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Album Review

In Transit: Shifting Moods

Read "Shifting Moods" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Well-regarded for his co-leadership of the perennially progressive Fonda/Stevens group, pianist Michael Jefry Stevens is an accomplished solo artist and a much in demand session musician, who extends his reach globally. Featuring three European instrumentalists, the In Transit group devises a comprehensive playbook amid budding expansions into the free dominion. However, the modern jazz component underscores the improvisational factors. It's not about wanton cacophony. Conversely, the quartet's synchronicity instills a sense of perpetual motion, executed at various frequencies, throttling pulses, ...

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Multiple Reviews

Michael Jefry Stevens: What About...?; Memphis; A Scent in Motion; Remembering the Future

Read "Michael Jefry Stevens: What About...?; Memphis; A Scent in Motion; Remembering the Future" reviewed by Clifford Allen


Conference CallWhat About...?Not Two2010 Fonda/Stevens GroupMemphisPlayscape2009 Harvey Sorgen-Steve Rust-Michael Jefry StevensA Scent in MotionKonnex2009 Jon HemmersamRemembering the FutureJSH Music2010 The current musical climate being what it is, the moniker of “Conference Call" for a far-flung jazz quartet ...

Album Review

Southern Excursion Quartet: Trading Post

Read "Trading Post" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Non sono esordienti i componenti di questo nuovo ensemble attivo a Memphis, attuale residenza di Michael Jefry Stevens. Assieme al pianista troviamo l'interessante sassofonista Don Aliquo, il bassista Tom Giampietro e il batterista Jonathan Wires. Tutti, a parte Stevens, sono musicisti operanti prevalentemente nell'area sud-orientale degli States e la musica ne riflette gli umori caldi e appassionati. Lo stile del quartetto rientra nell'area ai confini tra bop avanzato e free, anche se il particolare feeling cantabile di cui s'è detto ...

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Harvey Sorgen - Steve Rust - Michael Jefry Stevens Trio: A Scent in Motion

Read "A Scent in Motion" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Un grande trio per un grande disco, per capire come le leggi della visibilità siano spesso separate dal merito. Nell'insipienza generale del mercato discografico è scandaloso che una notevole seduta d'incisione del 1994 trovi solo ora la sua collocazione discografica. Un plauso grande alla Konnex, per averla riportata alla luce, dopo 15 anni di oblio. La informa il linguaggio maturo ed incisivo del leader e che conserva ancora intatta la propria vitalità. Non ancora riconosciuto per il suo valore, Stevens ...

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Album Review

Harvey Sorgen / Steve Rust / Michael Jefry Stevens Trio: A Scent in Motion

Read "A Scent in Motion" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


Back in the 1990s, pianist Michael Jefry Stevens, drummer Harvey Sorgen and bassist Steven Rust set in motion a trio project which would have them reassemle in a studio every year to improvise. The collaboration led to four albums: Novella (Leo, 2001), Aercine (Drimala, 2002), Decade (NotTwo, 2003), and now, A Scent in Motion.

Stevens, Sorgen and Rust have cast their roots as improvisers. All possess expressive intuition, allowing them to play off each other and work in tandem towards ...

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Album Review

Southern Excursion Quartet: Trading Post

Read "Trading Post" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


The Southern Excursion Quartet, featuring saxophonist Don Aliquo, drummer Tom Giampietro, pianist Michael Jefry Stevens and bassist Jonathan Wires, moved from different parts of the United States to find their home in the Tennessee and Mississippi areas. The geographical relocation was conducive to a meeting of the four, who went on to find common musical ground.

The music is a revelation of how the quartet develops a theme. They read each other perfectly, sensing structure and enhancing development. The program, ...

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Album Review

Michael Jefry Stevens Trio: For Andrew

Read "For Andrew" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


L'ampio scarto temporale tra la data di registrazione di questo disco (28 marzo 1996) e quello della sua pubblicazione (la fine del 2008) è indicativo di quanto il talento di Michael Jefry Stevens abbia ancora difficoltà a farsi conoscere dal vasto pubblico. Anche se la formazione opera dalla fine degli anni Ottanta, è rimasta confinata nell'area dei club di New York ed i cinque dischi che ha inciso sono tutti pubblicati dalla piccola etichetta Imaginary Jazz. Eppure il suo ambito ...


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