Tyran Grillo, Downbeat – 3.5 Stars Three years after debuting with Broken Lines, Israeli-born vocalist, composer and bandleader Sivan Arbel returns with Change of Light. The title itself answers the album’s most soulful questions, shining the sun of fresh melodies, words and arrangements through the window of a maturing life. Standing firmly at the crossroads … Read More
by Tyran Grillo, All About Jazz Fans of ECM’s trio recordings of the past decade: take note. Alfa is a worthy contender for your collection. Brazilian pianist and composer Leandro Cabral‘s second leader date is as multilayered and expansive as anything put out by Benedikt Jahnel, Colin Vallon, or Marcin Wasilewski, and has been captured … Read More
by Tyran Grillo, All About Jazz ReNew marks the 16th leader date for Japanese trumpeter Shunzo Ohno, whose evolving proficiency and clarity of tone are matched by an emotional undercurrent all his own. Built around the theme of recovery in the wake of recent natural disasters, among them the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, this … Read More
