Roman Stolyar, Vladimir Luchansky – Duets (FANCYMUSIC 2013)

Roman Stolyar, Vladimir Luchansky – Duets “Duets” is a collaboration of two most active members of Siberian community of musicians and improvisers. Luchansky and Stolyar played together for some years, mainly in groups organized by Siberian new jazz patriarch, Sergey Belichenko. Together they played with well-known improvisers who visited Novosibirsk: Assif Tsahar, Oliver Lake, Glen Hall, William Parker. That is why at the time of duet album recording the musicians were сo-ordinated perfectly and spoke the same language, even multiple-languages of contemporary free improvisation. Inquisitive listener will find different things in the music of duet: radical “non-idiomology” originating from Derek Bailey, meditative modality, minimalism, sonorous techniques and bright melodic lines. All pieces from the album contrast sharply with each other, but at the same time they are the parts of unified whole, as from a fancy curls of pattern imprinted on the window on a cold day, revealing a fabulous picture of exotic Siberian nature for many people. Listen at FANCYMUSIC Buy MP3, FLAC

 

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Lara Iacovini - Right Together ( abeat 2013)

La Première di Right Together

Lunedì 28 Ottobre 2013 al Blue Note di Milano - ore 21.15
Martedì 29 Ottobre 2013 alla Casa del Jazz a Roma - ore 21.00
Giovedì 31 Ottobre 2013 al Milestone di Piacenza - ore 21.15

Lara Iacovini con Steve Swallow (bass), Adam Nussbaum (drums), Paolino Dalla Porta (double bass), Roberto Soggetti (piano)
http://www.laraiacovini.it

Dhafer Youssef - Birds Requiem (OKEH 2013)

Dhafer Youssef -Whirling Birds Ceremony- Last track from new album Birds Requiem

Equinox - Face the music (2013)

Equinox’s new CD “Face the music” is set to be released in September 2013. The album and accompanying DVD feature all band members in a wide ranging program filled with a colorful mix of deep grooves, sophisticated improvisation, lyrical melodies, funky rhythms, rootsy blues, lush ballads and exciting, high energy swinging. “Face the music” combines new original works and arrangements tailored to the group’s sound with fresh explorations of lesser known jazz gems. In addition, South African singer Tutu Puoane joins the band on one track, a lovely ballad written by piano great Stanley Cowell with lyrics by Dan Nicholas.

In support of the release of “Face the Music,” Equinox will celebrate with a launch party in the Hague’s Dr. Anton Phillipszaal, followed by a tour of the UK and Ireland culminating in London’s world renowned jazz club Ronnie Scott’s. Tour dates to follow.
 http://www.equinoxjazzquintet.com
Equinox bring their nationwide tour to the Backstage Theatre October 26

 

Ballister – Mechanisms (Clean Feed 2013)

Personnel:
Dave Rempis (sax), Fred Lonberg-Holm (cel), Paal Nilssen-Love (d),

Dave Rempis, Fred Lonberg-Holm and Paal Nilssen-Love present their association as a“free-wheeling trio” and that means everything. It means, for instance, aspecial attention to the process of music making, and this one deals with improvisation – jazz-flavored, for sure, but free in its creative resources. In the very powerful listening experience provided by “Mechanisms”, you’ll immediately identify those resources: driving grooves, noisy textures and occasional melodic interjections. Some of the references are in Julius Hemphill’s bands with cellist Abdul Wadud, in Ornette Coleman’s Prime Time, and in the electric Miles Davis groups of the seventies. But a distinguishing feature sets this band apart: these are the sounds of contemporary Chicago. Even if Nilssen-Love comes from Norway, he’s very much connected to that broad-shouldered sound through his frequent, varied,and long-standing collaborations with Chicago musicians. This common aestheticis what unites them; the rest is inventiveness, musicality and instrumental virtuosity.
Clean Feed

Benoît Delbecq – Crescendo in Duke (Nato 2013)

« Le monde de Duke Ellington est un monde de danse, de chavirements et d'orfèvrerie sonore. Jouer sa musique, c'est se mettre au service d'un influx créatif unique qui a la vertu d'appeler à des prolongements fugitifs d'aujourd'hui ».
Benoît Delbecq

Le pianiste Benoît Delbecq, au sens de l’architecture musicale si précis, ne pouvait que rencontrer l’œuvre de celui qu’il est communément convenu d’appeler le Duke. Une autre évidence ! Benoît Delbecq est un passionné d’Ellington, du pianiste et du compositeur. Travailler son répertoire, c’est à la fois abandonner un peu de timidité face à un tel géant, mais aussi le comprendre mieux, saisir les ponts que cette musique a dessinés pour notre présent. Lorsque Benoît Delbecq reprend Ellington, il ne s’abrite pas derrière le répertoire, il affirme toute son originalité.
Nato

Charles Gayle Trio - "Street" (Northern Spy 2013)

The post New Thing lineage is a sacred thing. In the fields sown by Ayler and Coltrane and Sanders and Shepp, the music is free and flowing without ego but with purpose. It’s a judgment call of course, but the proponents are arguably few. Without attaching too many words to it, it’s a style of playing that’s something spiritual, something other, a connectivity between the players and with the listener. And without overly delineating who’s in and who’s out, it’s certain that Gayle is a master of the form. Deeply committed to free improvisation and the jazz tradition in all its manifestations, Gayle is a blazing saxophonist, a fluent pianist and, has more recently been playing the double bass. Here he is heard at his best, in classic form on the tenor horn with an exhilarating trio.

The title and cover here evoke a character Gayle took to portraying onstage back in the 1990s, a bit of social commentary using the familiar face of a sad clown (read Emmett Kelly or even Charlie Chaplin), using a tragic face with no comedic angle to reflect on his own homeless days. But the music within is all new, recorded in the studio this year with Gayle heard on tenor exclusively joined by longtime timekeeper Michael TA Thompson on drums and Larry Roland on bass. To say that he recalls the pilgrims of free jazz is no small praise, but it’s not to lock him in the past. At 72, Gayle remains a vital force. The Streets are paved with some serious intention.

Northern Spy