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New York Standards Quartet: Heaven Steps to Seven

Read "Heaven Steps to Seven" reviewed by Maurizio Zerbo


Come il titolo sottointende questo è il settimo CD delNew York Standards Quartet, in cui è entrato a far parte l'eccellente contrabbassista Ugonna Okegwo. La rivisitazione degli standard jazzistici qui proposta raggiunge buoni livelli, ma non tali da far gridare al miracolo. Il procedimento della destrutturazione degli evergreen è oggi ampiamente noto e ben documentato dalla musicologia jazzistica. I brani interpretati sono depurati di ogni orpello e riproposti per mutarne in profondità qualche parametro. Nel caso di ”Cheryl”,"la testura parkeriana ...

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New York Standards Quartet: Heaven Steps To Seven

Read "Heaven Steps To Seven" reviewed by Roger Farbey


The three constant principals in this remarkable quartet are joined for this album by NY-resident Ugonna Okegwo on double bass. The quartet has been in existence for over a decade now and their first album was recorded in 2007 and released in 2008. The punningly titled Heaven Steps To Seven is the quartet's seventh album to date and the follow-up to Sleight Of Hand (Whirlwind, 2017). Half way through Charlie Parker's “Cheryl" the piece is transformed, almost magically, ...

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New York Standards Quartet: Unstandard

Read "Unstandard" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Unstandard è il secondo album del New York Standards Quartet, fondato dal sassofonista Tim Armacost nell'autunno del 2006. La formazione annovera quattro solidi ed affermati musicisti come David Berkman al piano, Yosuke Inoue al contrabbasso e Gene Jackson alla batteria. Ancora standards? Sì, e non ci stuferemo mai di ascoltarli. D'altronde è questo uno dei lati eccezionali del jazz, il continuo reinventare, riscoprire e realizzare in maniera diversa e, se possibile gradevole, un brano già straconosciuto. Il lavoro del quartetto ...

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New York Standards Quartet: Unstandard

Read "Unstandard" reviewed by Larry Taylor


It's a pleasure when a group of great jazz players take American standards and reshape them with their own unique stamp. This happens on New York Standards Quartet's Unstandard, where the musical gambit--the direction these musicians take the originals--is often surprising. Pianist David Berkman leads the way, handling arrangements and contributing originals, all the while taking impeccable solos. This is a joint effort, and veteran drummer Gene Jackson is invaluable, impressively powering the pace, aided by bassist Yosuke ...


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