OUT OF/INTO “Motion II”
ARTIST
Out Of/Into
ALBUM TITLE
"Motion II"
LABEL
Blue Note
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This supergroup was formed last year in honor of Blue Note’s eighty-fifth anniversary. Its name suggests the ongoing dialectic between...
BOBBY WATSON “Perpetual Groove”
ARTIST
Bobby Watson
ALBUM TITLE
"Perpetual Groove"
LABEL
Red Records
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The jazz world will forever be grateful to Art Blakey for showcasing his drumming talent and for welcoming so many...
LUCIAN BAN / JOHN SURMAN / MAT MANERI “Cantica Profana” and “The Athenaeum Concert”
ARTIST
Lucian Ban / John Surman / Mat Maneri
ALBUM TITLE
"Cantica Profana" and "The Athenaeum Concert"
LABEL
Sunnyside
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These two precious CDs were recorded over a little more than...
JAN BANG & ARVE HENRIKSEN “After the Wildfire”
ARTIST
Jan Bang & Arve Henriksen
ALBUM TITLE
"After the Wildfire"
LABEL
Punkt Editions
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Commissioned by the Skopje Jazz Festival, where it premiered in 2023, the composition that gives the...
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GIOVANNI FALZONE & PAOLINO DALLA PORTA “Minimal Duo”
ARTIST
Giovanni Falzone & Paolino Dalla Porta
ALBUM TITLE
"Minimal Duo"
LABEL
Abeat
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This album holds a few surprises, the first of which appears right on the cover. We discover...
NILS PETTER MOLVAER “Khmer Live in Bergen”
ARTIST
Nils Petter Molvaer
ALBUM TITLE
"Khmer Live in Bergen"
LABEL
Edition
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Khmer (ECM, 1997) was undoubtedly a seminal album, capable of redefining the boundaries between jazz, electronic music, ambient,...
RICHARD GALLIANO “New Viaggio”
ARTIST
Richard Galliano
ALBUM TITLE
"New Viaggio"
LABEL
BMG France
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Richard Galliano had already mentioned it in these pages: “Among my upcoming projects, there is one that is particularly close...
ARMEL DUPAS “Everyday Superheroes”
ARTIST
Armel Dupas
ALBUM TITLE
"Everyday Superheroes"
LABEL
Self-produced
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Looking back on the 1960s in a lighthearted way yet with an eye to the future. With this spirit, Dupas and...
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PATRICIA BRENNAN “Of the Near and Far”
ARTIST
Patricia Brennan
ALBUM TITLE
"Of the Near and Far"
LABEL
Pyroclastic Records
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Patricia Brennan’s new album, following the highly acclaimed and award-winning Breaking Stretch, sets off decisively and with...
LOUIS SCLAVIS “India”
ARTIST
Louis Sclavis
ALBUM TITLE
"India"
LABEL
Yolk
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Thirty-eight years after Chine, recorded with the historic quartet that included Dominique Pifarély, Louis Sclavis returns with an album that can rightly...