[Music] Gunesh – Гунеш LP/CD (1980)

January 16, 2018 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

Gunesh (or, more appropriately, The Gunesh Ensemble) was a jazz-prog outfit led by one of the world’s most incredible and entertaining percussionist, the late Rishad Shafi, who died in 2014.

Presch Media GmbH has done a wonderful service in reissuing their 1980 debut, which is less flashy or jazzy, but very mellow, progressive, and showing a glimpse of their future greatness.

The good news is that the band is apparently carrying on, and judging by the mp3s I’m hearing on their website, they will be in good hands for some time to come.

[Music] Sokratis Sinopoulos Quartet: Eight Winds (ECM 2407)

January 7, 2018 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

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Sokratis Sinopoulos Quartet Eight Winds Sokratis Sinopoulos lyra Yann Keerim piano Dimitris Tsekouras bass Dimitris Emanouil drums Recorded April 2014 at Sierra Studios, Athens Engineer: Giorgos Karyotis Produced by Manfred Eicher U.S. release date: January 15, 2016 Sokratis Sinopoulos is a master of the lyra, a bowed instrument whose lilt has polished a handful of […]

via Sokratis Sinopoulos Quartet: Eight Winds (ECM 2407) — between sound and space: ECM Records and Beyond

Straight from ECM Records‘ site, the label introduces us to the music of Sokratis Sinopoulos. What gorgeous listening for this Eastern Orthodox Christmas Eve!

[Music Performance] PINTOTONICS n + 1 edition January 8, 2018

January 4, 2018January 7, 2018 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

P I N T O T O N I C S n + 1 edition January 8 2018

Huis de Pinto
St Antoniebreestraat 69
1011 HB Amsterdam
(020) 3700210 > reservation recommended
www.huisdepinto.nl
www.presentsoundsamsterdam.nl

20:00 doors open
20:30 start 1st set
23:00 end of event

Entrance 10 + 7 (students/cjp)

SET 1 > SOLO
‘SOLAMENTE
Ig Henneman/viola

Intermission

SET 1 > ENSEMBLE

Mirko Montaldi Ensemble &
the ‘Erik Satie/’Vexations’ project

Mirko Montaldi/guitar
Lucio Tasca/guitar
Jasper Stadhouders/guitar

We hope to welcome you!

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Coming up

February 12

Solo set by Maarten Ornstein/bass clarinet

Ensemble set by Blue Lines Trio & Ada Rave

Ada Rave/ tenor sax, clarinet
Michiel Scheen/piano, compositions
Raoul van der Weide/contrabass, compositions
George Hadow/drums

March 12

Solo set by Ab Baars/shakuhachi, tenor sax, clarinet + solo cd presentation

Ensemble set by Janssen & Janssen
Guus Janssen/piano, compositions
Wim Janssen/drums

[Music] Julian Cope – Supernatural Agencies

January 1, 2018 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

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Welcome to 2018, and a very loud, Krautrock-inspired jazz-fusion track that would have fit nicely on Miles Davis’ ‘Dark Magus‘ period albums. Thank Julian Cope for this noisy groover.

[Music] Luís Lapa & Pé de Cabra – O Homem Invisível

November 9, 2017 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

I don’t like the term noir for music unless it fits in a film-like connotation, but there’s something pleasantly dark in this new release by Luís Lapa & Pé de Cabra, two Portuguese jazz heads. The Saul Bass-inspired cover art gives it away, I suppose, but the music is quite deep.

[Music] Salah Ragab and The Cairo Jazz Band – Egyptian Jazz

September 2, 2017 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

What a magnificent find! Salah Ragab is the father of Egyptian Jazz. He produces a sound that blends the best elements of the venerable genre, as well as bits of Latin, soundtrack, and even cha-cha-cha in his concoction.

[Music] Yazz Ahmed – La Saboteuse

August 12, 2017 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

A magnificent release from Nawa Recordings (introduced in the last post), Yazz Ahmed is a trumpeter who blends jazz, Arabic music, and a cinematic, film-noir style to her recordings. Think of an ECM record with the vibe of a hard-boiled soundtrack.

[Music] Cosmic Analog Ensemble – Les Sourdes Oreilles

July 14, 2017 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

We send a mountain of respect to Charif Megarbane, head honcho of the Cosmic Analog Ensemble, for producing an album that combines the best of jazz, funk, noir, soundtrack music and deep groove. We’re looking forward to more from him!

[Music Podcast] Napoli Fusion 70

July 10, 2017 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

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Naples, Italy wasn’t a completely bad experience for me. It gave me some of the best music I’ve heard in some time, and I got to browse my mate Paolo’s collection!

Thanks to Jazzcat, who posted this.

The tracks are as follows:

Track 1: from the album “Napoli Centrale” (Ricordi 1975) by Napoli Centrale
Track 2: from the album “Mattanza” (Ricordi 1976) by Napoli Centrale
Tracks 3 & 4: from the album “Sotto E ‘Ncoppa” (Carosello 1976) by Tullio De Piscopo Revolt Group
Track 5: from the album “Toni Esposito” (Numero Uno 1974) by Toni Esposito

[Music] Medeo Ensemble – Medeo

June 7, 2017 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

The Medeo Ensemble were a jazz-fusion band out of Almaty, Kazakhstan (then a part of the USSR). As far as I can tell, this is the only album they ever released, but it holds up nicely.