Just debuted a new project: myself and a group of friends decided to form an art collective that we called “Facção Canalha”. For this colaborative project we dicided to make a record that would be released on the exibith premiere on the 18th June 2010. From the beginning the plan was to do a record [...]
Been listening to the two records that Danish guitarrist Mikkel Plougrecorded with the “Mikkel Ploug Group” for the Fresh Sound New Talent Label. Both disc have the same line-up: Ploug on guitars, Mark Turner on tenor saxophone, Jeppe Skovbakke on bass & Sean Carpio on drums. The first thing that pops-out it’s how unique and fresh is [...]
Kurt Rosenwinkel is for me the most important jazz guitarist of my generation. And i don’t say this lightly or without having previously heard almost all his recorded output and collaborative efforts with other musicians. It might seam hard to classify Kurt’s music in a single genre as himself acknowledged in several interviews last year regarding the release of is latest record “The Remedy – Live [...]
That´s right Nimbus; the 4th track from the 1975 Solstice album by the one and only Ralph Towner. This was the first record i bought from his huge discography around 1991/92; and it is impossible to describe the impact that is work had on me in the following years (and still has). I think the first time that i heard him [...]
Today Allaboutjazz posted a previously unpublished interview by pianist Esbjörn Svensson made around 2006 - “Requiem“; in homage to his work and life. Esbjörn died prematurely last June in a dive accident on the coast of Stockholm; and also a extended preview of they’re final album “Leucocyte” The Esbjörn Svensson Trio recorded 12 albums since they inception in 1993 [...]
After 10 years of daily web browsing, and a million hours spent in front of a computer screen (literally!); i finally decided to built a website as a vehicle to divulge my ideas, my music and a plethora of other things that i consistently investigate and ruminate about. Well some people might find it strange but really it isn´t. It’s [...]
Just debuted a new project: myself and a group of friends decided to form an art collective that we called “Facção Canalha”. For this colaborative project we dicided to make a record that would be released on the exibith premiere on the 18th June 2010. From the beginning the plan was to do a record [...]
Been listening to the two records that Danish guitarrist Mikkel Plougrecorded with the “Mikkel Ploug Group” for the Fresh Sound New Talent Label. Both disc have the same line-up: Ploug on guitars, Mark Turner on tenor saxophone, Jeppe Skovbakke on bass & Sean Carpio on drums. The first thing that pops-out it’s how unique and fresh is [...]
Kurt Rosenwinkel is for me the most important jazz guitarist of my generation. And i don’t say this lightly or without having previously heard almost all his recorded output and collaborative efforts with other musicians. It might seam hard to classify Kurt’s music in a single genre as himself acknowledged in several interviews last year regarding the release of is latest record “The Remedy – Live [...]
That´s right Nimbus; the 4th track from the 1975 Solstice album by the one and only Ralph Towner. This was the first record i bought from his huge discography around 1991/92; and it is impossible to describe the impact that is work had on me in the following years (and still has). I think the first time that i heard him [...]