Tuesday, August 29, 2017

NEW MUSIC: DANNY GRISSETT - REMEMBRANCE; MELANIE DE BIASIO - LILLIES; ROB LUFT -RISER

DANNY GRISSETT - REMEMBRANCE

Danny Grissett is definitely one of today's most exciting and respected pianists. For his first recording as a leader for Savant, Grissett and company offer a varied and interesting set-list which mixes jazz standards and some of the pianist's own compositions. The go-to keyboard man for the likes of Tom Harrell, Jeremy Pelt, Wayne Escoffey and others, Grissett also finds time to lead his own groups and is a composer of considerable merit. A rare artist who grips and holds attention, Grissett handles the classics of the American songbook with an aplomb equal to the way he deals with the rather complex structures of his own intricate compositions. A gifted improviser with splendid technique, the pianist can also offer warmth and affection in melodic lines, the balance of fine taste, pungent swing and a jubilant approach inevitably generating audience cheer. Personnel: Danny Grissett (piano, Fender Rhodes), Dayna Stephens (saxophones), Vicente Archer (bass), Bill Stewart (drums)

MELANIE DE BIASIO - LILLIES 

Melanie De Biasio marks her return with third album, Lilies - from the unsettled glide of Your Freedom Is The End Of Me, De Biasio mining a deep blues over spectral, knowing piano, to the restless rumble of Gold Junkies, which relocates the infernal bustle of Nina Simone's Sinnerman to the 21st Century, to the bereft, bewitched Brother, and the haunted, after-midnight spook of And My Heart Goes On - you'll be struck by how alive, how teeming with ideas and energy this music is. Classically trained and revered in her native Belgium, De Biasio has uncovered fans in the shape of Gilles Peterson - who heralded De Biasio as one of the most exciting artists in the jazz world and Radiohead's Phillip Selway with the release of her second album, 2014's No Deal.


ROB LUFT - RISER

The wunderkind, award-winning London based guitarist Rob Luft delivers one of the best debut records in many years. Riser is the new album from London born award winning guitarist Rob Luft. A musician of incredible talent, depth and maturity, Rob Luft is set to become a name to remember. At only 23 years of age, his proficiency as a guitarist and composer embodies a level musicianship and vision well beyond his years. A winner of the prestigious Kenny Wheeler Music Prize as well as placing second in The 2016 Montreux Jazz Guitar Competition, Rob's already garnering praise from across Europe. The UK's Jazzwise Magazine have already highlighted his "obvious star quality" and Riser is an album that stands up to scrutiny as one of the finest debut records in many years in the burgeoningly creative current UK Jazz scene.


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