GIANTS OF JAZZ

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On this album the young Italian jazz singer Chiara Pancaldi shows once again talent to sing jazz standards in a flawless and convicing way. Her pure voice was noticed by Kirk Lightsey and Darryl Hall and they formed a pure acoustic trio to record this album. This recording is a true live session, where they all took chances and improvised a lot. Each song, whether it is the famous standard “On the Sunny Side of the Street,” or the obscure Strayhorn tune “Love Came,” has its own atmosphere. Two special guests enrich the session, both in a ballad: Jeremy Pelt, who plays on “What is There to Say,” the track that gives the record its title, and Laurent Maur, who played in “A Timeless Place,” (The Peacocks).

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Alvin Lucier’s work has been more often described in terms of science than of art and his scores often contain experimental procedures. Lucier perfectly represents the fusion of a scientist with an artist. His pieces arise from an inspection of a pure physical phenomenon. The performers on Mode’s fourth disc of Lucier’s music are the Italian experimental music ensemble Alter Ego- two of the works were written for or dedicated to them- and Alvin Lucier himself. The interaction of electronic and acoustic sounds is the central point of Two Circles. These electronic sounds move from the same note in two glissandi, ascending and descending. The acoustic instruments interfere, generating beating from the interaction of closed frequencies. In some cases, these pulsations give the impression to expand the sonic space, whilst in others they appear to bring to an ending. The work is receiving here its first recording.

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Balancing between the great traditions of Jazz and a desire to his find his own place within the genre, trombonist Max von Einem presents his new album, Lamara. Max has played the trombone in Heavy tones, the combo on Stefan Raab's popular show "TV Total," since January 2013. The rest of the time, he has been involved in his refreshingly unidiomatic quartet Einem. Art since 2011.

There are not many saxophonists with such a unique sound as David Fettmann! Ruby Project is his second album under his own name, and follows his highly acclaimed debut Prelude (2011), which marked him as one of today's most interesting European alto saxophonists.

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Black Box

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