joi, 14 iunie 2012

EOL Trio - End of Line 2012

Trio francez, un album destul de interesant. Se poate incerca.

3/5










Songs:
1. Walking Downtown
2. Smoke On the Tube Amp
3. Dollers
4. Drums Solo
5. Take Care Brother
6. New One
7. Bad Song
8. Soft Tune
9. Hard Tune
10. MMW

Musicians:
Denis Girard / piano, fender rhodes, hammond
Laurent David / bass
Xavier Girard / drums


Devin Gray - Dirigo Rataplan 2012

Prima realizare a bateristului american. Una ce merita atentie.

3/5









Songs:
1 Quadraphonically
2 Cancel the Cancel
3 Down Time
4 Prospect Park in the Dark (For Charles Ives)
5 Talking with Hands
6 Otaku
7 Thickets (For Gerald Cleaver)
8 Katahdin

Musicians:
Devin Gray / drums
Ellery Eskelin / tenor sax
Dave Ballou / trumpet
Michael Formanek / bass




Brian Bromberg - Compared To That 2012

Muzicieni de seama si pe acest album. Unul spre care poate fi aplecata urechea cu incredere.

4/5









Songs:
1. Compared To That [8:26]
2. Rory Lowery, Private Eye [9:54]
3. If Ray Brown Was A Cowboy? [6:36]
4. Hayride [7:30]
5. A Little New Old School [7:19]
6. Forgiveness [5:19]
7. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? [4:52]
8. I'm Just Sayin' [7:42]
9. The Eclipse [8:59]
10. Give It To Me Baby [4:19]

Musicians:
Brian Bromberg / acoustic bass, hollow body piccolo bass, steel string acoustic piccolo bass
Randy Brecker / trumpet, flugelhorn
Vinnie Colaiuta / drums
Alex Acuna / percussion
Gary Meek / tenor sax
Jeff Lorber / piano
George Duke / piano
Mitch Forman / piano
Larry Goldings / hammond b3 organ
Tom Zink / piano
Bela Fleck / banjo
Gannin Arnold / guitar
Charlie Bishart / violin


Gwilym Simcock - Lighthouse 2012

Pianist englez, alaturi de alti doi muzicieni foarte buni. Un album ce merita a fi ascultat.

4/5











Songs:
1. Space Junk
2. Weathergirls
3. One Morning
4. Above the Sun
5. The Wind On the Water
6. King Barolo
7. Wax Lyrical
8. Devilled
9. Tawel Nawr (Quiet Now) 

Musicians:
Gwilym Simcock / piano
Tim Garland / soprano&tenor sax, bass clarinet
Asaf Sirkis / drums, percussion

miercuri, 13 iunie 2012

Bela Fleck & The Marcus Roberts Trio - Across the Imaginary Divide 2012

 Colaborare interesanta, un album ce merita atentie.

3/5










 Songs:
1. Some Roads Lead Home
2. I'm Gonna Tell You This Story One More Time
3. Across the Imaginary Divide
4. Let Me Show You What To Do
5. Petunia
6. Topaika
7. One Blue Truth
8. Let's Go
9. Kalimba
10. The Sunshine and the Moonlight
11. That Old Thing
12. That Ragtime Feeling

Musicians:
Bela Fleck / banjo
Marcus Roberts / piano
Rodney Jordan / bass
Jason Marsalis / drums



John Surman - Saltash Bells 2012

Primul album solo din 1994 incoace al muzicianului britanic. De ascultat, negresit.

5/5










Songs:
1 Whistmans Wood 6:32
2 Glass Flower 3:13
03 On Staddon Heights 7:32
4 Triadichorum 3:36
5 Winter Elegy 8:17
6 Aelfwin 2:17
7 Saltash Bells 10:40
8 Dark Reflections 3:27
9 The Crooked Inn 2:41
10 Sailing Westwards 10:37

Musician:
John Surman / soprano, tenor and baritone saxophones; alto, bass and contrabass clarinets; harmonica, synthesizer


Arild Andersen - Celebration 2012

Prestatie live, un alt bassist drag mie. Interpretari ale unor piese Chick Corea, Jan Garbarek sau Keith Jarrett. Musai de dat play.

5/5









Songs:
1. May Dance
2. Molde Canticle, Part 1
3. Crystal Silence
4. Ulrikas Dans
5. Independency, Part 4
6. My Song

Musicians:
Arild Andersen / double-bass
Tommy Smith / tenor saxophone
Scottish National Jazz Orchestra