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Cecile McLorin Salvant: WomanChild
by Mark F. Turner
"You sound and act as if you've been here before," an elder might say to some precocious youngster who exhibited the traits of a much older person. That's a sentiment that could also be applied to the remarkable 24 year-old jazz singer Cecile McLorin Salvant, who sounds as if she was reincarnated from a different era. With a unique background, the winner of 2010's Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition is a Miami native of Haitian and Guadeloupian descent who ...
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by AAJ Italy Staff
Dall'emergere di Cassandra Wilson sono passati quasi trent'anni ma nell'affollato palcoscenico delle giovani cantanti nessuna le ha insidiato lo scettro. Legate alla tradizione afroamericana ne sono apparse brave e/o seducenti (da Roberta Gambarini a Diana Krall, da Melody Gardot a Madeleyne Peiroux), altre più rigorose e snobbate dai media (René Marie, Karrin Allyson, Maria Marquez, Maria Pia De Vito, Gretchen Parlato) e un esercito collocato ai confini tra il jazz, soul e pop music. In questi mesi è entrata sotto ...
Continue ReadingAaron Diehl: The Bespoke Man's Narrative
by Mark F. Turner
The reference to some exquisitely dressed man in the title of this release also conveys the stylistic bent of pianist Aaron Diehl's noteworthy debut on Mack Avenue. He is among a list of rising jazz pianists which include Gerald Clayton and Aaron Parks. The recording brings to life a project that was conceived in Indianapolis after Diehl, 26, earned first place in American Pianists Association's 2011 Cole Porter Fellowship. The project fully displays Diehl's musicality--exquisite touch, phrasing, ...
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