Europe Jazz Media Charts November 2018
Neue CD von u.a. Nils Wülker, Peter Brötzmann, Mikkel Ploug, Mark Turner, Johannes Enders, Jan Bang, Wayne Shorter, Hanna Paulsberg, Anna Maria Jopek, Branford Marsalis, Merje Kägu Ensemble …
Christine Stephan, JAZZTHETIK (Germany)
NILS WÜLKER Decade (Warner)
Viktor Bensusan, jazzdergisi.com (Turkey)
SUNGJAE SON/SUWUK CHUNG/YULHEE KIM/SOOJIN SUH Near East Quartet (ECM)
SANNA RUOHONIEMI Start from Nothing (Eclipse Music)
MIKKEL PLOUG/MARK TURNER Faroe (Sunnyside)
Only guitar and tenor sax. A stunningly subdued performance by two musicians who have worked together regularly for ten years.
ATOMIC Pet Variations (Odin Records)
JOHANNES ENDERS Endorphin (Enja)
HENRIKSEN/AARSET/BANG/FRENCH The Height Of The Reeds (Rune Grammofon)
MERJE KÄGU ENSEMBLE When Silence Falls (Losen Records)
ANNA MARIA JOPEK/BRANFORD MARSALIS Ulotne (AMJ 001)
The great American saxophonist joins the Polish jazz singer as co-partner on her newest double CD project released on her own label. The album’s title “Ulotne” means “Volatile”, referring perhaps to the transitory nature of music and the feelings which it tries to capture and reflect. Anna Maria sings, of courses, in Polish. The repertoire focuses on her jazz-tinged renditions of Polish folk melodies and her own folk inspired songs. Tomasz Stanko’s “A Farewell to Maria” is a tribute to the late icon of Polish jazz. In addition to the strong presence of Branford Marsalis, who excels on soprano saxophone, the album features Mino Cinelu on percussion and some of the top Polish jazz players, including Krzysztof Herdzin and Marcin Wasilewski on piano. Plus the ubiquitous Atom String Quartet.
FLYING MACHINES New Life (Ubuntu)
WAYNE SHORTER Emanon (Blue Note)
HANNA PAULSBERG CONCEPT + MAGNUS BROO Daughter Of The Sun [Odin Records)
Hanna Paulsnerg and her band, Concept have made their best album to date with „Daughter Of The Sun.“ Not only because they have gotten the Swedish trumpeter Magnus Broo as a guest. But as much that Paulsberg has found his place in the music. Her way of composing has grown a lot, and she appears as the strong band leader she is, without stepping on any of the other musicians feet. A record from a band I look forward to listen to the next time they show up. And a record with many roots in the jazz history with a lot of inspirations from South Africa, and with five musicians who follow each other all the way to the door in a brilliant way. Even in the bonus track, which comes after some seconds after the sixth track, where we get Grönberg and Paulsberg in a beautiful duet at the start, before Fiske and Hulbækmo comes in, is briliant. I do not quite know why this should be a bonus track, because it works well together with the other tracks as the whole, but maybe it’s a test for us to write about the album, if we bother to hear through the entire recording?