Cim Meyer, Jazz Special (Denmark):
KEVIN HAYS NEW DAY TRIO North (Sunnyside)
http://kevinhays.com/
Lars Mossefinn, Dag og tid (Norway):
ERLEND APNESETH Nattsongar (Heilo)
Axel Stinshoff, Jazz thing (Germany):
Thomas Siffling Flow (Jazznarts Records)
Luca Vitali, Giornale della Musica (Italy):
EVE RISSER/BENJAMIN DUBOC/EDWARD PERRAUD - EN CORPS Generation (Dark Tree)
https://darktree.bandcamp.com/track/des-corps-excerpt-2
Madli-Liis Parts, Muusika (Estonia):
KIRA SKOV - MARIA FAUST, "In the Beginning" Stunt Records 2017
Rui Eduardo Paes, jazz.pt (Portugal):
EVE RISSER/BENJAMIN DUBOC/EDWARD PERRAUD - EN CORPS Generation (Dark Tree)
https://darktree.bandcamp.com/track/des-corps-excerpt-2
Paweł Brodowski, Jazz Forum (Poland):
TOMASZ STAŃKO NEW YORK QUARTET December Avenue (ECM)
Recorded at Studios La Buissonne in the south of France in June 2016, „December Avenue” is Tomasz Stanko’s 12th album released by ECM, and his second outing with the New York Quartet, following „Wislawa” (2012). The lineup includes David Virelles on piano and Gerlad Cleaver on drums, Rueben Rogers replaces Thomas Morgan on bass. The new CD, built mostly on ballads and displaying the trumpter’s characteristic wistful sound, is permated by pensive, dream-like mood.
Mike Flynn, Jazzwise (UK):
DENYS BAPTISTE Late Trane (Edition Records)
https://www.denysbaptiste.com/
Anna Filipieva, Jazz.Ru (Russia):
YURY MARKIN / ALEXEY KRUGLOV On a Large Scale (FancyMusic)
http://fancymusic.ru/yury-markin-on-a-large-scale/
https://itunes.apple.com/album/yury-markin-on-a-large-scale/id1205923443
https://fancymusic.bandcamp.com/album/on-a-large-scale
The song titles sound rather technical, but they hide an abundance of colors, textures, and impressions from veteran composer Yuri Markin, the survivor of the Soviet jazz big band scene. Markin's music from the 1970s and 80s, as performed currently by saxophonist Alexey Kruglov's 20-piece Krugly Band, rip apart the standard jazz forms from inside, as those forms are too narrow for it.
Jan Granlie, Salt Peanuts (Norway):
WILLEM BREUKER KOLLEKTIEF Out of The Box (BVHaast)
Christine Stephan, JAZZTHETIK (Germany):
ROBERTO BONATI/BJERGSTED JAZZ ENSEMBLE: Nor Sea, Nor Land, Nor Salty Waves - A Nordic Story (ParmaFrontiere)
Henning Bolte, Jazzism (Netherlands):
MATT MITCHELL Matt Mitchell plays Tim Berne: Førage (Screwgun)
Listening to the pieces you could be torn between following the mountain stream and wanting to discern familiar elements, lines, shapes and architecture. The best approach is to abandon search for the familiar, and to immerse oneself as deeply as possible in the movements of the music first and finally getting satisfied by an apprehension of the gestalt that crystallizes in that kind of rewarding interaction. It is facilitated then by the clear articulation, flow and conclusiveness of the music.
Magnus Nygren, Orkester Journalen (Sweden):
KONRAD AGNAS/JOHAN GRADEN/PER TEXAS JOHANSSON Bakgrundsmusik (Bakgrundsmusik)
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