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Premazzi / Nasser Quartet: From What I Recall
by Angelo Leonardi
Dopo saltuarie collaborazioni durate un decennio, la pianista Simona Premazzi e il sassofonista Kyle Nasser hanno deciso tre anni fa di varare questo combo, completato con il contrabbassista Noah Garabedian e il batterista Jay Sawyer. Frequenti esibizioni nei club di New York City e alcuni tour hanno rafforzato la coesione del gruppo che pubblica ora il suo primo disco. Anche se vive e lavora a New York dal 2004, il pubblico--soprattutto italiano--del jazz conosce bene Simona Premazzi che ...
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by Dan McClenaghan
Pianist Simona Premazzi began her journey in Italy, in a small town on the outskirts of Milano. She took her early musical education in her homeland and moved to New York in 2004. She made a name for herself there--no easy task. Her on-the-bandstand education includes stints with saxophonist Greg Osby and trumpeter Jeremy Pelt. She eventually found herself playing gigs with saxophonist Kyle Nasser. The two began their collaborative musical partnership in 2021, forming the Premazzi / Nasser Quartet ...
Continue ReadingItamar Borochov: Arba
by Maurizio Zerbo
Il sistema modale del maqam arabo, la tradizione sefardita e quella jazzistica degli anni Sessanta convivono felicemente nel sesto CD del trombettista Itamar Borochov. Arba è un'importante finestra sul variopinto laboratorio musicale della scena contemporanea, che mette in luce un musicista originale e lungimirante. Al di là dei buoni esiti artistici, va sottolineato soprattutto il coraggioso caledoscopio musicale prodotto dalle nove tracce di impianto modale. Arba costituisce un ponte di solidarietà tra mondo israeliano e mondo ...
Continue ReadingRussell Kranes/Alex Levine/Sam Weber/Jay Sawyer: Anchor Points
by Jack Bowers
No leader is given on Anchor Points, simply the names of the four musicians who comprise the group on its debut recording. This is truly a co-op enterprise by jazz artists who have been performing together for a number of years in and around the New York City area. The studio session is divided roughly in half, with four numbers by a quartet balancing four others by a drummerless trio, a nod to similar groups once led ...
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by Jerome Wilson
Trumpeter Itamar Borochov is originally from the Middle East but is part of the New York jazz scene. He plays a quarter-tone trumpet which helps bring an unusual expressiveness and calm to his sound, This is well-suited to the music he plays which is steeped in the chords and scales of the Mediterranean area where he grew up. Tracks such as “Abraham" and “What Broke You?" spotlight the ethereal beauty of Borochev's sound as he broods over Rob ...
Continue ReadingTito Carrillo: Urbanessence
by Paul Rauch
Trumpeter Tito Carillo's second bite of the apple on Origin was more than a decade in the making, following up his outstanding first release, Opening Statement (Origin, 2011). With Urbanessence (Origin, 2022), the Chicago-based artist is truly up to the task, producing a work which is an homage to everyday life in the city. The narrative makes the point that cities are home to creators, visionaries and an army of people who are motivated by the hope they provide. Cities ...
Continue ReadingTito Carrillo: Urbanessence
by Jack Bowers
Urbanessence, the second album as leader from Chicago-area trumpeter, composer and educator Tito Carrillo, is a rhythmic showcase for ten of his buoyant original compositions, all of which embody his love of BAM (Black American Music) and the lyric legacy of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Brazil and Peru. Carrillo, a bold and burnished improviser from the Freddie Hubbard-Lee Morgan-Donald Byrd school of hard bop, shares the front line with the energetic and versatile saxophonist Troy Roberts (who plays ...
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