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Jerome Sabbagh: Stand Up!
by Joshua Weiner
While much great jazz has emerged from one-off encounters among musicians, there is a lot to be said for the synergy of longstanding working bands. The former may provide more spontaneity and produce fireworks, but it can also lead to the occasional dud due to a mismatch in approach. Players in a working band, in contrast, gain a deep knowledge of each other's artistic choices, learn what works and what does not, and--by definition--must be doing something right, since their ...
Continue ReadingJerome Sabbagh: Heart
by Chris May
AAJ occasionally publishes reviews which call out the barbarism of digital-only albums (Heart is not one of these, please hang on in there). Item: the review of Brazilian saxophonist and flautist Vinicius Mendes' Macunaismo Tardio Vol. 1&2 (Notes On A Journey, 2024). The two albums collected on that vinyl double-LP, blinders both, were originally released separately as digital-only albums. Unsurprisingly, each failed to make any significant impact on jazz audiences either in Brazil or internationally. Notes On A Journey eventually ...
Continue ReadingPablo Ablanedo: Christreza
by Glenn Astarita
This LP clocks in at around 38-minutes and is a bit of a tease since it progresses rather quickly and may leave many listeners wanting more. Here, Argentine-reared pianist/composer/educator Pablo Ablanedo's compositional gifts often take on cinematic film scoring intonations and developments, executed with jazz luminaries who the artist met while attending the Berklee College of Music in 1999. Owing to his heritage, the leader infuses subtle Latin jazz foreground grooves into several movements, whereas the opener “La ...
Continue ReadingJerome Sabbagh & Greg Tuohey: No Filter
by Neri Pollastri
Il titolo di questo lavoro, cofirmato dal sassofonista Jerome Sabbagh e dal chitarrista Greg Tuohey, rimanda alla precisa intenzione di evitare, in sede di registrazione, qualsiasi tipo di effetto, sovraincisione ed editing, così da poter catturare il suono così come sgorgava dagli strumenti nel corso dell'interazione dei musicisti. Una scelta in controtendenza con quanto si è oggi soliti fare, ma in che certo modo rimanda anche alla storia dei due leaders, conosciutisi nel corso degli anni Novanta e poi persisi ...
Continue ReadingJerome Sabbagh and Greg Tuohey: No Filter
by Peter J. Hoetjes
So much regard is given to audio quality in the 21st century that there has become something of an obsession with “purity." A desire for music that has no digital manipulation, no computers layering sounds together. As co-band leaders, Jerome Sabbagh and Greg Tuohey resolved to attain this quality on No Filter by recording the album without edits or overdubs, directly to analog tape. Everything the listener hears was captured in one take, on paper suggesting a live ...
Continue ReadingJerome Sabbagh, Simon Jermyn, Allison Miller: Lean
by Vincenzo Roggero
Jerome Sabbagh fa parte di quella folta schiera di musicisti non usi alle luci dei riflettori mediatici o alle prime pagine, ma particolarmente stimati dai colleghi (non a caso Paul Motian lo volle fortemente nel nuovo trio messo in piedi poco prima della sua scomparsa). Se il suo biglietto da visita come leader è il quartetto nato nel 2004 con Ben Monder, Ted Poor e Joe Martin (tre album all'attivo particolarmente apprezzati dalla critica), interessante ci sembra anche questo trio ...
Continue ReadingI 10 CD nel CD player di... Jerome Sabbagh
by Vincenzo Roggero
01. Kristin Slipp/Dov Manski -A Thousand Julys (Sunnyside -2013). Interessante lavoro sugli standard da parte di questo duo voce e piano/wurlitzer non convenzionale ma pienamente centrato. 02. Johnathan Blake -Gone, but Not Forgotten (Criss Cross -2014). Tributo ad alcuni grandi musicisti scomparsi recentemente e alle loro composizioni. Grandi interpretazioni da parte di tutti (Ben Street, Mark Turner, Chris Potter). 03. Jochen Rueckert -We Make the Rules (Whirlwind Recordings -2014). Grandi composizioni ...
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