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Mark Turner Quartet: Lathe of Heaven
by Karl Ackermann
Saxophonist Mark Turner favors quality over quantity. Lathe of Heaven--his first outing as a leader since 2001--is his first on the ECM label. Turner has hardly been absent from the music scene as the intervening years have seen him as a sideman for guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel and saxophonist David Binney among many others. He's gathered strong praise for his role on trumpeter Enrico Rava's fine New York Days (ECM, 2009) and as one-third of the trio Fly with drummer Jeff ...
Continue ReadingYelena Eckemoff: A Touch of Radiance
by Greg Simmons
Trained in an intensive ten-year classical piano program at Moscow's Gnessins School, and after quietly making records for over two decades, Russian native Yelena Eckemoff has been transitioning to a form of hybrid, classically informed improvisation with some exceptional results. 2010's Cold Sun, a trio featuring the exquisite drumming of Peter Erskine, was a tremendous musical statement for a leader making an early foray into improvisation and a record that is well worth seeking out to this day.
Continue ReadingFly: Year of the Snake
by AAJ Italy Staff
Esistono album che più di altri mettono in mostra un intenso campionario espressivo e, così facendo, concedono all'ascoltatore vari gradi semantici di lettura. È questo il caso di un disco caleidoscopico come Year of the Snake dei Fly (Mark Turner, Larry Grenadier e Jeff Ballard). Al suo interno troviamo da una parte un nucleo centrale originario, che esprime una musica libera da rigidi paradigmi espressivi, umorale e poco schematizzata, dai toni sommessi e meditativi, che non ha bisogno di ricorrere ...
Continue ReadingGovinda + Ananda Gari feat. Mark Turner: Incipit
by AAJ Italy Staff
Come il titolo lascia immaginare, Incipit è l'album d'esordio del quartetto dei fratelli Govinda e Ananda Gari - completato da Luca Nostro alla chitarra e Gabriele Pesaresi al contrabbasso. A dar man forte ai quattro giovani musicisti italiani troviamo il sassofonista Mike Turner, fuoriclasse e autentico asso nella manica espressivo di questo lavoro prodotto dalla da Jazz Engine Records. Le sedute di registrazione condotte a Brooklyn hanno dato vita a brani caratterizzati da melodie di grande cantabilità, come quella di ...
Continue ReadingBilly Hart: All Our Reasons
by AAJ Italy Staff
Dopo aver debuttato con questo quartetto nel 2006 (Quartet, High Note) Billy Hart ha mantenuto in vita la formazione, esibendosi regolarmente fino a raggiungere con questo disco uno dei lavori più significativi dell'anno e uno dei momenti più elevati della sua carriera di leader. Hart è tra i migliori e più versatili batteristi del nosto tempo: iniziò negli anni sessanta accompagnando Otis Redding e Sam & Dave e finì il decennio lavorando stabilmente con Jimmy Smith e Wes Montgomery. Gli ...
Continue ReadingDavid Binney: Barefooted Town
by Troy Collins
Since founding Mythology Records in 1998, tireless alto saxophonist David Binney has alternated between issuing ambitious projects on his own label and cutting casual blowing sessions for the Netherlands-based imprint Criss Cross. Continuing this pattern, Barefooted Town is Binney's second release of 2011, following the expansive Graylen Epicenter (Mythology). Despite the limited studio time afforded Binney's Criss Cross dates, this set's intricate originals have more in common with his elaborate Mythology-based endeavors than his usual stripped-down efforts for the Dutch ...
Continue ReadingDavid Binney: Barefooted Town
by Dan Bilawsky
Saxophonist David Binney broke new ground with Graylen Epicenter (Mythology, 2011), which was a world unto itself, and shortly before that, he delivered Aliso (Criss Cross, 2010)--a jagged set of music featuring original works and some compositions from visionaries like Sam Rivers, Wayne Shorter and John Coltrane. With Barefooted Town, Binney returns for another outing on the Criss Cross label, bringing a whole batch of originals along for the occasion. While this music contains the rhythmic twists and turns, and ...
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