Jazz Articles about Aaron Diehl

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In the '60s, it was common to criticize avant-garde jazz musicians by saying they could not swing. Drummer and composer Tyshawn Sorey has travelled far beyond mainstream jazz through his “new music" composing and collaborations with other cutting edge musicians such as Vijay Iyer and Roscoe Mitchell. Now he confounds expectations by leading a piano trio which definitely swings but with its own unique way of exploring rhythm and melody. The trio is filled out with Aaron Diehl ...

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Tyshawn Sorey: Mesmerism

Read "Mesmerism" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
July 18, 2022

«Ho sempre accolto con favore l'opportunità di suonare questa musica—dice Tyshawn Sorey-. Dopo essere stato etichettato come un cosiddetto “avanguardista" per quasi due decenni, ho deciso che era giunto il momento di realizzare questa session con musicisti che rispetto e ammiro profondamente». Un piano trio in omaggio alla tradizione può risultare sorprendente per chi ha seguito il batterista e compositore a capo di sue innovative formazioni e in partnership con Vijay Iyer, Steve Lehman, John Zorn, Steve ...

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Tyshawn Sorey Trio: Mesmerism

Read "Mesmerism" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
June 27, 2022

To say that Mesmerism by the Tyshawn Sorey Trio is a departure from the drummer's regular programming is an understatement. Rather than perform his own compositions, he has assembled this trio to perform some jazz classics and standards. Sorey only held a brief rehearsal before recording this studio session. Typically, he prefers intricate arrangements and repeated run-throughs before documenting his ensembles. Here he relies on pianist Aaron Diehl and bassist Matt Brewer's ingrained knowledge of standards and musical instincts. Diehl ...

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Yohan Giaume: Whisper of a Shadow

Read "Whisper of a Shadow" reviewed by Jim Worsley

by Jim Worsley
March 5, 2021

Collaborations are quite common projects in the jazz world, and in most forms of music, for that matter. Collaborations, however, are slightly more rare when a modern day composer's album is in conjunction with a composer from the nineteenth century. Such is the case with the works of Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869) melding with composer and trumpeter Yohan Giaume. Giaume has had a deep connection, both musically and intellectually, with Gottschalk for many years. Gottschalk's world travels, influences, and notable ...

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Aaron Diehl: The Vagabond

Read "The Vagabond" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
February 16, 2020

Cardinally invested, engaged and resolute on making the classical hop and the swing vice versa, pianist Aaron Diehl, double bassist Paul Sikivie and drummer Gregory Hutchinson take a deep dive into the many accords and asymmetries shared by Philip Glass and George Gershwin and come up victorious. Flush with tradition and vision, pianist Diehl's musical aesthetic hints at everything and manifests itself wholly on his third for Mack Avenue. Proceeding without artifice, the trio's most agile choreography weaves ...

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Cecile McLorin Salvant: Dreams and Daggers

Read "Dreams and Daggers" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
March 12, 2018

È un disco importante questo di Cécile McLorin Salvant. Il disco della piena maturità, quello che segna la consacrazione della giovane vocalist nell'olimpo del canto jazz. Dopo tre lavori in studio (l'ultimo dei quali vincitore di un Grammy) Cécile dimostra con questo doppio live di non essere solo la voce afro-americana più avvincente del presente ma un'artista che porta avanti la discendenza delle grandi interpreti. In lei ritroviamo la grazia, la leggerezza e la perfetta intonazione di Ella Fitzgerald, la ...

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Aaron Diehl: Space Time Continuum

Read "Space Time Continuum" reviewed by Maurizio Zerbo

by Maurizio Zerbo
November 12, 2015

Grazie a musicisti come Aaron Diehl, c'è da ben sperare per le sorti future del jazz. Il trentenne pianista statunitense sembra possedere classe e abilità strumentale da vendere, al servizio di una promettente progettualità. Attraverso le sue composizioni si respira un'aura autenticamente genuina di jazz, sprigionante un invidiabile senso dello swing. Dando spazio a maestri del calibro di Benny Golson e Joe Temperley, il giovane leader tesse con convinzione le sue avvolgenti armonie che profumano di inebrianti aromi: ...