Memoria Uno #11 at Sala Fènix – 31st May ’16 Oriol Roca (drums) Àlex Reviriego & Marc Cuevas (bass) Marcel·lí Bayer (bass clarinet, tenor saxophone) Pablo Selnik (flute) Núria Andorrà (percussion) Pol Padrós (trumpet) Oriol Fontclara (baritone saxophone) Tom Chant (tenor & soprano saxophones) Pablo Rega (guitar) Agustí Fernández (piano, conduction) Iván González (conduction, trumpet)…
[This review was first published in Jazz Journal in 2013.] Wollie Kaiser (bs) Andreas Kaling (bs) Jan Klare (bs) Dirk Raulf (bs) Inner Vision Stag Billion Dollar Babies Secret Service Black Sabbath Iron Man Paranoid Yamantaka Smells Like Teen Spirit Lynch The End Simple Song (63.52) 2010 Poise poise23 This third album from the self-styled…
[This review was first published in Jazz Journal in 2010.] Wollie Kaiser (bs) Andreas Kaling (bs) Jan Klare (bs) Dirk Raulf (bs) Cultural Value Oh Well That’s Right Helter Skelter The Brand New Sweet Neo Schrott Crimson Medley Nice Lines, Man Thick Description Left Behind Fire Black Dog Can’t Get You Out of My Head…
Tom Chant (tenor & soprano saxophones) Pablo Schvarzman (effects, electronics) In the Absenta del Raval basement room, Schvarzman’s lurching electronic rhythmic distortions seem to push Chant into more melodic (albeit fragmented) territory than usual. The fragments repeat in layers, slowly accreting until a coherent density emerges. Sometimes eerie, sometimes harsh, never sweet but definitely an…
Trumpeter, composer, improviser, Susana Santos Silva hails from Porto, Portugal but her collaborations and projects are global in scope. Equally at home with structured ensemble playing or free improvisation and extended technique, Silva regularly performs in a variety of settings, from orchestral to solo. 1. Name an experience that contributed to your becoming a musician?…
Michał Dymny (electric guitar) Vasco Trilla (drums) Paulina Owczarek (baritone saxophone) – tracks 6 & 8 Morbidezza Flechettes Xoloescuincle Scotoma Memory Hole Cave Canem Bigu Hskaner DNAR 2015 FMR Records FMRCD399 “Cave Canem” (Latin for beware of the dog) is a meeting of minds from Kraków and Barcelona – no prizes for guessing who might…
Featuring on many people’s ‘best of…’ lists, 2015’s “Bullhorn” is arguably Verneri Pohjola’s most successful/recognised recording so far. I was lucky enough to see Pohjola play back in 2004, when the Ilmiliekki Quartet made their first appearance at Tampere’s Jazz Happening. Lyrical, melodic, subtle, and many other words have all been overused, so let’s just…
