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It’s all a bit quick in the making, and deadlines are coming nearer, but, as I’ve been falling more and more in love with the music i’ve chosen (Robert Fripp would say, it chose me!), I contacted, or, better said, I’m about to contact Julie, Taiko, and Rickie. No matter, if I will hear from them via emails , Zoom, spoken word, or even nothing at all, nevermind, just writing these little letters is opening  some spaces in, and windmills of, my mind…

The following albums will find their place, and word of praise, inside my jazz hour oscillating between the wild and the blue, between cinemascope and intimacy. A mental note appreciated: Deutschlandfunk, May, 4, 9.05 p.m.

 

 

 


Fire! Orchestra: Echoes
B1: Niklas Wandt über das neue Album der Natural Information Society
Keith & Julie Tippett: Sound On Stone
Taiko Saito: Tears of a Cloud (solo vibraphone)
Rickie Lee Jones: Pieces of Treasure
Trio Tapestry:  Our Daily Bread
„Fuchstone Orchestra“ („teaser“ for DLF show & production)
B2: Michael Kuhlmann: über das 31. Leipziger Jazznachwuchsfestival
Fire! Orchestra: Echoes

 

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6 Comments

  1. Michael Engelbrecht:

    (Possible Playlist regularly updated)

    Werde im Falle von Matthew Herberts Album noch abklären, ob die Veröffentlichung Ende Mai nicht doch nahelegt, die Juniausgabe der Jazzfacts zur Vorstellung abzuwarten. Oder die Klanghorizonte von Niklas Ende Mai – der „Jazzgehalt“ von „The Horse“ ist ja auch nur bei etwa 10 % anzusiedeln )

  2. Brian Whistler:

    The New Towner album is pure Ralph, and it shows just how resourceful he can be into his 80s. The new compositions are strong, especially the opener Flow, which sounds like a contemporary classical piece, but of course Towner’s gorgeous improvisations make it something no classical guitarist will ever match. I love his reading of Make someone Happy – such a tender, beautiful rendition. Also his take on Danny Boy is about as tastefully reharmed as one would want it to be – even the sly modulation sounds anything but expected or corny. The other lesser known standard, Little Old Lady, a Hoagy Carmichael tune, is as warn and comfy as your favorite easy chair. The rest of the originals are pure Towner, and as usual there’s not a filler among them. I consider this to be one of his strongest, most balanced solo albums among so many wonderful recordings. 5 stars

  3. Michael Engelbrecht:

    Yes, beautiful, but according to looking for the best sequence possible and sacrificing some of the best, i stay with two other solo works, the great bass player and bass sound searcher Mark Dresser, and Japanese vibraphone wizzard Taiki Saito…

    Zsofia Boros and Ralph Towner seem to be guests on my next July „horizons“…😉

  4. Brian Whistler:

    Understood. I am a big fan of Zsofia Boros. Her new album is one of the most beautiful things I’ve heard in quite some time. An extraordinarily gifted and expressive musician.

  5. Michael Engelbrecht:

    Art of the solo: The two guitar solo journeys by Ralph Towner and Zsófia Bôros, and Mark Dresser‘s solo bass adventures („Tines Of Change“) will – most probably – be part of my „Klanghorizonte“ at the end of July. Mark & Zsófia will be interviewed for that evening hour.

  6. Anne W.:

    Verführerische Einleitung….habe die cd von Tipett und Tippett nur bei Discogs bestellen können. Bin sehr gespannt!

    Freue mich auf die Jazzfacts im Deutschlandfunk…vielen Dank für die Möglichkeit, die Klanghorizonte hier länger hören zu können! Grüsse aus Wuppertal


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