What jazz music are you listening to?

[ehoove]

For The Love Of You
Candy Dulfer
Excellent offering, As Prince said " Want Sax, call Dulfer"
N2K Encoded Music N2K 10014
Regards,
Jim

[bart]

Joe Chambers - Samba de Maracatu
Qobuz 24/48




Newest release from the veteran drummer.
It is rather mediocre.

[PHC1]

Originally Posted by bart

Joe Chambers - Samba de Maracatu
Qobuz 24/48




Newest release from the veteran drummer.
It is rather mediocre.

Agreed, it was mediocre.

[joel_hifi]

Florian Pellissier Quintet - Cap de Bonne Esperance

Pretty good performance (recording could have been better)

Released in 2016, via Qobuz with a little help from Roon

Florian Pellissier - Piano
Christophe Panzani - Tenor Sax
Yoann Loustalot - Trumpet
Yoni Zelnik - Bass
David Georgelet - Drums

[joel_hifi]

Originally Posted by bart

Anja Lechner

François Couturier - Lontano

Qobuz 24/96









Somewhere in between classical and jazz, and both at the same time.

This is pleasing to my ears, and that's all what matters.



ECM is, without a doubt, the record label that enjoys blurring the lines between jazz and classical the most. So it’s hardly surprising that we find Anja Lechner and François Couturier on this album. Throughout Lontano they sculpt a sound with delicacy and finesse, using their respective experiences, travels, education and imagination to craft a superb borderless score. The German cellist and French pianist already worked together in 2014, linking East and West by revisiting themes by Gurdjieff, Komitas and Mompou. They also collaborated in the Tarkovsky Quartet and in the Il Pergolese project. Lontano’s repertoire is mainly original aside from a few glimpses of Johann Sebastian Bach, Henri Dutilleux, Giya Kancheli and Anouar Brahem (whose Vague - E la nave va was written with Couturier in 2006). Despite the mountain of references, Lechner and Couturier speak a language that is truly their own. It’s like a small chamber symphony nourished by classical, contemporary, folk and jazz music, as well as cinema and literature. Pure grace. [emoji767] Marc Zisman/Qobuz

Bart, perfect for a delicate start on this Saturday morning!

[bart]

Originally Posted by joel_hifi

Bart, perfect for a delicate start on this Saturday morning!

Thank God It's Saturday!

[Antonmb]

Martin Bejerano - Evolution/Revolution
Resonance Records (2007), via Qobuz

Nice trio recording from Bejerano, some-time sideman for Russell Malone and Roy Haynes.

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[joel_hifi]

Originally Posted by bart

Thank God It's Saturday!

[bart]

Elina Dunii
Rob Luft
Fred Thomas
Matthieu Michel - Lost Ships
Qobuz 24/88.2




I don't know where I read about this album.
It's a very nice discovery!

In 2018, Elina Duni went solo. Well, she put her name on an album cover and no one else’s. After leading a jazz-based quartet for two albums, the Tirana singer brought out Partir on ECM. The magnificent folklore and popular pieces were played on piano, guitar and percussion and evoked love as well as loss and bereavement. With Lost Ships, Duni continues her collaboration with the young British guitarist Rob Luft which began in 2017. The duo brings together songs of love, exile and suffering. They explore the world’s ills - from migration conflicts to ecological concerns - through truly moving melodies. It’s like a chamber symphony that mixes Mediterranean textures with jazz arrangements. Sometimes, the duo is joined by English pianist and percussionist Fred Thomas and Swiss trumpeter Matthieu Michel. Whether it’s a jazz ballad, an Italian song (Bella Ci Dormi), an Albanian folk tune (Kur Më Del Në Derë and N'at Zaman), a standard made popular by Frank Sinatra (I'm a Fool to Want You) or Charles Aznavour (Hier encore), these diverse sources are brought together by Elina Duni’s expressive voice. Sitting somewhere between a Balkans fado and European blues, it’s a voice that brings hope. © Marc Zisman/Qobuz

[joel_hifi]

Tord Gustavsen Trio - Changing Places

Very pleasant Sunday evening listen to Gustavsen's debut album, released in 2003 (ECM)

Tord Gustavsen - Piano
Harald Johnsen - Bass
Jarle Vespestad - Drums