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Album Review

Yoon Sun Choi/Jacob Sacks: Imagination: The Music of Joe Raposo

Read "Imagination: The Music of Joe Raposo" reviewed by Elliott Simon

by Elliott Simon
August 4, 2008

There is a certain paradoxical synergy that exists between the tunes on Imagination and the avant-cum-free interpretations given them by vocalist Yoon Sun Choi and pianist Jacob Sacks. Choi and Sacks work so well together in their own charming, but somewhat weird, way that they turn this tribute to composer Joe Raposo into much more than a celebration of his music. Raposo composed primarily for television shows such as The Muppets and Sesame Street and these songs, many of which ...

Album Review

Jacob Sacks - Eivind Opsvik - Mat Maneri - Paul Motian: Two Miles a Day

Read "Two Miles a Day" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 9, 2008

Potrei iniziare questa recensione raccontandovi di Jacob Sacks e Eivind Opsvik, l’uno pianista del Michigan e l’altro contrabbassista norvegese, e di come i due, davanti ad una tazza di caffé, abbiano deciso di invitare Paul Motian in sala d’incisione. Si potrebbe, poi, riferire della felice riuscita di quella session, alla quale ha partecipato anche la viola inquieta di Mat Maneri, e dilungarsi sulla qualità della scrittura, un mainstream moderno e intelligente, architettato con estrema perizia e ammirevole audacia armonica, equamente ...