Citizen Cain - Skies Darken 2012

Revenire dupa o pauza de 10 ani a britanicilor, al saselea album din discografia lor. Aceleasi trimiteri spre Genesis, mai ales din pricina asemanarii vocalistului cu Peter Gabriel. Dar e musai de ascultat.

5/5






Songs:
1. The Charnal House (4:56)
2. The Long Sleep (12:25)
3. Darkest Sleep / Manifestations (7:09)
4. Spiders In Undergrowth (3:05)
5. The Hunting Of Johnny Eue / Trapped By Candlelight (11:59)
6. Coming Down / The Fountains Of Sand / Delivered Up For Tea / Death And Rebirth (14:53)
7. Do We Walk In The World? (5:10)
8. Lost In Lonely Ghosts (13:43)

Musicians:
Stewart Bell / keyboards, drums
Cyrus / bass, vocals
Phil Allen / guitar, backing vocals

Romain Collin - The Calling 2012

Tanar pianist francez, la cel de-al doilea album. Unul care merita a fi ascultat.

4/5








Songs:
1.Storm 2:25
2.The Calling 7:32
3.Runner's High 5:24
4.Stop This Train 4:02
5.Burn. Down. 6:15
6.Pennywise The Clown 5:08
7.Greyshot 5:57
8.Strange 7:01
9.Nica's Dream 6:36
10.Airborne 5:17
11.Aftermath 2:59
12.One Last Try 5:48 

Musicians:
Romain Collin / piano
Luques Curtis / bass
Kendrick Scott / drums

John Zorn - Nosferatu 2012

Alt album marca John Zorn scos in acest an. Nu mai incape discutie ca e musai de pus spre auditie.

5/5








Songs:
1. Desolate Landscape
2. Mina
3. The Battle of Good and Evil
4. Sinistera
5. Van Helsing
6. Fatal Sunrise
7. Hypnosis
8. Lucy
9. Nosferatu
10. The Stalking
11. The Undead
12. Death Ship
13. Jonathan Harker
14. Vampires at Large
15. Renfield
16. Stalker Dub

Musicians:
John Zorn / piano, alto sax, fender rhodes 
Rob Burger / piano, organ
Bill Laswell / bass
Kevin Norton / vibraphone, drums, orchestral bells

Fly Trio - Year of the Snake 2012

Album scos la ECM de trio-ul format acum opt ani. De ascultat si asta.

4/5









Songs:
The Western Lands I
Festival Tune
The Western Lands II
Brothersister
Diorite
Kingston
Salt and Pepper
The Western Lands III
Benj
Year Of The Snake
The Western Lands IV
The Western Lands V

Musicians:
Mark Turner / tenor saxophone
Larry Grenadier / double-bass
Jeff Ballard / drums 

Alex Hutton Trio - Legentis 2012

Al treilea material al pianistului englez, unul dintre cele mai bune albume de jazz scoase anul asta, pentru mine cel putin. Iar bassistul rus e tare de tot. Desigur, e de ascultat.

5/5








Songs:
1 J.J. 08:48
2 The Legentis Script 06:23
3 Clouds 06:06
4 Then There Were Four 04:08
5 Hymn (We the People) 05:49
6 Wonder Why 08:32
7 Farewall 296 04:37
8 Crying Wolf 06:35
9 Norsk Tale 03:34

Musicians:
Alex Hutton / piano
Yuri Goloubev / double bass
Asaf Sirkis / drums 
Heidi Vogel / vocal (1, 3)
Jim Rattigan / french horn (2, 8)
Keith Thompson / flute, english horn (2, 5)

Darius Jones Quartet - Book of Mae'bul (Another Kind of Sunrise) 2012

Alt saxofonist, american de asta data. Un album destul de intens, sunt si cateva balade, merita atentie.

3/5








Songs:
1 .The Enjoli Moon 6.50
2 .The Fagley Blues .5.43
3 .Winkie  4.22
4 .Be Patient With Me 7.38
5 .My Baby 8.45
6 .You Have Me Seeing Red  7.39
7 .So Sad  8.00
8 .Roosevelt 6.48

Musicians:
Darius Jones / alto saxophone
Matt Mitchell / piano
Trevor Dunn / bass
Ches Smith / drums.

Wayne Escoffery - The Only Son of One 2012

Saxofonist englez, un album cu suisuri si coborasuri. Dar care merita a fi incercat.

3/5









Songs:
1. World of the Bardo
2. Banishment of the Lost Spirit
3. Perilous Desires
4. The Only Son of One
5. If I Am, Who You Are
6. Selena’s Song
7. Presumed Innocence
8. Color Spectrum
9. Two Souls

Musicians:
Wayne Escoffery / sax
Jason Brown / drums
Orrin Evans / piano
Hans Glawischnig / bass
Ricky Rodrigues / bass
Adam Holzman / keyboards