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Arthur Kell Quartet: Jester
by AAJ Italy Staff
È dedicato alla figura del buffone (di cui la raffigurazione simbolica in copertina) il nuovo disco del contrabbassista Arthur Kell, figura anomala nel panorama del jazz contemporaneo. Trasferitosi a New York nei primi anni ottanta, dopo il diploma al conservatorio di Oberlin, Kell iniziò a collaborare con il meglio dell'avanguardia di allora (Bobby Previte, Wayne Horvitz, Marc Ribot, Mark Feldman, Thomas Chapin) ma interruppe nel decennio seguente per dedicarsi all'attività di militante ecologista, viaggiatore e insegnante in vari paesi del ...
Continue ReadingBernard - Emer - Lackner - Ferber: Night for Day
by AAJ Italy Staff
Night for Day è un buon esempio dell’equivoco, più o meno volontario, nel quale navigano molti musicisti delle nuove generazioni. Preparazione ferrea alle spalle, grande confidenza con i più disparati stili musicali, estrema scioltezza nel condividere l’esperienza musicale con colleghi dal diverso background formativo. Ma poi, alla resa dei conti, permane l’incertezza sulla direzione da prendere, sulla capacità di elaborare un linguaggio personale che faccia tesoro della massa di sollecitazioni e di input esterni, evitando operazioni di copia-incolla o di ...
Continue ReadingJonathan Kreisberg Trio: New for Now
by John Kelman
Guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg's recent Mel Bay Records release, Unearth, focused exclusively on his own writing, with a contemporary aesthetic that placed him smack dab in the middle of turf also explored by Kurt Rosenwinkel and Adam Rogers. New for Now, on the other hand, divides Kreisberg's attention between four original compositions and an equal number of jazz standards. While both records are of a decidedly mainstream nature, New for Now rests more closely towards the center, but that needn't imply ...
Continue ReadingScott DuBois Quintet feat. David Liebman: Monsoon
by Jeff Stockton
Scott DuBois plays a fair amount of electric guitar on Monsoon , his debut as a leader, but it's when he plays acoustic that he makes his most coherent and provocative statements. Strumming, plucking and pulling strings as if he were rearranging them on the neck of his instrument, DuBois injects the classical sound of Segovia's Spain into jazz music. With a band featuring two horn players, each doubling on soprano, DuBois' tunes favor the upper end of the scale ...
Continue ReadingScott Dubois Quintet featuring David Liebman: Monsoon
by John Kelman
Sometimes a recording can be academically impressive, filled with strong intention and all the ingredients for greatness, yet not quite reach the soul. Such is the case with guitarist Scott Dubois' Soul Note début, Monsoon. Aside from his quintet of the past four years, the album also features saxophonist David Liebman, who taught Dubois at the Manhattan School of Music. As a writer and a player, Dubois clearly demonstrates many attributes that, with time, should see him develop into a ...
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