Dominique Pifar��ly

Dominique Pifar��ly modernized jazz violin, combining extraordinary technical skills with an inclusive idea of music-making. He has been soon very in-demand as a straight jazz player, but was soon in some of the more adventurous groups in Europe, too, including Mike Westbrook��s band (On Dukes�� Birthday, hatART) and the Vienna Art Orchestra. In 1979, he began touring with bassist Didier Levallet and guitarist G��rard Marais as a trio. In the 1980s he began leading his own bands, as can be heard on 2 records, Insula Dulcamara (1988) et Oblique (1992). In 1985, Pifar��ly started to work with reedist Louis Sclavis and in 1992, they formed the Sclavis/Pifar��ly Acoustic Quartet, featuring guitarist Marc Ducret and bassist Bruno Chevillon, and recorded for ECM

Preludes and Songs

By Francois Couturier

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Le surcro?t I; La chanson des vieux amants; A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley / Les ombres II; Les ombres I / Lament; Le surcro?t II; Song for Harrison / Solitude; Vague; What Us; I Loves You Porgy.

Seven Dreams

By Izumi Kimura

Label: Fundacja Sluchaj
Released: 2025
Track listing: Dream Op. 3; Dream Op. 2; Dream Op. 6; Dream Op. 4; Dream Op. 5; Dream Op. 8; Dream Op.9

Dreams And Dust: Two From Pianist Izumi Kimura

by Ian Patterson
September 10, 2025

2025 will go down as a busy year for Ireland-based, Japanese pianist Izumi Kimura. The first half of the year served up the solo album Butterfly Effect (Codama Records) and Glacial Voyage (Between The Lines)--the latter a free-form duo collaboration with guitarist Christy Doran. Both albums favored explorations of mood and textures over virtuosity. Two further ...

Francois Couturier, Dominique Pifar��ly: Preludes and Songs

by Neri Pollastri
May 5, 2025

Cameristica contemporanea di altissimo livello che s'intreccia con il jazz e con la musica popolare, distillandola in note purissime e affacinanti: questo ��, in etrema sintesi, l'ennesimo incontro tra lo straordinario violinista francese Dominique Pifarély e il non meno prestigioso connazionale pianista Francois Couturier, artisti che collaborano da quarant'anni e che nel 1997 avevano gi�� pubblicato ...

What Us

April 25, 2025

Album: Preludes and Songs
By Francois Couturier
Label: ECM Records
Released: 2025
Duration: 05:43

Fran?ois Couturier / Dominique Pifar��ly and Bob Bralove / Patti Weiss: Intimacy Writ Large

by Doug Collette
April 2, 2025

The intimacy of a given musical setting does not necessarily translate to accessibility. And duo performances can be among the most thought-provoking of any instrumental combination, revealing not only the fundamental difficulty of not just playing music with skill, but doing so via interaction with other musicians. Besides that particular enlightenment, these coincidental releases further illuminate ...

Earl Rose, Fran?ois Couturier and Dominique Pifar��ly, Nyron Higor, Ebo Taylor

by Cheryl K.
January 30, 2025

During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music, selections from new releases by pianist Earl Rose; pianist Fran?ois Couturier and violinist Dominique Pifar��ly; vocalist Nyron Higor; The Greyboy Allstars; saxophonist Phil Bancroft; guitarist and vocalist Ebo Taylor; Eclectic Maybe Band; and the Jamie Clark Trio. Playlist Keith Jarrett “How Long Has This ...

New Music From Potter, Bancroft, Miller, Garfo And More

by Bob Osborne
January 16, 2025

The New Year of World of Jazz commences with releases left over from last year plus some of the earliest releases from 2025 including brand new music from the ECM label Playlist Show Intro 00:00 Dave Potter “For The Love Of You" from Groove 2 (Square Biz Records) 00:29 Phil Bancroft The Beautiful Storm ...

Lana Meets Jazz 2024

by Paolo Peviani
June 25, 2024

Lana Meets Jazz 2024 Lana (BZ) 11-16.6.2024 Raccontare Lana Meets Jazz soffermandosi solo sugli aspetti musicali, sulle recensioni dei concerti, sarebbe riduttivo. Nelle intenzioni pi�� o meno esplicite degli organizzatori, la sassofonista Helga Plankensteiner e il pianista Michael Lösch, questo festival infatti �� anche (soprattutto?) un modo per avvicinare i cittadini ...