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Entries from February 2017

Moon Trio: Moon Trio: Earth-Time

Graceful melodies and grooves merge together effortlessly on the debut album of this recently formed trio led by Dutch pianist Jeroen Van Vliet. With the help of occasional electronic effects, Van Vliet and his trio create soundscapes of a dreamlike quality that trigger and inspire the imagination.W… [ read more ]

Date: Feb 9th, 2017 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz CD Reviews

Moon Trio: Moon Trio: Earth-Time

Graceful melodies and grooves merge together effortlessly on the debut album of this recently formed trio led by Dutch pianist Jeroen Van Vliet. With the help of occasional electronic effects, Van Vliet and his trio create soundscapes of a dreamlike quality that trigger and inspire the imagination.W…

Date: Feb 9th, 2017 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz CD Reviews

Trio Elf: Music Box Music

German pianist m: Walter Lang leads something of a double life, musically. On the one hand, he fronts standard piano trios with an impressionist bent–in the mode of a m: Marc Copland –on recordings like Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (Hagel Neyer Records, 2005) and Eurasia (M…

Date: Feb 8th, 2017 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz CD Reviews

Dante Boon / JA1/4rg Frey: Clarinet (& Piano)

Without doing an actual count of how many Another Timbre releases feature members of the Wandelweiser group, it is safe to say that they crop up regularly on the label both as composers and performers, with such names as JA1/4rg Frey, m: Radu Malfatti , m: Michael Pisaro , {{m: J… [ read more ]

Date: Feb 8th, 2017 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz CD Reviews

Peeter Uuskyla / Tellef A~grim / Anders Berg: Ullr

Thirty years ago, the trio Power Tools made a one-off recording Strange Meeting (Antilles New Directions, 1987). The long out-of-print LP by m: Bill Frisell , m: Melvin Gibbs , and m: Ronald Shannon Jackson is on many a collector’s want list.

Date: Feb 8th, 2017 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz CD Reviews

Arthur Lipner: Two Hands, One Heart

Arthur Lipner is one of the most prolific vibraphone and marimba players working on the New York scene. His musical influences are eclectic having performed with Tuvan Throat Singers from Russia, The Saakumu Dance Company of Ghana, in Chiapas Mexico’s “Marimba Park,” at the Royal Palace in Marrakesh… [ read more ]

Date: Feb 8th, 2017 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz CD Reviews

Christer Fredriksen: Vit

On his first two albums Norwegian guitarist m: Christer Fredriksen was playing in a contemporary jazz style, albeit one with clear rock influences. Urban Country (Losen, 2011) even included a cover of the m: Duke Ellington standard “In a Sentimental Mood.” Vit finds him creati… [ read more ]

Date: Feb 7th, 2017 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz CD Reviews