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Il Meglio del 2016 Secondo Ludovico Granvassu

By Ludovico Granvassu
January 9, 2017
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Che anno! La musica di alta qualit�� continua ad arrivare inarrestabile. La preparazione di questa lista �� stata quasi dolorosa per la scelta crudele di limitare il numero dei CD a 12 e quello dei concerti a 10. Ma tant'��. Questi saranno CD e concerti che rimarranno per me indelebilmente legati al 2016, con una menzione d'onore particolare per le sorprese inaspettate, quale lo splendido disco di

Brahja Waldman

saxophone, alto

" data-original-title="" title="">Brahja Waldman, lo spiazzante album di

Koh

" data-original-title="" title="">Koh, il sontuoso progetto di

Nels Cline

guitar, electric
b.1956

" data-original-title="" title="">Nels Cline e l'inaspettato ritorno dei A Tribe Called Quest. Tra le esperienze dal vivo un pareggio tra il viaggio nostalgico nel progetto di Hal Willner dedicato a Nino Rota, l'esplosiva Michael Leonhart Orchestra e la scoperta, per me, della cantante Krystle Warren.

Dischi

Jane Ira Bloom saxophone, soprano " data-original-title="" title="">Jane Ira Bloom Early Americans (Outline)	Nels Cline guitar, electric b.1956 " data-original-title="" title="">Nels Cline Lovers (Blue Note Records)	Daniel Freedman drums " data-original-title="" title="">Daniel Freedman Imagine That (Anzic Records)
Charlie Hunter guitar b.1967 " data-original-title="" title="">Charlie Hunter Everybody Has A Plan Until They Get Punched In The Mouth (Ground Up Music)	Koh " data-original-title="" title="">Koh Seneca (Autoprodotto)	Jon Lundbom guitar " data-original-title="" title="">Jon Lundbom & Big Five Chord 2016: EPs (Hot Cup Records)
Wolfgang Muthspiel guitar b.1965 " data-original-title="" title="">Wolfgang Muthspiel Rising Grace (ECM Records)	A Tribe Called Quest We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service (Epic/SME)	Matt Ulery bass, acoustic " data-original-title="" title="">Matt Ulery's Loom/Large Festival (Autoprodotto)
Greg Ward saxophone " data-original-title="" title="">Greg Ward Touch My Beloved's Thoughts (Greenleaf Music)	Matt Wilson drums b.1964 " data-original-title="" title="">Matt Wilson's Big Happy Family Beginning of a Memory (Palmetto Records)	Brahja Waldman saxophone, alto " data-original-title="" title="">Brahja Waldman Wisdomatic (Autopdotto)

Concerti

Steve Coleman

saxophone, alto
b.1956

" data-original-title="" title="">Steve Coleman—Stone—New York—Residenza per il sessantesimo compleanno (30.08-25.09.2016)

Charlie Haden

bass, acoustic
1937 - 2014

" data-original-title="" title="">Charlie Haden Liberation Orchestra—Jazz Standard—New York—11.06.2016
Kamikaze Ground Crew—Westbeth—New York—22.01.2016

Frank Kimbrough

piano
1956 - 2020

" data-original-title="" title="">Frank Kimbrough,

Lucas Pino

saxophone, tenor
b.1987

" data-original-title="" title="">Lucas Pino—Spectrum—New York—29.10.2016

Michael Leonhart

trumpet
b.1974

" data-original-title="" title="">Michael Leonhart Orchestra—Rockwood Music Hall—New York—Residenza (settembre/dicembre 2016)
Medeski, Martin & Cline (with Chris Lightcap, Steven Bernstein & Julian Lage)—Le Poisson Rouge—20.10.2016
Hal Willner "Amarcord Nino Rota" (35esimo anniversario della pubblicazione dell'omonimo disco)—Stone—New York—14.06.2016

Greg Ward

saxophone

" data-original-title="" title="">Greg Ward—Jazz Gallery—New York—08.07.2016
Krystle Warren—BRIC Jazz Festival—New York—13.10.2016

John Zorn

saxophone, alto
b.1953

" data-original-title="" title="">John Zorn's Ultimate Bagatelles Marathon—National Sawdust—New York—22.10.2016

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