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Album Review

Willy Rodriguez: In The Unknown (I Will Find You)

Read "In The Unknown (I Will Find You)" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro

Il batterista portoricano Willy Rodriguez, ormai newyorchese d'adozione, dirige in questo che è il secondo album a sua firma un trio anomalo, ma neanche troppo, con una tastiera in luogo del più canonico contrabbasso (bassless, come si dice), generando una musica scura (però anche qui solo fino a un certo punto) in cui appare decisivo l'apporto del sax--soprattutto tenore--di Ingrid Laubrock, da tempo ai vertici assoluti del tenorismo (quanto meno) contemporaneo, musicista affidabilissima che sembra proprio trattare la materia che ...

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Album Review

Juán Chiavassa: Fourth Generation

Read "Fourth Generation" reviewed by Marco Iacoboni

by Marco Iacoboni

Il batterista argentino Juan Chiavassa scommette su un progetto da leader che collega anelli generazionali, che vanno da Wayne Shorter e Joe Henderson (autori di gran parte delle composizioni presenti in questo lavoro) a John Patitucci e Mike Stern, suoi compagni di viaggio d'eccezione insieme a Leo Genovese al piano e Rodhes e a un notevole George Garzone al sax tenore. Tre generazioni caratterizzate da un groove dinamico ed elastico, in un atto di devozione filologica e un omaggio continuo ...

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Album Review

Willy Rodriguez: In The Unknown (I Will Find You)

Read "In The Unknown (I Will Find You)" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux

There are recordings that announce themselves with polish and calculation, and there are those born of necessity. In the Unknown (I Will Find You) by drummer Willy Rodriguez clearly falls into the latter category; a heartfelt reflection on absence, memory, and the unseen threads that connect us beyond time. Recorded at the esteemed Rudy Van Gelder Studio, the album carries the echoes of that room's storied history without relying on it. Rodriguez's choice to omit the bass is not just ...

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Album Review

Leo Genovese: Solo Brooklyn

Read "Solo Brooklyn" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic

A wide, expressionist streak courses throughout the Brooklyn-informed impressionism of Solo Brooklyn, Argentinian pianist Leo Genovese's latest, and possibly most fearless solo effort for 577 Records. Recorded live at the 2024 New York Forward Festival, Solo Brooklyn ranges through all of Genovese's risk-tolerant ideas; manifesting into an hour-long concerto deftly defying and redefining the line between through composition and improvisation. Like a staying flurry on a December day in the city, “Brooklyn de Noche" emerges from the hushed ...

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Radio & Podcasts

Leo Genovese, Ellen Arkbro, B.I.T. Duo, Keith Oxman, Elipsis

Read "Leo Genovese, Ellen Arkbro, B.I.T. Duo, Keith Oxman, Elipsis" reviewed by Cheryl K.

by Cheryl K.

During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music--good stuff! We begin the show with unissued material by cult jazz musician Yusuf Mumin; then, onto pianist/composer Leo Genovese; vocalist and trombonist Steve Berndt; lyra player Sokratis Sinopoulos and pianist Yannis Kirimkiridis; organist/composer/sound artist Ellen Arkbro; the B.I.T. Duo; pianist Haeun Joo; tenor player Keith Oxman; and the trio Elipsis.Playlist Yusef Mumin “Journey to the Ancient “ from Journey to the Ancient (WeWantSounds) 11:49 Cyrus Chestnut “Prelude for ...

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Album Review

Frank Carlberg: Dream Machine

Read "Dream Machine" reviewed by Vic Albani

by Vic Albani

Il signor Frank Carlberg, originario di Helsinki, da molti anni si è ritagliato un ruolo importante nella comunità jazzistica newyorkese. Dopo gli studi al Berklee College of Music e al New England Conservatory--dove ha avuto maestri del calibro di Paul Bley, Ran Blake, Geri Allen e Jimmy Giuffre--ha collaborato con figure come Steve Lacy e Kenny Wheeler. In tempi più recenti ha incrociato il suo pianoforte con compagni di studi quali Jim Black, Chris Cheek, Antonio Hart, Sam Newsome, Chris ...

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Album Review

Gaia Wilmer, Ra Kalam Bob Moses: Dancing with Elephants

Read "Dancing with Elephants" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi

Questa collaborazione tra la sassofonista e compositrice Gaia Wilmer e il batterista/bandleader Bob Moses, è stata progettata dieci anni fa, quando i due si sono incontrati al New England Conservatory, nei ruoli di allieva e docente. Il giudizio che Moses esprime in copertina sulle doti di scrittura di Gaia può apparire eccessivo (la paragona a Charles Mingus, Hermeto Pascoal, Gil Evans, Maria Schneider, Michael Gibbs) ma basta ascoltare il suo ultimo album orchestrale (Folia, Sunnyside 2023) per capire ...

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