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Michael Formanek: The Rub And Spare Change

Read "The Rub And Spare Change" reviewed by John Kelman


With a discography that's growing with each passing year--expanding into territories new to both the label and music in general--it's difficult to understand the need for some to apply a reductionist stance to the music of ECM, whitewashing it with descriptions like “melancholy," or “Nordic cool." One listen to bassist Michael Formanek's ECM debut, The Rub And Spare Change, quickly dispenses with these--and many other--mythic generalizations that simply cannot describe a label that, in its fifth decade and with over ...

Album Review

Julian Arguelles Trio: Ground Rush

Read "Ground Rush" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Con due pezzi da novanta come Michael Formanek e Tom Rainey alle spalle - o meglio fianco a fianco - è difficile sbagliare un disco. A meno che prenda il sopravvento la carenza di idee. Ma Julian, il più giovane dei fratelli Arguelles, sembra proprio non soffrire di problemi di questo tipo. Costituitosi nel 2004 e rodato da diversi tour in Europa e negli States, il trio esordì con Partita, disco assai apprezzato per la maturità di compositore e di ...


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