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CD Naim Fred Simon: Since Forever
In stoc2009
Fred Simon - pian
Paul McCandless - English horn, oboi,saxofon sopran, bas clarinet, fluier
Steve Rodby - contrabas
Mark Walker - percutie
A pianist of rare compositional lyricism, it's remarkable how one event in Fred Simon's life has led, almost inescapably, to the present. Touring with woodwind multi-instrumentalist Paul McCandless in support of the Oregon co-founder's Premonition (Windham Hill, 1992), the keyboardist found himself onstage with Pat Metheny Group bassist Steve Rodby and soon-to-be-Oregon drummer, Mark Walker. That tour ultimately led to Simon's Remember the River (NAIM, 2004), an intimate chamber jazz affair featuring Rodby and McCandless. With that trio still intact, Simon now aims for more propulsive territory by introducing Walker to the mix
If Remember the River was an album of grace, charm, and dignity, then Since Forever recaptures those same qualities but ups the ante with a stronger rhythmic force and more advanced group interaction. A beautiful, True Stereo recording, it's sure to be a sleeper hit of 2009—an album of impassioned sensitivity, more expansive dynamics, and even clearer narrative arc. [ AllAboutJazz ]
- Numar discuri: 1
- Greutate Vinil: Normal
- Gen muzica: Jazz
CD Naim Giorgio Serci: New York Sessions
In stoc2004
Giorgio Serci - chitara
Harvie Swartz - contrabas
Virginia Mayhew - saxofon sopran si tenor
Allison Miller - tobe
Giorgio is a young, talented guitarist whose mastery of the guitar is evident in this debut release on The Naim Label.
Featuring mainly self-penned tracks and Giorgio's own arrangements of "Frere Jacques" and "Moon River", New York Sessions is a beautiful sounding album from a polished jazz quartet.
- Numar discuri: 1
- Greutate Vinil: Normal
- Gen muzica: Jazz
CD Naim Havard Gimse: Grieg
In stoc2002
Havard Gimse - pian
Grieg: Folk Dances, Songs & Original Transcriptions
- Numar discuri: 1
- Gen muzica: Clasica
CD Naim Havard Gimse: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven
In stoc2006
Havard Gimse - pian
Haydn: Sonata in C, Hob. XVI
Mozart: 3 Rondos, K 485
Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata, Op. 27, No. 2
- Numar discuri: 1
- Gen muzica: Clasica
CD Naim Hobgood, Torff, Wertico: State Of The Union
In stoc1999
State of the Union
Laurence Hobgood - pian
Brian Q.Torff - bas
Paul Wertico - tobe, percutie
"In 1997, a remarkable new trio staffed by pianist Laurence Hobgood, bassist Brian Torff and drummer-percussionist Paul Wertico released a striking debut, Union. The shimmering textures and haunting lyricism of that CD signaled that a potentially important jazz trio had arrived and instantly stoked interest in a follow-up recording. To listeners who value this trio, and there are many, two years seemed like a long time between releases, but State Of The Union was well worth the wait. Here are three remarkably spontaneous improvisers unafraid to veer between simple diatonic melodies and provocative splashes of dissonance, between gently swinging rhythms and free-form, unmetered statements. The thrust of this recording, as with Union, is on translucent ensemble sound, delicately stated lyricism, an Impressionistic approach to color and an unusual degree of introspection and contemplation. With unmistakably original compositions (by each of the musicians), Hobgood/Torff/Wertico sounds like no other trio working today, and that alone is an impressive achievement."
Stereophile
- Numar discuri: 1
- Gen muzica: Jazz
CD Naim Hobgood, Torff, Wertico: Union
In stoc1997
Union
Laurence Hobgood - pian
Brian Q.Torff - bas
Paul Wertico - tobe, percutie
Jazz Times
"This piano trio gets a unique sound by stretching things beyond customary limits via timbre, dynamics, voicings, but never bend basic harmonic or rhythmic rules to speak of. Daring and conservative at once, and quite creative in their chosen range. Hobgood is as Bleyful as Evansesque, with an ear for unexpected harmonic tension. These three work amazingly well together for a studio combination, and the choice of material is excellent."
- Numar discuri: 1
- Gen muzica: Jazz
CD Naim Laurence Hobgood: Left To My Own Devices
In stoc2000
Laurence Hobgood - pian
Kurt Elling - voce
For Laurence Hobgood's debut recording as a leader, he has chosen the solo piano format. It's a challenge for the most skilled of performers, but for the clearly brilliant Hobgood, it all seems as pure and natural as the driven snow of his native Chicago. Ideas easily tumble forth, rearrangements of standards sound renewed and revived, while the original material he plays is infused with a playful intensity and in many instances classical quality. His regular running mate vocalist Kurt Elling appears on four selections as crooner, wise man or surreal romantic soothsayer. Meanwhile it is Hobgood, as impressive a player as there is anywhere, who commands total attention.
- Numar discuri: 1
- Gen muzica: Jazz
CD Naim Laurence Hobgood: When The Heart Dances
In stoc2008
Laurence Hobgood - pian
Charlie Haden - bas
Kurt Elling - voce
Kurt Elling's long-time pianist, Laurence Hobgood, is no stranger to leading a recording session. He has released four previous recordings on Naim Jazz in the last 10 years. He is a durable pianist, a bit of a cross between Red Garland and George Winston, with a smidge of Bill Evans thrown in for seasoning. On When the Heart Dances, Hobgood duets with bassist Charlie Haden and is joined by Elling on three of the eleven selections. [AllAboutJazz]
- Numar discuri: 1
- Gen muzica: Jazz
CD Naim Laurence Hobgood Trio: Crazy World
In stoc2005
Laurence Hobgood - pian
Rob Amster - bas
Paul Wertico - tobe
Kurt Elling - voce
For Laurence Hobgood's debut recording as a leader, he has chosen the solo piano format. It's a challenge for the most skilled of performers, but for the clearly brilliant Hobgood, it all seems as pure and natural as the driven snow of his native Chicago. Ideas easily tumble forth, rearrangements of standards sound renewed and revived, while the original material he plays is infused with a playful intensity and in many instances classical quality. His regular running mate vocalist Kurt Elling appears on four selections as crooner, wise man or surreal romantic soothsayer. Meanwhile it is Hobgood, as impressive a player as there is anywhere, who commands total attention.
- Numar discuri: 1
- Gen muzica: Jazz
CD ECM Records Gary Peacock: Guamba
In stoc1987
Jan Garbarek - saxofon tenor si sopran
Gary Peacock - bas
Palle Mikkelborg - trompeta, flugelhorn
Peter Erskine - tobe
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Gary Peacock’s recordings of the 1980s are production projects on which great players convened to play the bassist’s tunes. And the bass is fully a lead voice here, with title piece Guamba a Peacock solo to open the proceedings. As Paul Bley once said, “Gary is one of those rare musicians you could always count on to play better than you.” Nonetheless, there are mighty contributions from saxophone, trumpet and drums, with Jan Garbarek in particularly strong form. Jazz Forum: “Garbarek plays with magisterial power here.” Recorded 1987.
- Numar discuri: 1
- Gen muzica: Jazz
CD ECM Records Don Cherry / Ed Blackwell: El Corazon
In stoc1982
Don Cherry - pocket trumpet, pian, melodica, orga, doussn'gouni
Ed Blackwell - tobe, percutie
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“The trumpeter sketches a succession of melodies and moods around and over the rich textural detail and earthy solidity of Mr Blackwell’s drumming,” noted Robert Palmer in The New York Times. “The melodies come from Spain, Africa, Jamaica and the modern jazz compositions of Thelonious Monk, but Mr Cherry and Mr Blackwell transform them into a personal music that is as urbane and international as they are. Together, they make El Corazón one of the most impressive duet albums of recent years.” This magical 1982 album, overflowing with character, has remained the reference recording for trumpet and drums duos.
- Numar discuri: 1
- Gen muzica: Jazz
CD ECM Records John Surman: The Amazing Adventures Of Simon Simon
In stoc1981
John Surman - saxofon tenor si bariton, bas clarinet, sintetizatoare
Jack DeJohnette - tobe, percutie, pian electric
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John Surman and Jack DeJohnette first played together in 1968, but didn’t make a duo album together until The Amazing Adventures of Simon Simon in 1981. Immediately recognised as a special album it won the Record of the Year Award in Jazz Forum’s Readers Poll. The press was equally enthusiastic. Down Beat: “Unrestrained delight! The stunning Adventures of Simon Simon shatters through several stylistic barriers in the most swingful of fashions – and goes right to the heart of modern musical artistry…5 stars.”
- Numar discuri: 1
- Gen muzica: Jazz
CD ECM Records Jack DeJohnette: New Directions
In stoc1978
Jack DeJohnette tobe, pian
John Abercrombie chitara, mandolina
Lester Bowie trompeta
Eddie Gomez bas
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New Directions found drummer/pianist Jack DeJohnette reflecting on the multiple routes his musical life had taken and summarizing them in a single band. “My idea was to put together a cast of unlikely characters”. He’d worked with Eddie Gomez in the Bill Evans Trio, played extensively with John Abercrombie in the Gateway trio and a new alliance with Art Ensemble trumpeter Lester Bowie reconnected Jack to the experimental spirit of the early AACM. “With Lester added we had four strong and very different characters, could cover a lot of musical areas, and the chemistry was fantastic.” New Directions, recorded in 1978, won France’s Prix du Jazz Contemporain de L’Academie Charles Cros.
- Numar discuri: 1
- Gen muzica: Jazz
CD ECM Records David Darling: Cello
In stoc1992
David Darling - violoncel, violoncel electric
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The modestly titled Cello has a cover image by Jean-Luc Godard and much of the music featured here gradually made its way into the great director’s films. This music paints images in the mind. Blogger Tyran Grillo wrote that “David Darling’s Cello is one of the most stunning albums ever to be released on ECM in any genre. Its fluid paths feel like home. Darling plows the improvisatory depths of his soul, given free rein in the studio to paint the negative spaces in between those clouds on the album’s cover, ever deeper, ever truer to the core of something alive.” Recorded 1991 and 1992.
- Numar discuri: 1
- Gen muzica: Jazz
CD ECM Records Dave Holland: Triplicate
In stoc1988
Dave Holland contrabas
Steve Coleman saxofon alto
Jack DeJohnette tobe
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“The phenomenal strength of Dave Holland’s bass pushes Steve Coleman and Jack DeJohnette into their most powerful work to date,” opined the Sydney Morning Herald. “The subtlety of Coleman’s inflections, the poise and complexity of his lines, are at the service of a very deep musical feeling. He is the best altoist to have emerged in a long time.” Recorded 1988.
- Numar discuri: 1
- Gen muzica: Jazz
CD ECM Records Trygve Seim: Different Rivers
In stoc1999
Trygve Seim Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone
Arve Henriksen Trumpet, Vocal, Trumpophone
Havard Lund Bass Clarinet, Clarinet
Nils Jansen Bass Saxophone, Contrabass Clarinet, Sopranino Saxophone
Hild Sofie Tafjord French Horn
Oyvind Braekke Trombone
David Gald Tuba
Stian Carstensen Accordion
Bernt Simen Lund Cello
Morten Hannisdal Cello
Per Oddvar Johansen Drums
Paal Nilssen-Love Drums
Sidsel Endresen Recitation
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An extended band deliver a remarkable sequence of tone-trances, at times faintly suggestive of Carla Bley and Gil Evans, but based on very small melodic motifs, given strength and mesmeric fascination by progressive harmonic overlays and tonal variation. Ulrikas Dans is a six-note ascending figure that turns into a surging clamour of sound, Intangible Waltz like Carla Bley drifting through musical dry ice, African Sunrise like exuberant Gild Evans and For Edward and Breathe as still and focused as a yoga meditation. Wonderful.
John Fordham, The Guardian (Jazz CD of the week)
- Numar discuri: 1
- Gen muzica: Jazz
CD Decca Donizetti - Lucia Di Lammermoor ( Bonynge, Sutherland, Pavarotti ) CD + BluRay Audio
In stoc1971 ( editia 2014 ) - Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti,, Nicolai Ghiaurov, London Philharmonic Orchestra ( dirijor Richard Bonynge ) - A splendid remastered limited edition Decca set starring Dame Joan Sutherland in 1971 in one of her most celebrated roles as Lucia from Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor.
Presented on 2CDs + High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-ray disc containing the complete opera in 24-Bit audio.
Remastered in ultra-high quality 96kHz/24-bit audio at Abbey Road Studios in 2014 under the supervision of long-term Decca balance engineer Philip Siney.
- Numar discuri: 3
- Gen muzica: Opera
CD Decca Strauss - Salome ( Solti - Nilsson, Stolze ) CD + BluRay Audio
In stoc1962 - ( Birgit Nilsson, Gerhard Stolze, Grace Hoffman, Eberhard Wachter, Wiener Philharmoniker, dirijeaza Georg Solti ) -
There may have actually been “greater” Salomes in recordings of Salome; Hildegard Behrens is arguably more insightful, and Montserrat Caballé more kittenish and vocally opulent–but Nilsson is in a class by herself. Normal human beings–even great singers who seem supernatural–have flaws; Nilsson has none. You never worry whether she will find the center of a note or end the long-breathed phrase gallantly–she always does. Now that Decca has returned the original, grotesque photograph of her to the cover, you’ll know what to expect. -- Robert Levine, ClassicsToday.com
Presented on 2CDs + High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-ray disc containing the complete opera in 24-Bit audio.
- Numar discuri: 3
- Gen muzica: Opera
CD ECM Records Ralph Towner: Diary
In stoc1973
Ralph Towner 12-String Guitar, Classical Guitar, Piano, Gongs
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Recorded in a Stockholm church in 1979, Aftenland documents a fascinating encounter between Jan Garbarek, improviser par excellence, and classical organist Kjell Johnsen. “Preparing and realizing Aftenland was one of the most interesting experiences in my entire career,” Johnsen has said. “A major artistic achievement”, wrote Contemporary Keyboard.
- Numar discuri: 1
- Gen muzica: Jazz
CD ECM Records John Surman: Adventure Playground
In stoc1992
John Surman - saxofoane, bas clarinet
Paul Bley - pian
Gary Peacock - bass
Tony Oxley - drums
< ecm reviews.com >
John Surman’s Adventure Playground is an appendix to Paul Bley’s previous quartet efforts, only now we find them in the company of bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Tony Oxley. And while the session does drip with the same brooding viscosity one would come to expect, the added colors of Oxley enhance the music’s inner states with endless novelty. Take, for instance, the anthemic frenzy he builds in his sole compositional contribution, “Just For Now,” by which he holds smelling salts under the nose of the listener’s attention. And again in Surman’s “Quadraphonic Question,” a lumbering yet somehow airy thing to which the rules of interpretation can only bow in appreciation of their own dismantling, his talents are especially brilliant, describing a host of people and places in bursts of expansive inquiries while managing to give those delicate soprano lines all the room they need to weep.
- Numar discuri: 1
- Gen muzica: Jazz
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