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Album Review

Nick Mazzarella: Siena Sessions

Read "Siena Sessions" reviewed by Troy Dostert


With a fruitful partnership extending back to 2016, Chicago mainstay Nick Mazzarella has played in a variety of contexts with bassist Silvia Bolognesi and drummer Cristiano Calcagnile, but they chose Italy for their first recorded encounter. Mazzarella's tart alto saxophone seems particularly energized by the change of scenery, and his obvious chemistry with his superb partners is evident from start to finish. Mazzarella is one of the most versatile musicians on the scene, equally adept at riding a ...

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Giancarlo Nino Locatelli: A Decent Run

Read "A Decent Run" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Who needs poetry in an age of internet memes, infinite scrolling and artificial intelligence? Poems ask us to linger over words, to discover meaning in silence as much as in language. Memes, by contrast, are consumed in an instant and forgotten just as quickly. We live in a culture that increasingly prizes immediacy over reflection, image over text and distraction over contemplation. So who still needs poetry? Italian clarinetist Giancarlo Nino Locatelli makes a compelling case that we all do. ...

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Pipeline: Ahead Of July

Read "Ahead Of July" reviewed by Mark Corroto


With most recordings, listeners are conditioned to identify a leader. Typically, it is the artist whose name appears on the cover, or occasionally the composer responsible for the material. Pipeline upends that expectation. This is unequivocally an ensemble recording, and to further complicate matters, all of the music is collectively credited. For those familiar with the Pipeline project, this may come as a surprise. The concept was created by clarinetist Giancarlo Nino Locatelli, also one of the proprietors of We ...

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Giancarlo Tossani Synapser: Nightrumor

Read "Nightrumor" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero


Sono passati vent'anni dallo splendido esordio, su etichetta Auand, di Synapser, quartetto guidato da Giancarlo Tossani. Due decenni nei quali il pianista e compositore cremonese ha intrapreso un percorso artistico dove la capacità di esplorare ambiti diversi, la curiosità come guida, la naturale abilità nell'allestire formazioni perfette per quella musica e per quelle idee, hanno funzionato da robusto fil rouge. Fil rouge che innerva, proprio con la sua molteplicità di visioni, Nightrumor , ultima uscita targata ancora Auand, ...

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Album Review

Cristiano Calcagnile Anokhi: Inversi

Read "Inversi" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


Avevamo visto dal vivo il trio Anokhi, praticamente al suo esordio, al Pinocchio Jazz di Firenze (clicca qui per leggerne la recensione) pochi mesi prima della registrazione di questo disco e ne eravamo rimasti molto impressionati. L'ascolto di Inversi conferma quell'impressione, permettendo di apprezzare più a fondo i dettagli della musica prodotta dalla formazione. Anokhi è un classico piano trio, messo in piedi da Cristiano Calcagnile dopo un lungo lavoro di composizione ispirato dall'ascolto del pianista Hasaan Ibn ...

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Album Review

Vinny Golia / Bernard Santacruz / Cristiano Calcagnile: To Live and Breathe…

Read "To Live and Breathe…" reviewed by Mark Corroto


None of the three musicians heard on To Live and Breathe... had ever performed together before this set of live music recorded in Piacenza, Italy, on Sunday, February 5, 2017. Would they gel? Could they come together in the land of free improvised music? The most recognizable name here is American multi—instrumentalist Vinny Golia with a discography well in excess of 200 recordings. Golia is joined by French bassist Bernard Santacruz, who can be heard on Nothing But Love (The ...

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Alberto Braida: Cats In The Kitchen

Read "Cats In The Kitchen" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero


Tre musicisti da sempre impegnati nel campo della musica di ricerca, un etichetta che si fa apprezzare per le sue scelte artistiche ed editoriali coraggiose ed un disco che suona come ..... un piano trio tradizionale! La scelta di Alberto Braida verso composizioni dalla struttura semplice e circolare non tragga però in inganno perché l'immediatezza comunicativa dei brani, il piacere dell'ascolto nascondono soluzioni sorprendenti. Silvia Bolognesi e Cristiano Calcagnile dialogano con sensibilità rara, ora allestendo intriganti dialoghi, ora fornendo stimolanti ...


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