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Alex Terrier: Roundtrip

Read "Roundtrip" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Nato a Parigi e cresciuto in un ambiente di formazione classica, Alex Terrier scopre il jazz folgorato dall'ascolto di Parker, Miles e Coltrane. Vola oltre Atlantico per approdare prima a Boston (Berklee, naturalmente) e poi a New York, dove si inserisce prontamente nella scena locale e partecipa a diverse incisioni nelle vesti di collaboratore. Questo Roundtrip è la sua seconda fatica da leader e conferma sia la grande versatilità di Alex Terrier che la sua piena appartenenza al solido filone ...

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Alex Terrier Quintet: Stop Requested

Read "Stop Requested" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson


Saxophonist George Garzone has high praise for his protégé Alex Terrier, and indeed the young saxophonist exhibits many of the same qualities associated with his one-time teacher: a compelling logic in the construction of his long solos accompanied by a ready recourse to the outer reaches of the vocabulary that both players have inherited from John Coltrane. That Garzone himself is part of the quintet on five of the nine tracks of Terrier's début is welcome news, even ...


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