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Magic Malik: Fanfare XP3

Read "Fanfare XP3" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro


Autori sempre diversi (solo il leader ne firma due) per dieci brani immersi in un morbido contesto che è fin troppo agevole definire di emanazione davisiana (post-Bitches Brew, per capirci), con colori per lo più molto calibrati, chiari, avvolgenti: ecco cosa ci offre--ampiamente secondo copione--questo nuovo lavoro del cinquantaquattrenne flautista franco-antillano (ma ivoriano di nascita) Magic Malik, al secolo Malik Mezzadri, il cui gruppo, forte di dodici elementi (con raddoppio di flauti, sassofoni e ottoni), agisce nel segno di un'ammirevole ...

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Live Review

Magic Malik Fanfare XP3 at New Morning

Read "Magic Malik Fanfare XP3 at New Morning" reviewed by Bertrand Herer


Magic Malik Fanfare XP3 New Morning Paris, FranceMarch 26, 2023 The New Morning is located in the center of Paris, one mile from the now, sadly, infamous Bataclan. The late Roy Hargrove loved this place and wrote “Strasbourg Saint Denis" in reference to this venue. On Saturday, March 26, 2023, the club featured the band Magic Malik Fanfare XP3. This band is led by “Magic" Malik Mezzadri, born in Abidjan and raised on ...

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Album Review

Magic Malik: Alternate Steps

Read "Alternate Steps" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson


Flutist Malik Mezzadri grew up on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, and moved to France to study at the conservatory in Marseille when he was 17. There he would win the first prize in flute; for more than twenty years, his subsequent idiosyncratic career as Magic Malik has seen him energetically flitting about the territory where jazz gives way to other musical forms: contemporary classical, pop, various kinds of experimentation. He has often organized his own groups' music in the ...

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Album Review

Magic Malik - Minino Garay - Jaime Torres: Altiplano

Read "Altiplano" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Dopo i suoi promettenti esordi discografici per la Label Bleu, avevamo perso le tracce di Magic Malik, che incontriamo di nuovo in questo CD dalla ricca veste editoriale, in cui il flautista dà il suo contributo ad una musica d’ibridazione, attuale e accattivante, che, come cita la copertina, intende dare “una lettura inedita della chacarera, della milonga, della zamba e di altre musiche della Cordigliera delle Ande". Gli altri due comprimari sono il percussionista Minino Garay, che condivide con Malik ...


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