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Nicola Caminiti: Vivid Tales of a Blurry Self-Portrait
by Angelo Leonardi
È un debutto da leader impressionante quello del sassofonista Nicola Caminiti che sta ottenendo riconoscimenti dalla stampa specializzata statunitense ed europea. Siciliano di nascita e formazione, Caminiti s'è diplomato nel 2015 al conservatorio di Messina, ha proseguito gli studi alla Manhattan School of Music dove ha conseguito il Bachelor's of Music in sassofono Jazz nel 2019 studiando con Dayna Stephens, Stefon Harris, Vincent Herring e altri. Nicola ha vinto numerosi premi e suonato in vari festival italiani ...
Continue ReadingJune Yun: Enlightenment - Solid Waves
by Dan McClenaghan
South Korean vocalist June Yun's compositional debut, Enlightenment -Solid Waves, explores the feelings and emotions elicited by the concepts of light and dark. These things are difficult to describe in words but translate, with her music, into compelling, atmospheric soundscapes full of shadows, apparitions, angelic imagery and mystical moods. Vid Jamnic's resonant vibraphone murkiness lays a backdrop for Yun's emotive clarity of expression on the disc's opener, “Little Mighty Soul." The lyrics are cryptic and bring to mind mid-career Joni ...
Continue ReadingNicola Caminiti: Adam Arturo
by John Chacona
Every generation or so, a rhythm section comes along and changes the game. Think of Count Basie's “All-American Rhythm Section" with Freddie Green, Walter Page and Jo Jones, or Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams from Miles Davis' second great quintet. It's up to history to render the verdict about pianist Lex Korten, bassist Ben Tiberio and drummer Miguel Russell. Still, given the fire, precision and reflexes they flash behind saxophonist Nicola Caminiti (no slouch himself) on Vivid Tales ...
Continue ReadingEmanuele Primavera Quintet: Above the Below
by Neri Pollastri
Secondo disco da leader per il quarantenne batterista di Enna Emanuele Primavera, alla guida di un quintetto a identità siciliana--con la front line composta dai messinesi Alessandro Presti alla tromba e Nicola Caminiti al sax contralto, e la ritmica completata dal contrabbasso di Carmelo Venuto, presente anche nel precedente disco di Primavera, Replace--che si avvale al pianoforte anche, come “fuoriregione," di un fuoriclasse qual è Alessandro Lanzoni--peraltro conosciuto dal batterista ancor prima dei suoi compagni conterranei. A parte ...
Continue ReadingEmanuele Primavera Quintet: Above the Below
by Francesco Martinelli
From the very first notes of “Walk Away," the opening track of this album, one perceives a special feeling of poise, weight, balance and intense storytelling, a marker of great music. These young musicians have something to say, and they know how to speak their piece. As a composer Emanuele Primavera combines melodic invention with harmonic openness, leaving an open field for the inspired contributions of the other members of the quintet, all from Sicily apart from Florentine ...
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