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Shalabi Effect: Feign to Delight Gaiety of Gods

Read "Feign to Delight Gaiety of Gods" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Fondato da Shalabi e Seck nel 1996, il gruppo - canadese, ma con evidenti presenze multietniche, prontamente riverberate nella musica proposta - ha al suo attivo una decina di album, fra produzioni in proprio e collaborazioni. Questo nuovo lavoro, prodotto a Beirut in soli 500 esemplari (tutti numerati a mano), offre uno spaccato quanto mai indicativo della multidirezionalitĂ  dell'ensemble. La partenza ("Cum Dumspter," visto che la titletrack dura il soffio di quattro secondi), offre per esempio un singolare mix fra ...

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John Heward Trio: Let Them Pass (laissez-passer)

Read "Let Them Pass (laissez-passer)" reviewed by Javier AQ Ortiz

by Javier AQ Ortiz

In the case of any abstract interpretation of human experience, it is not necessary to get--or even know--the author's point of view in order to assail it at any level. In the case of Let Them Pass (laissez-passer), the first recording by the John Heward Trio, it does help to be aware of the collective spur for this outstanding work: the worldwide experience of immigration. Mulled over seven “avant jazz movements, reedist and flutist Joe Giardullo, bassist Mike Bisio, and ...

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