Noël Akchoté x 2: with Vesna Pisarović and Luís Ianes

Two completely different albums with prolific French guitarist-composer Noël Akchoté. The first album is the surprising collaboration of Croatian pop and jazz singer-songwriter Vesna Pisarović with Akchoté, trumpeter Axel Dörner, drummer-percussionist Tony Buck (of The...

Meinrad Kneer / Albert van Veenendaal – The Munderkingen Sessions, Part 2

German, Berlin-based double bass player-composer Meinead Kneer and Dutch, Amsterdam-based pianist-composer-arranger-producer Albert van Veenendaal have played together for almost 25 years and collaborated in many musical endeavors. They founded the Evil Rabbit label, dedicated...

Brûlez les meubles – Folio #5

Canadian, Québecesque, Rimouski-based electric bassist-composer (and the bandleader of the ensemble GGRIL luthier, and singer-songwriter) Éric Normand quotes on his website the famous saying of Greek poet Sophocles: “For those who are afraid, everything...

Michael Wertmüller – Shlimazl für Sinfonieorchester und Bigband

Swiss drummer-percussionist-composer Michael Wertmüller has worked as a percussionist in the Bern Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam and as a drummer in high-octane free improving bands like Peter Brötzmann’s Full Blast,...

Alexandra Grimal / Giovanni Di Domenico – Shakkei

Shakkei (借景) means borrowed scenery Japanese and is the Japanese (and also the Chinese) principle of "incorporating background landscape into the composition of a garden". Shakkei is also the title of the fourth duo...

In the realm of trombones

Three album reviews about the trombone: 1) Dan Blacksberg - The Psychic/Body Sound System (Relative Pitch, 2024) 2) RAGE Trombones - Breaking Ships (Tripticks Tapes, 2024) 3) Sliders - Sliders (Hora, 2024) American trombonist-eductor Dan Blacksberg is a...

Zakir Hussain

A chi non è in grado di cogliere le sfumature importanti della tabla opporrei di approfondire sull'antefatto e la lecture di Zakir Hussein ad Oxford nell'ottobre del 2022. In quei giorni Zakir venne invitato...

Peter Herbert & Wolfgang Mitterer: Quiets Riots

Viennese double bass-composer-educator Peter Herbert and pianist-electronics player-composer Wolfgang Mitterer are old friends but an odd musical couple. Herbert is a much-in-demand bass player, mostly for jazz outfits (but he also played with Paul...

Georg Graewe & Sonic Fiction Orchestra in concert, Bochum 2022

German master pianist-composer-bandleader Georg Graewe feels at home when composing music for chamber outfits, orchestras, operas, or scores for films, theater productions, radio drama and video. Graewe is also a master improviser, known for...

Peter Evans – Extra

American trumpeter-composer Peter Evans teams with two close associates - the Berlin-based Swedish double bass player Petter Eldh (who played with Evans in the Amok Amor quartet) and American drummer Jim Black (who played...

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Peter Ablinger RIP

E' incommensurabile il contributo che Peter Ablinger (1959-2025) ha dato alla musica. Tutto ha un enorme valore nella sua vita e nel suo percorso...

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