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Niklas Lukassen: Still Waters
by Konstantin N. Rega
Multi-instrumentalist Niklas Lukassen spins a pleasant mix of tunes on Still Waters. Joined by a stellar team, including saxophonist Ben van Gelder, pianist Kit Downes and drummer Francesco Ciniglio (as well as several others spotted throughout), the quartet moves with the ease of skilled swimmers through the music. An internationally influenced album, the music reflects his own life experiences of traveling through Europe as well as studying under bassist Ron Carter at the Manhattan School of Music. Now teaching in London, the musician still makes ...
Continue ReadingMirna Bogdanovic: Confrontation
by C. Michael Bailey
Arrestingly postmodern and warmly familiar in the same space, Mirna Bogdanović's fourth release, Confrontation, stops just short of dismantling contemporary jazz and pop in favor of retaining those elements that tickle the memory's nostalgia receptors in such a way that the listener recognises the music as compelling, while at the same time not being able to explain why. This dichotomy represents a core intention of all art: the ability to evoke awe and confusion (manifested as sudden wonder). The Berlin-based ...
Continue ReadingDave McDonnell Group: The Dragon & the Griffin
by Stefano Merighi
Chicagoano ma attivo a Cincinnati, Dave McDonnell è sassofonista jazz, insegnante di musica e tecnologia, inventore di software, protagonista in diversi gruppi tra cui Herculaneum. Il gruppo in questione coinvolge nomi ben noti della attuale scena di Chicago, tra cui Joshua Abrams e Frank Rosaly, poderosa sezione ritmica che in questo caso garantisce solidità a una musica non troppo avventurosa benchè disinvolta. Le composizioni, talune in cinque quarti, sfruttano patterns ripetitivi con pochi centri tonali e chiamano ...
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Palisade
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Estuary
From: Still WatersBy Wanja Slavin
Closing The Chapter
From: Love AvatarBy Wanja Slavin
Peter Gall - Love Avatar
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