CF400LP - Mats Gustafsson & Craig Taborn
Ljubljana
Two very different musicians from the wide
range of the jazz spectrum, Mats Gustafsson and Craig Taborn played together
just once, for the 2015 edition of the Ljubljana Jazz Festival, and that
explains the chosen title of this LP. The meeting seemed improbable, but in
what concerns improvisation, if the protagonists are committed explorers of
spontaneity anything can happen, even the most extraordinary music. That was
the case – the encounter was recorded and here it is, documented, as it should.
Particularly happy with the results, Gustafsson said in an interview: «It was
like a kick in the ass; please, give me more challenges like this one, in order
to keep my sanity!» Imagine the refined chords defining Taborn’s piano music.
Now, mix with it some slap-tonguing in the way only Gustafsson knows how to do
with a baritone sax. Does it sound good in your head? Well, in “Ljubljana” it
sounds even better, because these two fantastic improvisers created music with
their differences, entering each other’s territory. Who said art is a question
of compromise? It isn’t. This may well be the jazz album of the year and a
landmark on the label as Clean Feed’s number 400.
CF382CD - Carate Urio Orchestra
Ljubljana
CF317– De Beren Gieren/Susana Santos Silva
"THE DETOUR FISH (LIVE IN LJUBLJANA)"
CF316– Brötzmann/Edwards/Noble
"SOULFOOD AVAILABLE"
CF308– Kullhammar/Aalberg/Zetterberg/Mathisen
"BASEMENTSESSIONS VOL.3 (THE LJUBLJANA TAPES)"
CF299-Cene Resnik Quartet Live
From the Sky
Don’t feel disconnected to the world if you don’t know the name Cene Resnik. Only now all things happening in the fields of Slovenian jazz and improvised music start to be known outside the frontiers of this young European country born from the death of Tito’s Jugoslavia. And what you can find there is really astonishing. You had a glimpse when Clean Feed released a recording by pianist extraordinaire Kaja Draksler - now it’s time to discover the music of this tenor saxophonist who studied Indian classical music and tablas and whose vision of what is normally called “free jazz” is tinted by his Buddhist beliefs. With the help of violinist Emanuele Parrini, double bassist Giovanni Maier and drummer Aljoša Jerič, Resnik forged a refreshing improvisational practice, free from
any constraints but commited to the jazz language. No, the fact there's a tenor and a violin involved doesn't imply any special Albert Ayler influence – things are a bit more complex and less stereotyped. After all, what we would expect from someone who was a pupil of such different musicians like Archie Shepp and Joe Zawinul. Check it out and be surprised.
CF286-Kaja Draksler
The Lives of Many Others
CF282 – TRUMPETS AND DRUMS
LIVE IN LJUBLJANA
Nate Wooley Peter Evans Jim Black Paul Lytton
CF278 - JOE MCPHEE
Sonic Elements (for pocket trumpet and alto saxophone)
CF 257 - IGOR LUMPERT TRIO
Innertextures Live
CF 256 – ANGLES 8
By Way Of Deception – Live In Ljubljana