Eric Schaefer - Who Is Afraid Of Richard W.? 2013

Si pentru ca veni vorba de Richard Wagner, inca un album ce contine prelucrari dupa cateva creatii ale marelui compozitor german. Bun de ascultat si asta.

3/5







Songs:
1. Prelude to a Prelude - 01:32 (Richard Wagner)
2. Walküre - 03:37 (Richard Wagner)
3. Waldweben - 06:51 (Richard Wagner)
4. Lohengrin I - 02:53 (Richard Wagner)
5. Siegfried Idyll - 03:37 (Richard Wagner)
6. Isoldes Verklärung - 02:19 (Richard Wagner)
7. Nietzsche in Disguise - 05:41 (Eric Schaefer)
8. Tannhäuser - 03:24 (Richard Wagner)
9. Amazingly Slow - 03:35 (Eric Schaefer)
10. Dante Sonata - 03:46 (Franz Liszt)
11. Love and Death - 02:55 (Eric Schaefer / Tom Arthurs / Volker Meitz / John Eckhardt)
12. Tristan - 02:35 (Richard Wagner)
13. Lohengrin II - 02:53 (Richard Wagner)

Musicians:
Eric Schaefer - drums, electronics
Tom Arthurs - trumpet. flugelhorn
Volker Meitz -organ, Fender Rhodes, keyboards
John Eckhardt - bass

Dieter Ilg - Parsifal 2013

Bassist german, aici pe un album cu reinterpretari dupa opera Parsifal de Richard Wagner. Interesant, merita atentie.

4/5








Songs:
1. Zum Raum wird hier die Zeit - 05:15
2. Glocken - 03:55
3. Parsifal - 04:18
4. Morgengebet - 04:36
5. Ich bin ein reiner Tor - 04:49
6. Zaubergarten - 06:32
7. Amfortas - 04:34
8. Unerhörtes - 04:01
9. Herzeleid - 00:44
10. Kundry - 04:23 
11. Von Welt zu Welt - 05:37
12. Klageruf - 03:33
13. Sehnsucht - 03:44 (Ludwig van Beethoven)

Musicians:
Dieter Ilg - bass
Rainer Böhm - piano
Patrice Heral - drums

Chris Potter - The Sirens 2013

Material scos la ECM de saxofonistul american. Fain, de ascultat.

4/5









Songs:
1. Wine Dark Sea
2. Wayfinder
3. Dawn
4. The Sirens
5. Penelope
6. Kalypso
7. Nausikaa
8. Stranger At The Gate
9. The Shades

Musicians:
Chris Potter - tenor and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet
Craig Taborn - piano
David Virelles - prepared piano, celeste, harmonium
Larry Grenadier - double-bass
Eric Harland - drums

Patricia Barber - Smash 2013

Vocalista americana, un alt album la care e de bagat musai urechea.

5/5








Songs:
1. Code Cool [5:20]
2. The Wind Song [3:39]
3. Romanesque [2:20]
4. Smash [4:20]
5. Redshift [4:25]
6. Spring Song [4:38]
7. Devil's Food [5:07]
8. Scream [5:43]
9. The Swim [4:23]
10. Bashful [6:09]
11. The Storyteller [3:12]
12. Missing [5:20]

Musicians:
Patricia Barber - vocals, piano
Jon Deitemyer - drums
Larry Kohut - bass
John Kregor - guitar 

Thomas Baggerman Trio & Eva Scholten – Eva Sur Seine 2013

Un album scurt, numai bun pentru o ascultare rapida. De bagat in seama.

3/5









Songs:
1.Bernie's Tune 02:58
2.Une Belle Histoire 05:09
3.Stompin' At The Savoy 02:42
4.Je Me Voyais Déjà 03:22
5.Flambée Montalbanaise 02:46
6.Dream Of You 03:47 

Musicians:
Thomas Baggerman – guitar
Eva Scholten – vocals
Max Baggerman – guitar
Machiel Willemsen – double bass

Thierry Maillard Trio - Beyond the Ocean 2013

Pianist francez, un album splendid. De bagat adanc urechea.

5/5









Songs:
1. Keops
2. Etretat Le Donjon
3. Beyond the Ocean
4. Budapest
5. Le Jardin des Rves
6. Icon
7. La Cote Sauvage
8. La Ligne Transatlantique
9. Ireland Song
10. The Secrets
11. Le Petit Hotel au Grand Large
12. La Valle des Reines
13. Anyway
14. Without You

Musicians:
Thierry Maillard - piano
Matyas Szanda - double bass
Yoann Schmidt - drums

Guests
Didier Malherbe - duduk (3,9, 12)
Debora Seffer - violin (3), voice (9, 12)
Djemai Abdenour - oud (2, 9, 12)