Presenting all the latest picks from the Jazzwise editors for the month of April, new releases from Bill Frisell, Tigran Hamasyan, and Sara Colman and Rebecca Nash, whilst the reissue of Miles Davis: The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965 gets awarded a winning five stars…
New Releases
“The duos sound-world is a richly layered one, drawing on jazz as its bedrock (with John Taylor and Norma Winstone acting as important aesthetic touchstones) while reaching outward into the introspective terrain of the great singer-songwriters as well as the impressionist beauty of John Ireland and Claude Debussy.”
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
“Singer Noa Levy and pianist Paul Edis have cleverly devised a way of exploring the legacy of legendary pianist Bill Evans in a project that has resulted in Portrait In Evans. Here Bill's own compositions have been enhanced with intimate lyrics and sympathetic arrangements that shine an intriguing new light on his music.”
Available Format: CD
“Part nostalgic reverie and part deep dive into the compositional process, he seems to be digging deep in a voyage of self-discovery.”
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
“Both Fonseca and Segal have top-class credentials and extensive, boundary-defying versatility. They have produced here 11 tracks with a certain interiority, an intimacy that creates a strong illusion that they are playing in your living room, just for you.”
Available Formats: Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
“Disarmingly simple Armenian folk melodies bubble up too -such as the gorgeous 'E flat Venice Per Mané with Asta Mamikonyan's -vocals floating over rippling piano and subtle programmed beats, before a scorching, distorted piano solo fires up across menacing synth bass, all in the service of Tigran's strange alchemy of sounds.”
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
“Meléndez and Wilson perform the complex with ease and fluidity, masking the immense skill, practice and dedication that are needed to allow the music to flow and come alive…While there is no shortage of "very good" recordings in jazz today, excellence is a little harder to find. But excellence wrapped up in authenticity and authority is a rare bird indeed and deserves to be celebrated.”
Available Formats: CD, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
“Recorded late last year, the album expresses in vibrant colours the virtues and contributions of minority communities' at a time when they are disparaged and marginalised by powerful interests…Overall, the album's nine compositions are a custom-built showcase for Pelt's thoughtful phrasing, full, rounded tone and rhythmic thrust.”
Available Formats: CD, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
Archive/Reissue
“The sound reproduction is perfect, befitting the most important release in the Davis oeuvre….soloists were free to leave the cyclical song-form harmonies to either play over static harmony or follow harmonies of their own.”
Available Format: 8 CDs
Available Format: 10 Vinyl Records
“Even those who haven't been pining for such a collection are likely to find themselves utterly charmed by her performance throughout since, despite the varied material, she always produces some joyful sounds..”
Available Formats: 2 CDs, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, MP3
