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Joshua Breakstone: 2nd Avenue
Ne discendono gustosi impasti ritmici al servizio del solismo del leader, che ha ormai sviluppato una cifra stilistica sempre più personale. Rinverdendo con intelligenza alcuni standard jazzistici, il chitarrista sa come rinnovare con gusto la tradizione. A questo si aggiungono la duttilità strumentale e la poliedrica cultura musicale che lo pongono ai vertici del modern mainstream contemporaneo.
L'intimistica riproposizione di "I Wish I Knew" costituisce la classica ciliegina su una torta di per sé già appetitosa. Interessante anche la composizione originale che chiude il CD, "2nd Ave: Blues for Imahor," capace di esaltare sia il solismo del leader, sia l'aspetto metrico di base. Si conferma così una personalità sfaccettata, che si ispira alla tradizione senza seguirla pedissequamente.
Track Listing
Thingin'; Home; I'm an Old Cowhand; I Wish I Knew; Evergreenish; The Lamp Is Low; Hit It; My Conception; 2nd Ave: Blues for Imahor.
Personnel
Joshua Breakstone
guitarJoshua Breakstone: chitarra; Lisle Atkinson: contrabbasso; Andy Watson: batteria; Mike Richmond: violoncello.
Album information
Title: 2nd Avenue | Year Released: 2015 | Record Label: Capri Records
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