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CD Naim Empirical: Elements Of Truth
In stoc2011
Tom Farmer - contrabas
Nathaniel Facey - saxofon alto
Shaney Forbes - tobe
Lewis Wright - vibrafon
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George Fogel - pian
Messiaen is, in 2011, the classical composer most frequently given a nod by young British jazz musicians, for reasons which are often obscure if not inaudible. His presence can, however, readily be felt on Elements Of Truth, most clearly in the spooky "Say What You Mean, Mean What You Say." Iyer's influence is also apparent here, as it is in the uneven meter and altered harmonies of "An Ambiguous State Of Mind." Both tunes were written by Farmer, the chief composer on this disc; there are two from Facey (who split Out 'n' In down the middle with Farmer) and one from Wright.
Unlike its predecessors, Elements Of Truth was produced by the band. It is a workmanlike job, as is Dave Moore's mix, but a mis-step. Production by committee is as perilous as design by committee, and the album has a rather samey, "democratic" feel running through it. A sympathetic autocrat might have produced a more dynamic programme of tracks. That said, even on a literal and linear recording, Empirical's music makes for a cracking disc. [ All About Jazz ]
- Numar discuri: 1
- Gen muzica: Jazz
CD Naim Empirical: Out N In
In stoc2009
Tom Farmer - contrabas
Nathaniel Facey - saxofon alto
Julian Siegel - bas clarinet, saxofon tenor
Shaney Forbes - tobe
Lewis Wright - vibrafon
One of the great things about tributes is that they allow one to revisit and appreciate the influence of artists that deserve more exposure. This is definitely the case with the British group Empirical's tribute to reed player and composer, Eric Dolphy. Out 'n' In was released in 2009 and is still a text book example of how tributes should be done. Instead of playing an album of cover tunes, the group has internalized the influence of Dolphy and created its own original compositions, but for good measure, two compositions from the master are also thrown in the mix. Both of them, "Hat & Beard" and "Gazzelloni," are from Dolphy's iconic Blue Note album Out to Lunch (1964) and prove that it is possible to play experimental jazz music that swings. Especially bassist Tom Farmer knows how to get into a deep groove. [ All About Jazz ]
- Numar discuri: 1
- Gen muzica: Jazz
CD Naim Havard Gimse, Henning Kraggerud: Schubert, Schumann
In stoc2006
Havard Gimse - pian
Henning Kraggerud - viola
Franz Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata D 821
Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata In A Minor D 784
Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen Op. 15
- Numar discuri: 1
- Gen muzica: Clasica
CD Naim Havard Gimse: Grieg
In stoc2002
Havard Gimse - pian
Grieg: Folk Dances, Songs & Original Transcriptions
- Numar discuri: 1
- Gen muzica: Clasica
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 ACT Veneri Pohjola: Aurora
In stoc2009
Verneri Pohjola / trumpet
Juhani Aaltonen & Pepa Paivinen / reeds
Ilmari Pohjola / trombone
Aki Rissanen / piano
Antti Lotjonen & Pekka Pohjola / bass
Joonas Riippa / drums
Meta4 string quartet
Pohjola is a name with great symbolic power in Finland. It is the main place in the national epic poem Kalevala, and the surname of one of the country’s best known jazz musician families. With Aurora, trumpeter Verneri Pohjola is now creating quite a stir outside his homeland. In Finland his debut won the Emma award as leader, the Finnish Grammy, as “Best Jazz Album of 2009”.
- 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 Abercrombie / Marc Johnson / Peter Erskine
In stocMartie 1975
John Abercrombie - chitara electrica
Dave Holland - contrabas
Jack DeJohnette - tobe
"With this record, John Abercrombie both repaved and detoured from his staid path. He could hardly have been in finer company, and the combination seems to have fanned all sorts of flames within him. DeJohnette and Holland string an array of tightropes across which Abercrombie balances his way into previously uncharted territory. [ ecmreviews ]
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- 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 Wagner: Tannhauser ( Solti - Kollo, Dernesch ) CD + BluRay Audio
In stoc1971 ( Hans Sotin, Helga Dernesch, Rene Kollo, Christa Ludwig, Wiener Philharmoniker, dirijor Georg Solti )
Tannhauser Presented in 5.1 Surround Sound on one Blu-ray Audio disc and mastered at 24-bit/96kHz from the never-before released 1970 experimental quadraphonic tapes
3CDs + High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-ray disc containing the complete opera in 24-bit audio Deluxe hard-back edition with original cover
Includes libretto, and synopsis both with English, German and French translations
Mastering from original analogue sources by former Decca engineer, Paschal Byrne.
- Numar discuri: 4
- 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 Decca Strauss - Elektra ( Solti - Nilsson, Resnik ) CD + BluRay Audio
In stoc1967 - ( Birgit Nilsson, Gerhard Stolze, Regina Resnik, Marie Collier, Tom Krause, Wiener Philharmoniker, dirijeaza Georg Solti ) -
Salome and Elektra, of course, were two of the greatest vehicles for Birgit Nilsson, and her Elektra remains unsurpassed–never mind the mind-boggling playing of the Vienna Philharmonic.
– ClassicsToday
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 Deutsche Grammophon (DG) Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci ( Karajan, Bergonzi, Cossotto, Carlyle ) CD + BluRay Audio
In stocThese rewordings surely are among the finest ever of the two Italian melodramas, and now DGG has reissued them in deluxe fashion . . . what we hear is broad, beautifully balanced stereo, with a wider dynamic range than one would expect from sound of the original LPs. A 136-page booklets offers photos and complete libretti. A classic issue, sure to please operaphiles.
Record Review / Robert E. Benson
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
- Numar discuri: 3
- Gen muzica: Opera
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
CD ECM Records Steve Swallow: Home
In stoc1979
Steve Swallow - bas
Sheila Jordan - voce
Steve Kuhn - pian
David Liebman - saxofoane
Lyle Mays - sintetizator
Bob Moses - tobe
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A recording of great charm, Home features bassist Steve Swallow’s settings of the poetry of Robert Creeley for an inspired band of friends, each of whom is also a strikingly original presence. Creeley was very supportive of the project and loved particularly Sheila Jordan’s singing. Swallow, whose feeling for verse is as profound as his understanding of jazz, gets right inside the meaning of the texts and illuminates them with his melodies. Recorded 1979.
- Numar discuri: 1
- Gen muzica: Jazz
CD ECM Records Gary Burton: The New Quartet
In stoc1973
Gary Burton Vibraphone
Michael Goodrick Guitar
Abraham Laboriel Bass
Harry Blazer Drums
As well as being the great vibes innovator of the era, Gary Burton has been a most astute talent scout. In 1973, The New Quartet introduced Abraham Laboriel: this was the first recording of the bassist who would shortly become one of the most in-demand session players across all genres. “It must be emphasised that Laboriel sounds like a major artist in the making with his astonishing bass work,” wrote Melody Maker. Guitarist Mick Goodrick also emerged as a player to watch with this album, shining in a well-conceived programme with compositions of Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea, Carla Bley, Mike Gibbs and bandleader Burton.
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- Numar discuri: 1
- Gen muzica: Jazz
CD ECM Records Andras Schiff / Peter Serkin - Mozart / Reger / Busoni: Music for Two Pianos
In stoc1999
Andras Schiff - pian
Peter Serkin - pian
ECM débuts for two of the greatest pianists of our time, artists of personal vision very seldom heard - as they are here - as piano duo. Recorded after an American tour in 1997, Schiff and Serkin deliver a programme that is in itself a kind of 'art of fugue', beginning and ending with Mozart and embracing fugal compositions by Reger and Busoni. Serkin's rigorous asceticism and Schiff's elegant poetic touch are brought to bear on these works, as the players investigate the essential qualities of the music. A fascinating issue.
- Numar discuri: 2
- Gen muzica: Clasica
CD Universal Records Nirvana - Nevermind < BluRay Audio >
In stoc- Numar discuri: 1
- Gen muzica: Rock
CD Universal Records Jonas Kaufmann - Wagner (BluRay Audio)
In stoc- Numar discuri: 1
- Gen muzica: Opera
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