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Luca Curcio, Marcus Gilmore, Alison Shearer, John Scofield, Dave Holland & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
Welcome back to our weekly dispatch of recent and upcoming releases--where “recent and upcoming" isn't a marketing catchphrase but living proof that jazz keeps surpassing expectations, along with our sheer ability to keep up.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Luca Curcio “Bomba Dub" La Bomba (Boomslang) 0:16 Host talks 5:31 Alison Shearer “Homer “ In The Garden (Pinch) 7:17 Host talks 12:07 Steiger “5XP" Mowglowski's First Take (Steiger) ...
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by Ludovico Granvassu
You know you're in for a good day when extraordinary music lands in your headphones completely out of the blue. That's how I stumbled upon the remarkable debut album by bassist Luca Curcio, Bomba (Boomslang Records), through a chain of insignificant coincidences.What struck me most is the ease with which his Italo-Scandinavian quintet--Erik Kimestad (trumpet), Sölvi Kolbeinsson (alto saxophone), Francesco Bigoni (tenor saxophone), and Simon Olderskog Albertsen (drums)--manages to sound both deeply rooted in the tradition and strikingly ...
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