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Maja Alvanović: Wind Rose
by Hrayr Attarian
The composer and pianist Maja Alvanovic forges her unique sound out of the complex rhythms and the poetry of her native Serbia and Jazz's effervescent spontaneity. She is also a superb bandleader as her Majamisty trio, with fellow Serbians bassist Ervin Malina, and drummer Lav Kovač, performs with vibrant fluidity. The ensemble's fifth release, the charming Wind Rose, maintains the stylistic elements of its predecessors and is equally moving and elegant. Alvanovic's Passarola" opens with a ...
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by Chris May
The Serbian pianist Maja Alvanović and her trio won widespread acclaim in 2020 for Organic (Majamisty), with All About Jazz and The New York Times among early champions of the album. An ineffably beautiful disc, it drove some writers towards the rocks of hyperbole as surely as the Sirens of Greek mythology wrecked besotted seafarers. But overall the praise was justified. And the good news is that Wind Rose, the group's fourth album, rides the same tide, ...
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by Neri Pollastri
Il tedesco Ulrich Drechsler, musicista interamente dedito al clarinetto basso con il quale si cimenta in contesti assai diversi (in uscita un suo lavoro in duo con il nostro Stefano Battaglia), è qui al suo esordio discografico -avvenuto dieci anni orsono -alla testa di un quartetto che ha in organico il prestigioso pianista norvegese Tord Gustavsen, all'epoca da poco approdato all'etichetta ECM. La cifra della musica -tutta di Drechsler, tranne Graceful Touch" e la conclusiva Where Breathing Starts," ...
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by Mark Corroto
Ulrich Drechsler asks and answers the question: how can the saddest music in the world be delivered with so much hope?
Humans & Places follows Drechsler's loving tribute to Thelonious Monk on the 2004 disc The Monk In All Of Us, where his bass clarinet conjured the spirit of Eric Dolphy. On this quartet recording his music directs itself more towards Bill Evans than Dolphy. Perhaps the influence of Norwegian pianist Tord Gustavsen is what imparts this music ...
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Wind Rose
From: Wind RoseBy Ulrich Drechsler