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Saturday, May 26, 2012
USA: Either/Orchestra News + Agachiko, Da Unit, Esquivel
Clarice Assad - Home (Adventure Music 2012)
Described by the San
Francisco Chronicle as a “serious triple threat,” Grammy award nominee
Clarice Assad is praised internationally for her work as a pianist,
arranger, vocalist and a composer. The daughter of Sergio Assad, one
half of the celebrated duo, the Assad Brothers, who are arguably the
greatest classical duo in the history of Brazilian music, and the cousin
of the guitar master Badi Assad, Clarice’s talents are the product of a
rich musical heritage.
A versatile artist of musical depth and sophistication, Clarice’s compositions have been performed and recorded by musicians both in the classical and the jazz realms, including Yo Yo Ma, the Turtle Island String Quartet, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Louisville Symphony Orchestra, the Austin Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and the New Century Chamber Orchestra, as well as many others.
Clarice’s interpretations have been described as “inimitable, unlike anyone else’s” (Jazz Improv), and she has been lauded as a “charismatic singer’ by The New York Times and as “a fine classical and jazz pianist, composer and jazz-infused pop stylist” by Jazz Times.
Home, her debut on Adventure Music, introduces the Clarice Assad Trio, which features Clarice on piano and vocals, and Keita Ogawa and Yousif Sheronick on percussion. Together they explore Brazilian music in an entirely new way, on both creative original compositions and daring arrangements of songs by such well loved composers as Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Dori Caymmi, incorporating elements of pop, contemporary classical music and middle-eastern beats and rhythms with a traditional Brazilian sensibility.
A versatile artist of musical depth and sophistication, Clarice’s compositions have been performed and recorded by musicians both in the classical and the jazz realms, including Yo Yo Ma, the Turtle Island String Quartet, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Louisville Symphony Orchestra, the Austin Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and the New Century Chamber Orchestra, as well as many others.
Clarice’s interpretations have been described as “inimitable, unlike anyone else’s” (Jazz Improv), and she has been lauded as a “charismatic singer’ by The New York Times and as “a fine classical and jazz pianist, composer and jazz-infused pop stylist” by Jazz Times.
Home, her debut on Adventure Music, introduces the Clarice Assad Trio, which features Clarice on piano and vocals, and Keita Ogawa and Yousif Sheronick on percussion. Together they explore Brazilian music in an entirely new way, on both creative original compositions and daring arrangements of songs by such well loved composers as Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Dori Caymmi, incorporating elements of pop, contemporary classical music and middle-eastern beats and rhythms with a traditional Brazilian sensibility.
Philippe Le Baraillec- Involved (Outhere / Outnote 2012)
http://www.outhere-music.com
http://www.philippelebaraillec.com
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Frank Haunschild & Vitaliy Zolotov -Night Train (Acoustic Music Records 2012)
Two magicians of the strings, two remarkable careers: The young Ukrainian, who chose Cologne as his home base, was not only a sideman for Dee Dee Bridgewater, but additionally a proud prizewinner of several international guitar competitions. The Bonn-based professor Frank Haunschild is, for his part, a successful composer, author and duo partner for a diversity of artists.
This time, the “Jazz guitar teacher of the nation” joins the shooting star of the jazz guitar scene, Vitaliy Zolotov. Together, these two dexterous intellectuals demonstrate their love of the genre with an instrumental album that taps into a fascinating selection of acoustical and electrical instruments to reveal all the facets of sophisticated guitar music. With stylish own compositions and attractive Beatles interpretations, this congenial duo demonstrates their exhilaration at playing, a subtle sense of dynamics and almost intuitive interaction. This makes “Night Train” a genuine masterpiece of modern guitar jazz. Two magicians of the strings, two remarkable careers – now on a single album. Acoustic Music Records
Jan Jarczyk/John Stetch - Smoked Pianos (Gad Records 2011)
John Stetch – piano
Frenetic jazz for two pianos! „While planning a series of concerts for the year 2007 as a part of a celebration of my 60th birthday I asked John Stetch if he would like to play a two pianos concert and he enthusiastically responded to it. We agreed over the phone on the details how to approach it and rehearsed a bit when he got to Montreal, left a lot of things open… and during rehearsal we discovered – after 20 years of not playing in the same room – that our concept of understanding piano music – jazz and in general – is quite similar. John origins are of Ukraine from Edmonton (John Stechyshyn), mine Polish from Krakow, meeting in Canada in Montreal..One could say – Long Live Slavic Soul! And that’s how in many respects this CD sounds like – while playing jazz.” (from liner notes by Jan Jarczyk)
Gad Records
Filipowicz Quintet - Jazz Tribute To Michael Jackson (Polskie Radio 2012)
Thriller; Rock With You; Billie Jean; Black or White; Smooth Criminal; Bad; The Way You Make Me Feel; You Are Not Alone; I Just Cant Stop Lovin You
Piotr Filipowicz - BASS
Przemek Kostrzewa - TRUMPET
Marcin Ganio - SAXOPHONE
Dominik Rosłon - PIANO
Paweł Dobrowolski - PERCUSSION
Lena Zuchniak - VOICE
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