American pianist Brad Mehldau and drummer Mark Guiliana have just released [amazon text=Mehliana: Taming the dragon&asin=B00GULA0TY], a fantastic electric duo recording for the Nonesuch record label. With Brad Mehldau on synthesisers, Fender … [Read more...] about Brad Mehldau & Mark Guiliana: Hungry ghost
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Jan Garbarek: Knot of place and time
Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek released the marvellous [amazon text=In Praise of Dreams&asin=B0002IVZ2W] in 2004. More than a solo recording, the whole album works as a conversation between himself, American/Armenian violist Kim Kashkashian … [Read more...] about Jan Garbarek: Knot of place and time
Food: Moonpie
Food is an experimental jazz group formed in 1998 by Norwegian drummer and composer Thomas Strønen and UK saxophone player Iain Ballamy. Food originally recorded four albums as a quartet which included Norwegian musicians Arve Henriksen … [Read more...] about Food: Moonpie
Jack DeJohnette & Foday Musa Suso: Ocean wave
Between 2003 and 2005, innovative Gambian kora player Foday Musa Suso and legendary jazz drummer Jack DeJohnette toured together and recorded [amazon text=Music from the hearts of the masters&asin=B000MRP3JY] (2005), a wonderful collaboration … [Read more...] about Jack DeJohnette & Foday Musa Suso: Ocean wave
Charles Lloyd & Billy Higgins: Supreme love dance
Veteran American saxophone and flute player Charles Lloyd (b. 1938) and legendary drummer Billy Higgins (1936-2001) have been friends since the 1950s. They have recorded together several landmark sessions for the ECM label, notably [amazon text=The … [Read more...] about Charles Lloyd & Billy Higgins: Supreme love dance
