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Dida Pelled: A Missing Shade Of Blue
by Dan Bilawsky
In a way, A Missing Shade Of Blue is a throwback to an earlier era, when Grant Green, “Brother" Jack McDuff, Wes Montgomery and Jimmy Smith, and numerous others were bringing the guitar and organ together to create beautiful music for the people. Yet this record doesn't necessarily fit with the work of those artists. Why, you ask? Well, for one, we live in a different time. But the era isn't necessarily the crux of the matter. The scope of ...
read moreFabio Morgera: tradizione e progresso
by Angelo Leonardi
Tornato a vivere in Italia alcuni anni fa, dopo un lungo periodo di studio e attività professionale negli Stati Uniti, Fabio Morgera è uno dei massimi trombettisti della sua generazione e s'è imposto per lo stile estroverso, caratterizzato da intenso feeling e marcato groove. Eclettico per natura, alla leadership in progetti di taglio contemporaneo—anche intrisi di funk e hip hop--ha affiancato omaggi ai valori fondanti del jazz moderno. In quest'intervista parliamo di molte cose, iniziando col suo nuovo album dedicato ...
read moreDida Pelled: A Missing Shade of Blue
by C. Michael Bailey
Guitarist and vocalist Dida Pelled previous Red Records release, Dida Pelled: Plays and Sings (Red Records, 2011) was one of my pics for Best-of-the-Year in 2011). That recording was so refreshingly organic that it has remained in my listening rotation since that time. Pelled snuck in a self-produced Modern Love Songs (2015) between Plays and Sings and the present A Missing Shade of Blue. It is as exceptional as the first recording. That said, expectations for A Missing Shade of ...
read moreFabio Morgera: Neapolitan Heart
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il cuore napoletano del titolo è quello di Fabio Morgera, trombettista da tempo in attività a New York. Un cuore che batte forte, senza indugi, in dieci brani registrati a inizio 2009 e che compongono il suo ultimo album da leader, il primo per EmArcy. L'idea di partenza di Neapolitan Heart era quella di suonare alcuni grandi classici della musica popolare napoletana in chiave jazz, e il rischio era di cadere nella banalità e nella mera ripetizione di temi molto ...
read moreFabio Morgera and Turbulence at Fat Cat
by Mary Williams
Fabio Morgera and TurbulenceFat CatNew York, New York The trumpeter and composer Fabio Morgera brought warmth to a genre better known for being cool, as he led his “freejazzfunk" band, Turbulence, through hushed moments and energetic surges of music. His music was upbeat and daring--the kind of music that doesn't want to be kept up with. Jazz often feels like a thing of the past, something delicate that cultured New Yorkers occasionally dust off ...
read moreFabio Morgera: Neapolitan Heart
by C. Michael Bailey
Trumpeter/producer Fabio Morgera's first album release was Take One (Red Records) in 1988. Hailing from Naples and in 2010 a New York City resident, Morgera recorded several notable collections in the 1990s and 2000s. As a leader Slick (Red Records, 1999) and Colors (Red Records, 2002); as a sideman J.D. Allen's In Search Of (Red Records, 1999); and with the Red Stars collective Red Stars (Red Records, 2004). Morgera also produced In Search Of and Pablo Bobrowicky's New York Connections ...
read moreFabio Morgera: Need for Peace
by AAJ Italy Staff
Questo disco ci ricorda il volto lirico di Fabio Morgera ma anche la sua natura di jazzman legato ai valori autentici del modern mainstream. Trombettista versatile, da tempo residente negli Stati Uniti, dove ha maturato uno stile personale, Morgera s'è fatto notare alla guida del Groove Collective, che quest'anno ha collezionato una nomination ai Grammy Awards per il miglior disco di jazz contemporaneo. Il gruppo in questione evidenzia solo una parte del suo temperamento artistico e questa nuova formazione risponde ...
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