Favorite releases 2018

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'Struttin’ With Some Barbecue' is NOT about food.... According to Cab Calloway’s Jive Dictionary "barbecue" is slang for a pretty woman. Here the quintet plays the song with pure second line New Orleans joy. The band swings so hard, that I envision them being the band leading the mourners returning from the graveyard, New Orleans funeral style, after having laid Louis’ body to rest.

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Andre Heuvelman has collected 9 melancholic compositions. The compositions span a period of 400 years yet they all have that feeling of sweet sorrow. Andre and his band has carefully cut to the bone of each melody by using a very sparse instrumentation. As a consequence the voice of each instrument has to carry it’s full weight but it also makes it very easy to distinguish each voice.

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So strong is the group’s character and the musical identity of each of its members that the integration of this material always feels organic and logical. Stenson’s lyrical touch, Jormin’s folk-flavoured arco bass and Jon Fält’s flickering, textural drumming are all well-displayed onContra la indecision, the trio’s first new recording in six years.

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Ticciati’s interpretations are both muscular and energized, with detail and life in every line. Ticciati’s meticulous control of tempo, phrase shape and balance results in performances of extraordinary transparency and colour.