality to Naked Truth, and a raw beauty and vulnerability in Avishai Cohen's trumpet sound on his most improvisational ECM recording to date. Very much music-of-the-moment, found and shaped in the course of a... |
LEWIS WRIGHT
The Colour of Intention Lewis Wright (vibraphone), Matt Brewer (double bass), Marcus Gilmore (drums) [ Signum / CD - released 4/Dec/2020 ] Award-winning Vibraphonist Lewis Wright returns to Signum following the success of his recording 'Duets' in 2018, with a selection of new compositions this time performed with Matt Brewer (Double-Bass) and Marcus Gilmore (Drums). |
VARIOUS
1291 Samuel Blaser (trombone), Daniel Humair (drums), Heiri Känzig (double bass) [ Outnote Records / CD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] Three generations of top Swiss jazz musicians from three different parts of the country, Daniel Humair, Samuel Blaser and Heiri Känzig, form a new trio that promises to stimulate the interest of both music lovers and curious listeners. |
Stan Getz (saxophone), Steve Kuhn (piano), John Neves (double bass), Roy Haynes (drums)
Getz at the Gate [1961 live recording] [ Verve Records / 2 CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] Previously unreleased 1961 live recording from the historic Village Gate in New York City |
The Drums
Brutalism (LP) [ Epitaph / LP - released 5/Apr/2019 ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Songplay Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) with Craig Terry (keyboard), Chuck Israels (dble-bass), Jimmy Madison (drums), Lautaro Greco (bandoneon), Charlie Porter (trum) [ Erato Classics / Warner Classics / CD - released 10/Feb/2019 ] "The real twist here is that DiDonato retains the 'formality' of her operatic sound and delivery while attempting to apply a jazzer's instincts." Gramophone |
Jakob Bro (guitar) with Palle Mikkelborg (trumpet, flugelhorn), Jon Christensen (drums), Thomas Morgan (double bass)
Returnings [ ECM / CD - released 23/Mar/2018 ] "Danish guitarist Jakob Bro creates magical music, impossible to categorize", wrote Downbeat recently. On 'Returnings' the magic is intensified as Bro and musical soul-mate Thomas Morgan reconnect with two living legends of European jazz, trumpeter... |
Aaron Parks (piano), Ben Street (double bass), Billy Hart (drums)
Find the Way [ ECM / CD - released 16/Jun/2017 ] For the second ECM album by Aaron Parks - following the solo release Aborescence, which JazzTimes praised as "expansive, impressionistic… like a vision quest" - the prize-winning pianist has convened a trio featuring bassist Ben Street and drummer... |
Nis Økland (fiddles) Ørjan Haaland (guitars) Per Steinar Lie (drums)
Lumen Drones [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] Lumen Drones is a fascinating and powerful collaboration between Hardanger fiddle master Nils Økland and Per Stainar Lie and Ørjan Haaland, respectively guitarist and drummer with Norwegian 'post-rock' group The Low Frequency In Stereo. The... |
The Drums
E N C Y C L O P E D I A [ Inertia / CD - released 26/Sep/2014 ] "Encyclopedia is full of magic and surprise while maintaining a serious, more weighty tone throughout," founding member Jonny Pierce says of the follow-up to 2011's Portamento. "We were feeling very angry, confused, and alone when we made this... |
The Drums
E N C Y C L O P E D I A (LP) [ Minor Records / LP - released 26/Sep/2014 ] "Encyclopedia is full of magic and surprise while maintaining a serious, more weighty tone throughout," founding member Jonny Pierce says of the follow-up to 2011's Portamento. "We were feeling very angry, confused, and alone when we made this album,... |
Larry Goldings (Hammond Organ), Peter Bernstein (Guitar), Bill Stewart (Drums)
Ramshackle Serenade [ Pirouet / CD - released 6/May/2014 ] Few artistic partnerships are as delightfully durable as the trio of organist Larry Goldings, guitarist Peter Bernstein, and drummer Bill Stewart. After all these years, this trio still manages to make magic whenever it hits the studio. |
BACH / DEBUSSY / RAVEL / SATIE
Jacques Loussier Trio Play Bach and more… BLU-RAY Jacques Loussier (piano), Benoît Dunoyer de Segonzac (bass) & André Arpino (drums) [ EuroArts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2014 ] In 1959, Loussier hit upon the idea that was to make his international reputation, by combining his interest in jazz with his love of J.S. Bach. Thereby he created his very own view of Bach, blending the most beautiful tunes of the Baroque master... |
The Drums
Portamento [ CD - released 29/Sep/2011 ] |