Entries from June 2016
Clarice and Sergio Assad: Reliquia
Past and present are entwined in so many beautiful ways on Reliquia–the first collaboration between the father-daughter combination of guitarist m: Sergio Assad and vocalist m: Clarice Assad . Together these two trace a backwards course from today’s vantage point, exploring t… [ read more ]
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·Nina Baun Jeppesen, Henrik Pultz Melbye, Kenneth Dahl Knudsen, Jesper Thorn: New Sounds from the Danish Scene: Nina Baun, Henrik Pultz Melbye, Kenneth Dahl Knudsen and Jesper Thorn
For such a small country, there is an incredibly amount of diversity on the Danish jazz scene and new names and albums pop up all the time while experiments are made with forms and genres. The following four releases cover everything from diverse singer/songwriter vocal jazz to a modern saxophone tr… [ read more ]
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·Lou Caputo Not So Big Band: Uh Oh!
Uh Oh! is the third recording by multi-instrumentalist m: Lou Caputo ‘s Not So Big Band, which has been performing in New York City for more than a decade. The band’s name epitomizes its relatively spare front line: two trumpets, three saxophones, trombone and tuba. There is, on the other… [ read more ]
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·Zach Larmer Electric Band: Inner Circle
On Miami-based American composer/guitarist m: Zach Larmer ‘s debut album entitled Inner Circle, he emphasizes his instrumental virtuosity and compositional finesse. Not only does he compose five of the seven tracks, Bassist Juan Pablo Diaz pens “Friedrichshain” and one standard comple… [ read more ]
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·Marcello Pellitteri: Acceptance
A heavy air of melancholy hangs over award-winning drummer/composer Marcello Pellitteri’s new album Acceptance. There is a serious reason for this, a tragic one, in fact. The record is dedicated to Pellitteri’s daughter Veronica, who died at a young age nearly two years ago
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·Mark Solborg / Herb Robertson: Tuesday Prayers
Nothing will come out of nothing, but maybe, if two musical friends meet in a sacred place, notes will start to sing. In the beginning, everything is just a sketch, a preparation for actual composition. The ancient flute whispers and a steel string guitar maps the railroads of faraway places. The fl..
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·: Tuesday Prayers
Nothing will come out of nothing, but maybe, if two musical friends meet in a sacred place, notes will start to sing. In the beginning, everything is just a sketch, a preparation for actual composition. The ancient flute whispers and a steel string guitar maps the railroads of faraway places. The fl..
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