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Sonic Calligraphy: The Flow of Things

Read "The Flow of Things" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


La cino-americana Peggy Chew e gli svizzeri Frey e Kotoun compongono il nucleo stabile del gruppo, cui si uniscono in questo album altri due cinesi, il cantante Coco Zhao (peraltro dal timbro a sua volta alquanto femminile) e la suonatrice di gu qin (sorta di cetra da tavolo) Wu Na. Ne vien fuori una proposta prevedibilmente calata nell'humus tipico del folklore asiatico: di specifica tradizione cinese sono l'iniziale “The Orchid" (in cui peraltro si avvertono da subito quelle “infiltrazioni" jazzistiche ...

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Peggy Chew: Real Days

Read "Real Days" reviewed by Dave Nathan


Peggy Chew is a Chinese American singer who migrated to Europe ending up in Switzerland with stops in London, France and Spain. Having studied with Jay Clayton, Norma Winstone and Anne Marie Moss, Chew is well steeped in the vocal arts. Real Days is her third album and the first for the Swiss label, Altri Suoni.

Chew provides significant space on the play list for Charles Mingus and Joni Mitchell. One of the album's high points comes with Mingus' “Dry ...


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