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Jesse Stacken / Kirk Knuffke: Mockingbird

Read "Mockingbird" reviewed by Martin Longley


This album's subtitle is The Music of Thelonious Monk & Duke Ellington, and it's refreshing to find the two pianist/composers united in a single conception, pointing out that they probably have more similarities than differences. This selection's other strong point (and this is all before its players even strike a note) is that the repertoire avoids almost all of the accustomed tune choices. From Monk, there's “Light Blue," “Teo," “Reflections" and “Bright Mississippi." From Ellington (and Billy Strayhorn), “Such Sweet ...

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Jesse Stacken Trio: That That

Read "That That" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Nato e cresciuto in Minnesota, Jesse Stacken si è trasferito a New York nel 2002 dove ha collaborato, tra gli altri, con Michael Blake, Peter Van Huffel e Donny McCaslin. Costituitosi nel 2005, il Jesse Stacken Trio debutta con questo That That per l'etichetta Fresh Sound New Talent. Piano trio di grande energia e raffinatezza costituito dal leader e due giovani rappresentanti della scena newyorkese - il contrabbassista norvegese Eivind Opsvik e il batterista Jeff Davis. La formazione esplora con ...


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