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by Jack Bowers
The “30" in the title of the superlative all-woman Diva Jazz Orchestra's latest album stands for 30 years, which, believe it or not, is how long the orchestra and its remarkable drummer and leader, Sherrie Maricle, have been up and running and making beautiful music at home and abroad. Among U.S.-based big bands, it would seem that only Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Woody Herman have had longer runs than that. Fast company indeed. So is Diva ready for comparisons? ...
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by Jack Bowers
Composer/arranger John La Barbera has been at the top of his game for more than half a century, and Grooveyard is simply another example of his undiminished artistry. Besides arranging everything--superbly, as always--La Barbera wrote six of the session's ten charming songs, escorting other treasures by Carl Perkins, Dave Brubeck, Curtis Fuller and Elvin Jones. As he writes his handsome and colorful big-band charts, La Barbera is always careful to observe Rule No. 1: they have to ...
read moreThe John La Barbera Big Band: Grooveyard
by Nicholas F. Mondello
The geometry, if you will, of a terrific big band recording is such that the three major elements--the players, the arrangements, and the performance--balance in every regard. Grooveyard from the John La Barbera Big Band is such an offering. The album features ten masterfully selected, arranged, and performed selections, each containing outstanding section, solo, and ensemble playing. Wes Montgomery's “Grooveyard" launches a hip, swinging first course in which tenor man Pat La Barbera and guitarist Brandon Coleman ...
read moreJeff Fairbanks Project Hansori: Mulberry Street
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il trombonista Jeff Fairbanks, con questa imponente orchestra composta da una ventina di musicisti, parte occidentali, parte di origini orientali, cerca di trovare un punto di incontro fra le diverse sensibilità che rappresentano mondi separati. Lo fa con ottimi arrangiamenti, eccellenti musicisti e composizioni efficaci che si ispirano alle melodie folk asiatiche, mantenendo però una strutturazione armonica che deriva dal linguaggio del jazz moderno. Quello che trent'anni fa poteva sembrare impossibile, si materializza ora con ottimi risultati di fronte a ...
read moreVolker Goetze Orchestra: NY 10027
by AAJ Italy Staff
L'album della Volker Goetze Orchestra si sviluppa attraverso sette composizioni del suo leader, nelle quali si rintracciano diversi motivi di interesse, e dove convergono una serie di influenze diverse, come il jazz mainstream e la musica etnica, tradotta nell'utilizzo di strumenti inusuali per il contesto orchestrale occidentale, come tabla e kora. Il disco è stato registrato in più riprese nel corso del 2011, e si apre con “Solace," una composizione dal grande respiro melodico, di classe, nella quale si avverte ...
read moreDarcy James Argue's Secret Society: Infernal Machines
by AAJ Italy Staff
Continuano a maturare frutti squisiti tra le fronde della nuova Brooklyn. L'ultimo in ordine di tempo caduto dall'albero newyorchese risponde al nome di Darcy James Argue, ha poco più di trent'anni, è nato a Vancouver, in Canada, e ha studiato con Maria Schneider e Bob Brookmeyer al New England Conservatory di Boston. Suona il piano Darcy James, ma di mestiere ha scelto di fare il compositore: scrive musica per la sua big band, un'orchestra di diciotto elementi che dirige dal ...
read moreC'mon In, The Water's Great!
by AAJ Staff
By Erica vonKleist Playing Ellington's music, especially at a young age, is a lot like learning how to swim by jumping into the deep end of a pool. One is thrust into a situation that requires a vast wealth of musical skill and understanding and has proven to be a challenge for musicians at all levels of experience. By learning about the nuances and characteristics of Ellington's writing, a young person has the opportunity to develop his or ...
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