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Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger: Force Majeure

January 18, 2021 By guillaume

Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger - Force Majeure (2020)

As soon as New York City entered a first lockdown in March 2020, double bass player Dezron Douglas and jazz harpist Brandee Younger launched a series of live streams on Facebook and Instagram Live from their East Harlem flat. Dubbed “Force Majeure: Brunch in the crib with Brandee & Dezron”, the Friday morning concerts ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Jazz Tagged With: Brandee Younger, Dezron Douglas, double bass, harp

Anouar Brahem: Blue Maqams

November 29, 2018 By guillaume

Anouar Brahem - Blue-Maqams (2017)

The fear of repetition is probably what underpins Anouar Brahem’s entire recording career. “C’est ma hantise” (It’s my worst nightmare) said the Tunisian-born oud player in a recent interview. Since his début for the Munich-based ECM record label in 1991, the musician has performed in solo or shared the studio with a different ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Jazz Tagged With: Anouar Brahem, double bass, drums, oud, piano, quartet

Ensemble Ériu: Stargazer

July 1, 2017 By guillaume

Ensemble Ériu - Stargazer (2017) - Artwork © Max Franosch

In 2014, the Model Arts Centre in Sligo commissioned Irish contemporary traditional septet Ensemble Ériu to write new music during a two week residency. The Model is home to the Niland Collection which includes 42 paintings by Irish artist Jack Butler Yeats (1871 - 1957). Composed as a response to the paintings held there and ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Ireland Tagged With: clarinet, concertina, double bass, ensemble, Ensemble Ériu, fiddle, marimba

Cuar: Roscanna

June 20, 2017 By guillaume

Cuar - Roscanna (2017)

In approaching our vocal music, that style of singing traditional songs which is called in Irish the “sean-nós” - the “old style” - it is best to listen as if we were listening to music for the first time, with a child’s new mind; or to think of Indian Music rather than European. - Seán Ó Riada - Our musical heritage ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Ireland Tagged With: clarinet, Cuar, double bass, fiddle, flute

Petros Klampanis: Chroma

May 19, 2017 By guillaume

Petros Klampanis - Chroma (2017)

Born on the Greek island of Zakynthos and now based in New-York city, Petros Klampanis is a double-bass player and composer whose music is both influenced by the Mediterranean and Balkan folk traditions of his native country and by the contemporary American jazz scene. Since relocating to New York in 2008, the musician has ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Jazz Tagged With: double bass, ensemble, Petros Klampanis

Ensemble Ériu: Imbas

November 1, 2016 By guillaume

Ensemble Ériu - Imbas (2016)

Rooted in the traditional styles of North and West Clare, Ensemble Ériu is a unique combination of young Irish musicians revisiting a familiar repertoire with a highly original and innovative perspective. Following up on the band’s self-titled début in 2013 and released in June 2016 last on Raelach Records (in association with ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Ireland, Traditional Tagged With: concertina, double bass, ensemble, Ensemble Ériu, fiddle, marimba

Wesseltoft Schwarz Berglund: Trialogue

August 31, 2015 By guillaume

Wesseltoft Schwarz & Berglund - Trialogue (2014)

Since the early 1990s, Norwegian pianist and composer Bugge Wesseltoft has been a fervent innovator, always keen to experiment with a new and contemporary jazz sound - either as a collaborator with Jan Garbarek, Sidsel Endresel or Arild Andersen, as a solo performer, as a leader with his groundbreaking New Conception of Jazz or ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Jazz Tagged With: Bugge Wesseltoft, double bass, electro, piano, sampling, trio

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