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Eleonora Strino Quartet: Matilde
by Alberto Bazzurro
Se cercate un disco “bello senz'anima" (fin dalla copertina, funzionale nonché sufficientemente ammiccante), con questo Matilde l'avete trovato. Vi agisce un quartetto con dentro almeno due elementi di vaglia (Corini e De Rossi) capitanato dalla chitarrista napoletana Eleonora Strino, attraverso otto brani tutti della leader (in un caso in comproprietà col pianista Vignali) a loro volta funzionali e ammiccanti quanto basta, nel senso che toccano corde che ogni ascoltatore avvertirà come sufficientemente familiari da farlo sentire a proprio agio, che ...
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by Brian Morton
There isn't much training around for young arts interviewers, but one bit of advice that is usually thrown out is never to ask “Where do you get your ideas?" It's a seemingly banal question that can only attract banal--and sometimes very sarcastic--answers. And yet sometimes, in context, it's exactly the right question to ask. More often than one might expect, novelists, poets, and musicians are more than happy to say that the new body of work being considered began in ...
Continue ReadingEleonora Strino: Leading The Way
by Ian Patterson
Any young person who dreams of becoming a jazz musician surely imagines the romance of a bohemian life spent traveling the world, playing to appreciative audiences. But it is not an easy career path. It requires complete dedication and many years of study and practice. The economics are hardly enticing either. And life on the road, for weeks or months at a time, is not for everyone. Eleonora Strino knew she wanted to be a jazz guitarist when ...
Continue ReadingEleonora Strino: I Got Strings
by Ian Patterson
There comes a before-and-after moment in any jazz musician's career with their first album as a leader. For Neapolitan guitarist Elenora Strino, I Got Strings marks a transition of sorts, from band member on the projects of pianist Dado Moroni and saxophonist Emanuele Cisi, to headline grabber in her own right. In fairness, Strino has led her own trios since 2016, but it usually takes the solid currency of one's own album to make the wider world sit up and ...
Continue ReadingEleonora Strino, Yussef Dayes, Erik Truffaz, Hernan Cassibba & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
After a couple of weeks focusing on some of our favorite tunes from the first half of the year here we are back on our night road to some of the most exciting new and upcoming releases, many of them with a cinematic and nocturnal vibe.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Erik Truffaz “Route de nuit" Rollin' (Blue Note) 0:16 Host talks 3:51 Hernan Cassibba “Isolation Dance" Nuevos ...
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