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Jasper Høiby’s 3Elements: Conversations of Hope
by Neil Duggan
jny: Copenhagen-born, jny: London-based bassist Jasper Hoiby has always followed a distinctive musical path. Conversations Of Hope marks the third release in his 3Elements trio project, an evolving series that focuses on his work as a composer and bandleader. For each album, Høiby assembles a new trio lineup, allowing fresh perspectives and interplay to shape the music. Høiby first came to international attention as the founder of Phronesis. Formed in 2005, this influential group challenged expectations of the ...
Continue ReadingJasper Høiby: Fellow Creatures: We Must Fight
by Andrew Hunter
Fellow Creatures is the band that bassist Jasper Høiby has assembled around himself and they are clearly a talented bunch. They would have to be, to revisit material from Høiby's previous band, Phronesis. That trio of Høiby, Anton Eger and Ivo Neame were almost hyperbolically highly regarded. A quick internet search will show how well reviewed they were, not only amongst the jazz cognoscenti, but also in the mainstream media. Much of the material on this record was ...
Continue ReadingSam Newbould: Homing
by Dan Bilawsky
England-born, Netherlands-based alto saxophonist Sam Newbould uses the title of his third album to directly reference his temporary adoption of a Polish homing pigeon. But in a broader sense, Homing is about a man's pursuit to pinpoint his identity as an artist abroad. Zeroing in on that subject with clarity, sophistication, smarts, humor and a slanted tunefulness all his own, Newbould folds everything neatly into his own findings and takes listeners along for a compelling ride. Leading ...
Continue ReadingFrancesco Zampini: Unknown Path
by Luigi Sforza
Per questo secondo disco da leader, il giovane chitarrista e compositore fiorentino Francesco Zampini (classe 1993) guida un vigoroso quintetto che comprende un'infuocata, solida e muscolosa sezione ritmica (Michelangelo Scandroglio al contrabbasso e Bernardo Guerra alla batteria), un vulcanico e possente pianista, l'iberico Xavi Torres, e il russo Alex Sipiagin, che alla tromba incanta per il suo suono abbagliante, splendente e carezzevole insieme, qualità quest'ultima rintracciabile specie quando suona nel registro medio. A confronto con brani originali ed ...
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