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Yelena Eckemoff: A Touch of Radiance

Read "A Touch of Radiance" reviewed by Greg Simmons

by Greg Simmons
July 15, 2014

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.

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Fly: Year of the Snake

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 7, 2013

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 ...

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Govinda + Ananda Gari feat. Mark Turner: Incipit

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 9, 2012

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 ...

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Billy Hart: All Our Reasons

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 2, 2012

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 ...

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David Binney: Barefooted Town

Read "Barefooted Town" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
August 25, 2011

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 ...

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David Binney: Barefooted Town

Read "Barefooted Town" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
July 7, 2011

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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David Binney: Barefooted Town

Read "Barefooted Town" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
June 30, 2011

Alto saxophonist/composer David Binney must not worry about “market saturation." He releases albums, as a leader for both Criss Cross and his own Mythology label, at a rate that many top jazz artists did during the late 1950's and early 1960's. Less than six months into 2011, he has already offered up Graylen Epicenter (Mythology) and now, on Criss Cross, Barefooted Townunder his own name, in addition to sideman and producer gigs over the years for artists like saxophonist Donny ...