Silvano Monasterios - Partly Sunny - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This magnificent concert took place at the Berlin Jazzfest 2017, where Angelika Niescier was awarded the Albert Mangelsdorff Prize (German Jazz Prize). This concert by the Angelika Niescier NYC Trio with Chris Tordini on bass and Tyshawn Sorey on drums - who was Jazzfest Berlin's 2017 Artist in Residence, and gave several performances in Berlin - proved to be a remarkable stroke of luck for the festival, since Niescier had already worked regularly with both for ten years. Christian Broecking writes in the liner notes InchThis Berlin Concert of the Angelika Niescier Trio makes it clear in a unique way how something organically complete can emerge from all this unceasing curiosity, questioning and research, from pulse, attentiveness and from an acute sense of judgment and knowledge of what is going to work. When Tordini heard the recording of this very special concert, he noticed both the collective attention and the freedom, a combination which only rarely succeeds in such intense conditions. And Tyshawn Sorey agrees 'None of us either hung around for the others or hurried ahead of them.'Inch

Among the most talented and resourceful figures in the exciting Miami Latin Jazz scene, Venezuelan pianist Silvano Monasterios leads the way. As a performer and composer he is among the most gifted today and his piano playing and compositions have appeared on recordings by artists such as Dave Liebman, Paquito D'Rivera, Arturo Sandoval and Dee Dee Bridgewater. With an insatiable appetite for challenge & change, Silvano has brought his quintet into the studio and recorded eight new compositions which combine his Venezuelan roots with the rich American Jazz Heritage.

The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Live from the Northwest, 1959 is the newest from Brubeck Editions, the family-run tag that only puts out music of the highest musical and technical quality. These exciting performances were recorded by the trailblazing and iconic audio engineer, Wally Heider, who pioneered the art of remote recording from his Inchstudio on wheels.Inch The sound he achieved is stellar, and this is perhaps the best live recording you can hear of one the most popular jazz groups of all time. The tapes were recorded in April, 1959 at the Multnomah Jazz Club and Clark College, both in the Portland, Oregon area. On this recording you can hear the Quartet's mastery of spontaneous counterpoint improvisation. Four months later, the Dave Brubeck Quartet's focus shifted to polytonal and polyrhythmic approaches when the group recorded the legendary InchTime OutInch, and changed the course of jazz forever.