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Peter Ehwald, Stéphane Kerecki & Tribute to Bob Rogers
by Maurice Hogue
The 2026 German Jazz Prize nominees have been announced and by chance it happens one of the woodwind nominees is featured in this episode: saxophonist Peter Ehwald, whose music has been played many times on OMJ. In this show, he's featured leading his Tee Trio recorded live at Berlin's B-Flat Club and in duet performance with the legendary drummer, Bill Elgart. As is usually the case, there are European groups making their debuts: the Ragini Trio from Belgium, pianist Pierpaolo ...
Continue ReadingAnastasios Savvopoulos Azure: Ebbs And Flows
by Neri Pollastri
Quartetto atipico per strumentazione—sax, pianoforte, chitarra e batteria, ma senza contrabbasso—e per nazionalità—due tedeschi e due greci—questo Azure è diretto dal chitarrista Anastasios Savvopoulos, che ne firma anche le nove composizioni, tutte venate di una narratività melodica, ma al tempo stesso anche molto aperte, destrutturate, virtuosamente sbilenche. Ad aprire è la suite bipartita che presta il nome all'album, “Ebbs and Flows": la prima parte, più intensa, vede protagonista il sax tenore di Peter Ehwald, dal suono morbido ed ...
Continue ReadingPeter Ehwald: Double Trouble
by Ian Patterson
It doesn't always follow that the teacher channels the direction a student takes. In separate stints in London and New York, German saxophonist Peter Ehwald has studied with bassist John Patitucci, saxophonists Julian Argüelles, Stan Sulzmann and Rich Perry, yet his style is not nearly as based in the tradition as might be expected. Ehwald displayed his quite contemporary idiom on the Italian outfit Monome's debut recording, Monome (Konnex, 2012), and explores Korean folk music with Shin Hyo-Jin and Bo-sung ...
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