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Album Review

Delia Fischer: Beyond Bossa

Read "Beyond Bossa" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright


An intriguingly multi-layered project, Beyond Bossa has unfolded over a number of years. The “beyond" in the title points in a few directions. A pianist, composer-arranger, singer (and dancer), Delia Fischer works across idioms: bossa nova, jazz, música popular brasileira (MPB), various types of Brazilian music, theater. Her recordings have earned her Latin Grammy nominations for Best Brazilian Album (MPB) in 2021 (H.O.J.E., Labidad Produções) and 2019 (Tempo Minimo, Labidad Produções). Further extending the boundaries, she called upon a far-flung ...

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Liner Notes

Delia Fischer: Beyond Bossa

Read "Delia Fischer: Beyond Bossa" reviewed by Allen Morrison


In 2019, after I'd been writing for DownBeat Magazine for about a decade, I was asked to review a batch of new albums from Brazil, including one by a Rio de Janeiro-based singer named Delia Fischer who wrote her own songs. I gathered that, in addition, she was a jazz pianist, an arranger, and the musical director for several hit musicals in Rio. She had worked with Brazilian legends like Marcos Valle, Egberto Gismonti, and Milton Nascimento, who recorded one ...

Interview

Mario Biondi: Voce di un'anima soul

Read "Mario Biondi: Voce di un'anima soul" reviewed by Paolo Marra


Con la sua voce calda, pregna di pathos e raffinati slanci timbrici, Mario Biondi si muove al confine tra soul e jazz seguendo con una cifra personale le tracce dei grandi cantanti della tradizione della musica nera. Con il nuovo disco, Dare, il crooner italiano ha voluto riassumere le sue diverse attitudini artistiche riunendo attorno a sé i colleghi con cui ha collaborato durante la sua lunga carriera. Tra questi il gruppo inglese degli Incognito, The Band, la formazione che ...

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Album Review

Mario Biondi: Handful of Soul

Read "Handful of Soul" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Un passo avanti e uno indietro per la sempre fervida scena nu-jazz italica. Il passo avanti: finalmente una voce maschile davvero degna di nota, quella del catanese Mario Biondi, qui al suo disco di esordio, Handful of Soul. Artista dalla solida esperienza come turnista, Biondi ha un timbro scuro e pastoso che fa riferimento direttamente a quel soul confidenziale e un po' gaglioffo in cui la componente ormonale fa la sua bella parte, ma riesce a metterlo a servizio di ...


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