MARIUS NESET — Pinball (2015) FLAC (tracks), lossless

"Marius Neset is one of the new great tenor players of our time in the tradition of Michael Brecker and Jan Garbarek" (Jazzwise). After his venture into a larger band format on his ACT debut "Lion" with the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, Neset returns to a more compact quintet (with guests) for "Pinball." Neset and his fellow musicians present a dazzling kaleidoscope of expressions and influences. At the same time, Neset sounds as mature, soulful, and melodic as ever before. "Pinball" is likely to mark the next big leap in a young and impressive career. ACT
Tracklist :
1        World Song Part 1    8:43
2        World Song Part 2    6:25
3        Pinball    6:51
4        Odes Of You    6:52
5        Police    6:09
6        Music For Cello And Saxophone    2:20
7        Theatre Of Magic    6:26
8        Aberhonddu    3:34
9        Jaguar    2:54
10        Music For Drums And Saxophone    3:18
11        Summer Dance    5:59
12        Hymn From The World    1:45
Credits :
Cello – Andreas Brantelid (tracks: 1, 2, 6 and 7)
Double Bass – Petter Eldh
Drums – Jim Hart (tracks: 4)
Drums, Percussion – Anton Eger
Flute – Ingrid Neset (tracks: 1, 5, and 11)
Handclaps [Clapping] – Pinball Band (tracks: 1, 2 & 7)
Piano, Organ [Hammond B3], Electric Piano [CP 80], Clavinet – Ivo Neame
Tambourine – August Wanngren (tracks: 3)
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Marius Neset
Vibraphone, Marimba – Jim Hart
Violin – Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (tracks: 1 and 11)
Written-By – Anton Eger (tracks: 4, 6 to 10),  Marius Neset

IIRO RANTALA | ERNIE WATTS | CHARENÉE WADE | ANGELIKA NIESCIER | DAN BERGLUND | ANTON EGER — Pannonica (2019) Serie : Jazz At Berlin Philharmonoc — IX | 24-48Hz FLAC (tracks), lossless

A tribute to the Jazz-Baroness
A single moment can change a life forever. That happened to the Jewish baroness and heiress Pannonica (Nica) de Koenigswarter (1913-1988), née Rothschild. On hearing Thelonious Monk’s ‘Round Midnight’ on a trip to New York at the beginning of the 1950s, she was so totally captivated by the music, she turned her back on her native Europe and on all the glamour of her previous existence, and became one of the great supporters of American jazz.
Siggi Loch experienced a similarly decisive moment in his life when, at the age of just 15, he heard a concert by Sidney Bechet and decided that his life from then on would be dedicated to jazz. This decision had a profound effect not just on him, but also on the way this music has developed in Europe, most notably in the years since he founded ACT in 1992.
So it was above all a feeling of affinity with Pannonica which inspired Siggi Loch to dedicate an entire evening to her in the “Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic” concert series which he has curated since 2012. The concert, on 6 February 2019, thirty years after her death, focused on pieces by the musicians whom the “Jazz Baroness” supported over many years with money, accommodation, advice and friendship, and who often dedicated compositions to her to express their gratitude: Thelonious Monk, Horace Silver, Bud Powell and Sonny Rollins.
Musicians from five countries took part in the concert: Finnish pianist Iiro Rantala, a habitual unifier of the traditional and the modern, was directing. Alongside Swedish bassist Dan Berglund and Norwegian-born drummer Anton Eger, he formed the musical foundation. In addition, there were three outstanding soloists: American saxophonist Ernie Watts, who shared the stage with Thelonious Monk back in the pianist’s lifetime, German saxophonist Angelika Niescier and New York singer Charenée Wade. Together they do not only demonstrate magnificently that a single moment can indeed transform an individual life story, but also that such occurrences have the power to shine beyond the confines of continents, cultures and epochs. ACT
Tracklist:
1. Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk) 7:22
2. Boliviar Blues (Thelonious Monk) 10:16
3. Poor Butterfly (Raymond Hubbell & Sonny Rollins) 9:04
4. Nica’s Dream (Horace Silver) 10:17
5. Celia (Bud Powell) 4:34
6. Little Butterfly (Thelonious Monk / Jon Hendricks) 5:31
7. Get It Straight (Thelonious Monk / Sally Swisher) 7:22
Line Up
Iiro Rantala - Piano & Leader
Dan Berglund - Bass
Anton Eger - Drums
Angelika Niescier - Alto Saxophone
Ernie Watts - Tenor Saxophone
Charenée Wade - Vocals