A Forma do Jazz | Best of 2021
By Nuno Catarino Há quinze/vinte anos, a produção discográfica nacional, nos campos do jazz e da música improvisada, totalizaria uns 20/30 discos por ano. Hoje em dia os processos de gravação e edição estão mais democratizados. Nos últimos anos os músicos portugueses têm trabalhado de forma incansável, desenvolvendo múltiplos projetos, explorando diferentes estéticas, trabalhando em […]
All About Jazz | Friends & Neighbors – The Earth Is #
By Mark Corroto The importance of choosing a name for your jazz band is often underestimated. Take the quintet Friends & Family for instance. When it was formed in 2008, it wasn’t dubbed the Andre Roligheten Quintet or the Oscar Grönberg Band. No. From its beginnings, the quintet shared composing duties among its members as […]
Magyar Jazz | Carlos Bica, Daniel Erdmann & DJ Illvibe – I am the Escaped One
By Párniczky András Két hete a kijevi Hotel Ukraina liftjében adta a kezembe búcsúzóul Carlos Bica legújabb CD-jét, miután két koncerten is játszhattam ezzel a csodálatos bőgőssel. Már indulóban voltunk így csak röviden tudtunk a lemezről beszélni, de annyit még tudtam neki mondani, hogy viccesen kicsi a világ, hiszen a lemez szólistája az a Daniel […]
Musica Jazz | Carlos Bica, Daniel Erdmann & DJ Illvibe – I Am The Escaped One
By Alessandro Manitto Jazz da camera per il XXI secolo a opera di un trio che si intrufola in sale dove si conservano memorie e si celano reperti scricchiolanti di musiche che furono. Movenze sognanti, improvvisi sussulti, un aggirarsi di presenze fantasmatiche, impalpabili, che prendono forma e si dissolvono serenamente nell’oscurità. Niente è inquietante fino […]
Jazz Word | Carlos Bica, Daniel Erdmann & DJ Illvibe – I Am the Escaped One
By Ken Waxman Divergent and appealing variants of how to adapt acoustic instruments to plugged-in ones and vice versa, these sessions demonstrate singular solutions. A veteran working group, the Athens-based RSLG Quartet integrate electronic music and noise from Stelios Giannoulakis’ electronics with improvisations from alto and soprano saxophonist Panayiotis Raptis, drummer Yiannis Leloudas and pianist […]
Jazz.pt | Carlos Bica, Daniel Erdmann & DJ Illvibe – I Am the Escaped One *****
By Gonçalo Falcão Carlos Bica é um homem que percebe de trios: tem ouvido para procurar músicos e combinações interessantes. O seu trio Azul (+ Frank Mobus e Jim Black), com mais de 20 anos, é um destes felizes arranjos a três que têm um som próprio e são um bom exemplo deste sentido para […]
Multikulti | Carlos Bica, Daniel Erdmann & DJ Illvibe – I Am the Escaped One *****
By Krzysztof Szamot Portuguese composer and bassist Carlos Bica is one of my favorite Iberian musicians. Apart from the value, purely musical, I value him for his openness, polistylisticity and unorthodoxity. Regardless of whether playing fado with Camané, Pedro Caldeira Cabral and Cristina Branco, or klezmer jazz with Paul Brody, or avant-garde jazz with Gebhard […]
Burning Ambulance | Hearth – Melt
By Phil Freeman Hearth is a quartet featuring trumpeter Susana Santos Silva, alto saxophonist Mette Rasmussen, tenor saxophonist Ada Rave (who doubles on clarinet), and pianist Kaja Draksler. I saw them perform in Bergen, Norway as part of the Nattjazz festival in May 2018. I knew nothing about them when I walked into the small […]
The Free Jazz Collective | Jonas Cambien Trio – Nature Hath Painted The Body ****
By Eyal Hareuveni Belgian-born, Oslo-based pianist Jonas Cambien chose a quote from the 1653 book The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton for the title of the third studio album of his trio. This illustrated book celebrated the art and the spirit of fishing in prose and verse. You can equate the aesthetics of Jonas Cambien […]
Citizen Jazz | Hearth – Melt
By Matthieu Jouan Ce quartet international est né en 2016 à Amsterdam, l’un des pôles de la musique improvisée en Europe. Une rencontre fertile, puisque les quatre musiciennes, malgré leurs emplois du temps chargés – elles sont toutes impliquées dans des projets très demandés – ont monté un répertoire, disons plutôt une direction artistique puisque […]