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Chronojazz, Evan Marien, Commodore, Mr Motaba, Anika Nilles, Igor Wilcox
by Len Davis
We kick off with Allan Holdsworth inspired fusion from Chronjazz, featuring Ross Ian Lardner, Ollie Usiskin and Jimmy Haslip. Evan Marien x Dana Hawkins return with a sleek new single, while Bob Frye teams up with Uzoma for a soulful groove. From Argentina, Commodore drop their long-awaited release, and Brazil's Mr. Motaba blend jazz, fusion, and Brazilian rhythms. German drummer Anika Nilles brings tight, funk-infused fusion, and Japanese pianist Ai Kuwabara delivers cool, modern jazz alongside bassist Yusuke Morita. Brazilian ...
Continue ReadingTigran Hamasyan: The Call Within
by Chris M. Slawecki
Tigran Hamasyan had already demonstrated that he's an excellent pianist: He won the Montreux Jazz Festival's piano competition in 2003. He was only seventeen when he released his first recording (World Passion, Nocturn) in 2005 and then he claimed top prize the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition the year after that. Hamasyan's Nonesuch Records debut Mockroot (2015), won the Echo Jazz Award for International Piano Instrumentalist of the Year. But The Call Within also illustrates Hamasyan's remarkable ...
Continue ReadingEvan Marien: Between Worlds
by AAJ Italy Staff
Questo giovane bassista (è nato a metà luglio del 1986) sta già riscuotendo grande considerazione fra i suoi colleghi e fra i fans più devoti allo strumento. Non a caso è stato recentemente segnalato come 'Most Exciting New Player' dalla rivista Bass Player Magazine. Ha studiato con Matthew Garrison (e si sente) ma non disdegna riferimenti ovvi a Jaco Pastorius (per esempio nella parte introduttiva di “Eternals and Apathetics"). Ha già suonato con musicisti già affermati come Jack DeJohnette, David ...
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