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Sacha Boutros: Sacha: Paris After Dark
by Pierre Giroux
With Sacha: Paris After Dark, vocalist Sacha Boutros, delivers an elegant and lovingly crafted tribute to a century of French and American song, drawing on the enduring traditions of both genres with the care of someone deeply familiar with their roots. Recorded with a seasoned Franco-American ensemble including trumpeter Stéphane Belmondo, pianist Franck Amsallem, guitarist Hugo Lippi, bassist Thomas Bramerie, and drummer Tony Rabeson, the album reminds us that timeless material, presented with sincerity and respect, can still sound fresh. ...
Continue ReadingDmitry Baevsky: Kids' Time
by David A. Orthmann
Dmitry Baevsky is a jazzman in his middle years, a period when many players consolidate youthful influences and put their stamp on the rarefied practices of the mid- to-late 20th century. The alto saxophonist has recorded for several labels, and travels widely as a leader and sideman; to his credit, he continues to give the impression of a work in progress. While Baevsky seldom strays very far from a specific set of stylistic parameters, namely bebop, he does not coast, ...
Continue ReadingStephane Belmondo: The Same As It Never Was Before
by Raul d'Gama Rose
It is all a matter of the right tone for French trumpeter Stephane Belmondo. On Same As It Never Was Before, it is a matter of getting his lips in the right position--singular embouchure--then grabbing the air from his lungs and blowing it out in hot wild gusts through the horn. But it is also more than that. Belmondo is special: the volume of air he grabs will tell if the notes are fat or thin, rounded or sharp. He ...
Continue ReadingAndrea Dulbecco: Canzoni
by AAJ Italy Staff
Questo disco è stato registato nel giugno 2009 in Francia e testimonia il lungo soggiorno parigino del vibrafonista milanese, che ha coinvolto per l'occasione tre notevoli strumentisti d'oltralpe: il trombettista Stéphane Belmondo, il bassista Thomas Bramerie e il batterista André Ceccarelli. La scelta del repertorio - una manciata di splendide canzoni d'autore italiane e francesi - è un omaggio ai due Paesi ma anche un terreno d'incontro particolarmente sentito, che si snoda in percorsi cantabili e ricchi di sottigliezze. Il ...
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