The Listening Guide
š¶ The listening guide: five albums, released during the past twelve months, chosen around a weekly theme š¶
This week, we pick five fantastic releases in which the vibraphone plays a central role. From Brandon Mitchellās swinging debut album with his quintet, to vocalist AĢgnes Bazsinkaās genre-defying eight-part work āThings Look Different from Hereā featuring Szymon Bora, to LansineĢ KouyateĢ and David Neermanās inventive blend of balafon and vibes ā thereās a wonderful breadth of sounds to soak up!ā ā
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Brandon Mitchell ā Black Guardianā
Ćgnes Bazsinka ā Things Look Different from Here
Swan Trio (Jo Ambros, Harald KuĢndgen, Oliver Potratz) ā Swan Trioā
Kouyate Neerman - Kangabaā
Sasha Berliner ā Azaleaā
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Album of the Week
Our NQJazz album of the week is Martin Windās new trio album, āWhite Noiseā. It finds the bassist and composer playing with Ack Van Rooyen on flugelhorn and Philip Catherine on guitar ā both musicians who have been āmajor inspirationsā for Wind along his musical journey. The eight-tune album features pieces composed by Wind and Van Rooyen, Cole Porterās āEverything I Loveā and Kenny Wheelerās āCanterāā
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Classic Album
Kenny Dorham ā Afro-Cubanā
On the 96th anniversary of his birth, we celebrate the Kenny Dorham classic, āAfro-Cubanā. Initially released in 1955 and expanded to LP-length in 1957, it has been hailed as āone of the earliest well-informed, conceived and arranged mergers of jazz and Afro- Cuban musical idiomsā by reviewer Javier Aq Ortiz, and features the playing of such luminaries as Hank Mobley, Art Blakey, Oscar Pettiford, and Carlos "Patato" Valdes.