Forest Bathing, or Shinrin-yoku, is a term that means “taking in the forest atmosphere.” It was developed in Japan during the 1980s and has become a cornerstone of preventive health care and healing in Japanese medicine.
12
Mar
[ Jazzpress concert review: 10th of March /Pizza Jazz Club, London – Tom Arthurs Trio UK Record Launch @ Pizza Express, London (Lunchtime Concert) ]
Launch at lunchtime
I love the lunchtime gigs in Soho’s PJC as they simply take you out of the always busy London’s streets and give some break and privacy, time for reflection we all lack these days. This concert however, was more than that to me as it was the launch of the new Tom Arthur’s Trio recording called One Year, which I had a great honour to hear and review here.
08
Mar
[ Concert review: Veronika Harcsa & Balint Gyemant – 7th of March /Soho Pizza Jazz Club, London]
Veronika Harcsa & Balint Gyemant are both Hungarian artists with whom I am familiar from 2014, when they joined the Berlin based Traumton label, for which I continue reviewing for a good few years now. This was when they recorded their debut album called Lifelover for them which I had a pleasure to review. To make a long story short it was simply sensational, so since that I was hoping to experience it live sooner or later. Meanwhile, three years passed and it didn’t happen. The Duo came back with the following Tell Her, pretty much a year back from now and that also landed with me and got reviewed. But few things, luckily for us who are living in the UK, had changed.
06
Mar
[ Why Play Jazz – 30th of March realise – Stefan Schultze Solo – “System Tribe “]
“System Tribe” is both an impressive statement and a convincing document of Schultze’s original, futuristic compositions and interpretations. He has created music that both challenges and rewards the listener. Now Schultze amazingly transfers his award-winning creativity to his debut album as soloist.
28
Feb
[ Why Play Jazz – 2nd of March realise – Wanja Slavin Lotus Eaters – “Salvation” ]
Wanja Slavin (BMW World Jazz Award, Echo Jazz Award) presents his new album, “Salvation” with music that dazzles like the iridescent layers of a rainbow, evoking a radiance and authority – seven compositional gems with an orchestral feeling, rich tonal colors and sophisticated arrangements.
21
Feb
[ 5 Lessons that John Barlow Taught the World ]
This week, Grateful Dead lyricist and digital rights activist, John Perry Barlow passed away. Although we mourn the loss of a great visionary, we will forever remember his lessons of free speech, personal growth, and marketing tactics.
Here are five lessons we learned from the digital rights activist.
03
Feb
[ Ozella Music – 9th of February realise – Tom Arthurs Trio – ” one Year” ]
Three years later, the music from that bout of intense creativity is now released in a new ensemble constellation that sees Arthurs expand his long-time duo with pianist Richard Fairhurst to a trio with the inclusion of Finnish percussionist Markku Ounaskari. Fragile and deep, mysterious and nocturnal, romantic and entrancing, it may be both Arthurs’ most quiet and intense effort.
01
Feb
[ Clean Feed 2nd of February realise – Orquesta del Tiempo Perdido – “Stille” ]
The name of this project references Marcel Proust’s “In Search of Lost Time”, but that doesn’t prepare us for the music played on “Stille”. Orquesta del Tiempo Perdido is a wildly eclectic, ‘post- everything’ explosion, taking on aspects of contemporary classical music, jazz, experimental electro- acoustic, math-rock, pop, non-Western folklore, exotica and vaudeville. The points of reference are deftly approached on their own terms, and re-contextualised in impossible composites.
30
Jan
[ MoonJune’s Jimmy Haslip music sale to celebrate 2017 Grammy Award!]
To celebrate Jimmy Haslip’s Grammy win for the Grammy’s 2017 brings a celebrate music sale offer to all the fans of the great bassist around the world. Follow the links bellow , listen to the music and enjoy the promo offer allowing you getting those files for such a great price!
28
Jan
[ Moon June’s offer sale for Dusan Jevtovic discography !]
Born in Serbia in the late seventies, and resident of Barcelona, Spain, since the beginning of the century, Dusan Jevtovic has recorded with Tony Levin, Gary Husband, Asaf Sirkis, Vasil Hadzimanov, Marko Djordjevic, Xavi Reija, Bernat Hernandez, Markus Reuter and many others. The recipe for the music, as described by Dusan, is – an amalgam of the improvisational approach associated with jazz, coupled with the sensibility of the great Jimmy Hendrix, with the hint of Serbian ethnic folklore – creates a eclectic mix well worth a