Jazz Articles about Laura J Marras

About Laura J Marras

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Laura J Marras first drew Neil Duggan's attention in his review of Alessandro Di Liberto's Punti Di Vista (GleAm Records, 2025), where her alto saxophone is repeatedly highlighted--thanks to her fresh blend of sensitivity and energy. Other press notes on that release, quite rightly, attributed to her traces of John Coltrane and Oliver Nelson, as well as Wayne Shorter, which is hardly surprising: Marras leads a quartet called Shorter's Vision, a group with which she recreates emblematic works by the ...

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Alessandro Di Liberto: Punti Di Vista

Read "Punti Di Vista" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan
January 28, 2025

The island of Sardinia can be found west of the Italian peninsula. It is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and is one of the 20 regions that make up Italy. It has a strong affinity for jazz, with Sardinian native Paolo Fresu founding the annual Time in Jazz festival. It is also home to pianist and composer Alessandro Di Liberto, who channels his love for Sardinia into his album Punti Di Vista (Points of View). He takes ...