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Arbenz, Mehari, Veras: Conversation #1: Condensed

Read "Conversation #1: Condensed" reviewed by Kyle Simpler


One of the most appealing aspects in jazz is the interplay among musicians in a group. There is usually a continuous musical conversation occurring during any given session, which adds an element of spontaneity. Swiss drummer Florian Arbenz is concentrating on this concept of conversation in his upcoming releases, beginning with Conversation #1: Condensed. Arbenz has established himself as one of the foremost drummers in Europe. He has recorded and performed with numerous artists during his career, including ...

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Mátyás Szandai Quartet: Sadhana

Read "Sadhana" reviewed by Friedrich Kunzmann


A Frenchman, a Brazilian, a Hungarian and a Cuban meet up in a bar in downtown Paris and start making music together. This is not the beginning of a joke but merely the account of where the quartet around Hungarian double bassist Mátyás Szandai originally formed. A graduate from the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest, Szandai has been living in Paris since 2011, where he continues to broaden is musical knowledge of classical music, studying composition at the Hector Berlioz ...

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Airelle Besson and Nelson Veras: Prelude

Read "Prelude" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


French trumpeter and composer Airelle Besson and Brazilian guitarist Nelson Veras have stuck up quite the duet relationship that manifests itself properly on the present Preludes. The trumpet/guitar format is not your typical duo, but it works extremely well in the hands of these two like-minded musicians. The two share a warm aural intimacy even more profound than various piano-based duets. Besson is a lyrical trumpeter who favors long melodic lines not afraid to tell a story ...

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Nelson Veras: Solo Session Vol. 1

Read "Solo Session Vol. 1" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson


Guitarist Nelson Veras's considerable sideman experience has favored the acoustic instrument--a highlight is his mild-mannered straight man to Manu Codjia's volatile electric guitar on Christophe Wallemme's fine large-ensemble Namaste (Bee Jazz, 2006).The relationship between Veras's playing and classic Brazilian guitar--Hélio Delmiro, João Gilberto, Bola Sete--is like that between James Blood Ulmer's playing and the blues: oddly, totally inside the tradition and entirely outside it at the same time. For Veras (and Ulmer, indeed), this has something to do ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Conversation #1:...

Hammer Recordings
2021

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Sadhana

BMC Records
2020

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Prelude

Naive
2015

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R/B

Out of Sight Music
2012

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