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Where do you start if you want to play at Carnegie Hall? Growing up in the small town of Clatskanie, Oregon, is probably not the obvious choice. Pianist Justin Salisbury has certainly put in the miles, playing in France, Egypt, China, Cambodia, Italy and North America as well as Carnegie Hall. He was aided in that journey by a move to Boston to study at Berklee College and by learning from other pianists on the Boston scene, including Ray Santisi, ...

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Dor Herskovits: Flying Elephants

Read "Flying Elephants" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri
October 12, 2020

Il batterista israeliano residente a Boston Dor Herskovits è in questo disco alla testa di un quintetto di jazz moderno composto di belle individualità, dalle molte influenze, tradizionali e contemporanee. I dieci brani in programma sono tutti della penna del leader e alternano situazioni decisamente diverse: l'iniziale “Magenta" è caratterizzata da una forte intensità, accentuata dal modo prossimo al rock in cui Caio Afiune impiega la chitarra elettrica; “New Fashioned," “Come to Light" e “Palette" sono ballad su ...

Album Review

Dor Herskovits: Flying Elephants

Read "Flying Elephants" reviewed by Jerome Wilson

by Jerome Wilson
November 16, 2019

Drummer Dor Herskovits has been recording since 2017 as a member of the forward-thinking jazz group Earprint. His own quintet has a similar modern style but does more incorporation of older jazz traditions into its work. This group's music can be either raucous or dreamy and sometimes brings up refracted echoes of other players. On “Palette" pianist Issac Wilson and the leader sway together through a wispy melody like Paul Bley and Paul Motian accompanied by Hery Paz's ...