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Nicky Schrire: Nowhere Girl

Read "Nowhere Girl" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


The search for identity is a sine qua non of any artist's experience and development. But for a musician like Nicky Schrire, it goes much deeper than most. Born in London, raised in South Africa, studying and entering the professional ranks in New York and working back through her initial points of origin before relocating to Toronto in 2020, this noted vocalist-composer has established herself as a globetrotter of the first order. Stylistically, as with geography, Schrire hits multiple points ...

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Myriad3: Tell

Read "Tell" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Tell è il debutto di un piano trio canadese formato da tre ex allievi dell'Università di Toronto che suonano regolarmente nei locali del capoluogo dell'Ontario. Il più noto è il pianista Chris Donnelly, che ha già pubblicato due dischi a suo nome nel 2008 e nel 2011. Il primo (Solo) è stato favorevolmente accolto dalla critica canadese che l'ha preso in considerazione come uno dei migliori prodotti di quell'anno; il secondo (Metamorphosis) era ispirato all'opera grafica di Escher ed interamente ...

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Chris Donnelly: Metamorphosis

Read "Metamorphosis" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


Toronto pianist/composer Chris Donnelly gained much critical acclaim for his first album, Solo (Alma Records, 2008), which mixed his own originals with fresh takes on some classic tunes. His follow-up, the riskier and more ambitious Metamorphosis, is an outstanding recording from an outstanding artist. Metamorphosis is inspired by visual artist M. C. Escher's 1939 woodcut, Metamorphosis II, which appears on the cover. The music has, in turn, inspired a poem from Toronto poet Pier Giorgio Di Cicco, ...

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Chris Donnelly: Solo

Read "Solo" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Erano anni che non ascoltavamo un debutto tanto significativo. Chris Donnelly l'ha registrato nel 2008, poco più che ventenne, guadagnandosi vari ricoscimenti e accreditandosi tra i migliori jazzmen del suo Paese. Oggi è professore all'Università di Toronto ed ha appena registrato un secondo lavoro (Metamorphosis) ispirato ai disegni di Escher. Per un giovane pianista iniziare con un album di piano solo è certamente arduo ma basta ascoltare il tema d'avvio - il celebre “Very Early" di Bill Evans - per ...

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Chris Donnelly: Solo

Read "Solo" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose


Here's what you might do with this brand new record: have someone place a velvet blindfold over your eyes, slip the record into a CD player, hit “play," adjust volume for comfort, then slide into a very comfortable chair and listen. Chances are one may be think that Bill Evans had come back to life and was playing a brand new version of “Very Early." Now, do not open your eyes yet--listen on. As the first track ends and “For ...


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