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Gaia Wilmer Large Ensemble: Parabólico: Reflections on Gilberto Gil, Volume 1

Read "Parabólico: Reflections on Gilberto Gil, Volume 1" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
October 12, 2026

La bandleader e arrangiatrice brasiliana Gaia Wilmer dedica la sua attenzione alle musiche di Gilberto Gil tornando a incidere con una grande orchestra. Nella sua decennale attività discografica hanno infatti prevalso i medi organici e solo per le musiche di Egberto Gismonti ha guidato un'ampia formazione (Folia 2023). Con venti musicisti a sua disposizione, compresa la cantante Mônica Salmaso, Gaia ha modo d'evidenziare le personali doti di scrittura in dinamiche orchestrali raffinate e ricche di colore. Le riletture del repertorio ...

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Patricio Morales: La Tierra Canta

Read "La Tierra Canta" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
February 5, 2026

While rhythm is definitely king on La Tierra Canta ("The Earth Sings"), the fifth recording by Chilean-born composer, arranger and classical guitarist Patricio Morales, it must share the throne with various handsome and radiant melodic and harmonic designs employed by Morales and his international septet. If Morales' name is unfamiliar, that could be because he has spent the last twenty-five years living and working in Switzerland. The playlist, Morales says, consists of nine “hand-picked themes" that were written ...

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Emi Makabe: Echo

by Angelo Leonardi
September 29, 2025

Conferma il quartetto del suo esordio (Anniversary Greenleaf 2018) la cantante a strumentista giapponese Emi Makabe, con l'aggiunta di tre prestigiosi ospiti: il chitarrista Bill Frisell, il pianista Jason Moran e la bassista Meshell Ndegeocello, che interviene declamando alcuni testi. Anche in quest'album s'incrociano stilemi giapponesi e jazzistici in una miscela generalmente delicata e suadente, anche se non mancano momenti ritmicamente articolati. Emi Makabe ha una voce da soprano leggero, canta con raffinata essenzialità e interviene suonando lo ...

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Patricio Morales: La Tierra Canta

Read "La Tierra Canta" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci

by Richard J Salvucci
May 25, 2025

If it has been some time since you listened to Ralph Towner, like a few decades or so, it may not be immediately obvious what classical guitarist Patricio Morales is doing. It may not even be obvious that he is playing jazz, although, by Morales' own account, Towner was a mentor and huge influence when he first came to New York. Morales went on to study with Towner on the West Coast. He subsequently toured with him as well. Morales ...

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Gaia Wilmer, Jaques Morelenbaum: Trem Das Cores

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by Angelo Leonardi
March 4, 2025

Il violoncellista Jaques Morelenbaum e la sassofonista Gaia Wilmer celebrano l'opera di Caetano Veloso privilegiando nove sue composizioni, eseguite quasi esclusivamente in forma strumentale, con arrangiamenti di entrambi. Solo in due temi famosi, “Trem Das Cores" e “Um Dia," c'è l'interpretazione vocale di Monica Salmaso, una delle cantanti brasiliane più in vista degli ultimi vent'anni. Morelenbaum e la Wilmer sono anche autori degli arrangiamenti, che hanno un peso rilevante nella riuscita del progetto, privilegiando l'adesione ai profili tematici ...

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Bruna Black: Vã Revelação

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by Richard J Salvucci
February 16, 2025

Bruna Black is yet another one of those performers who started as something other than a singer but got there as soon as she could. Supposedly, she was a semi-pro basketball player, although that is not easy to run down. She certainly is a singer and a good one. Her repertoire in this recording is all in Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, and as melodious as anything to be found. When Astrud Gilberto came on to the scene in 1964, she did ...

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Anat Cohen Quartetinho: Bloom

Read "Bloom" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright

by Katchie Cartwright
December 23, 2024

Anat Cohen's Quartetinho emerged from her Tentet with a self-titled album in 2022 (Anat Cohen Quartetinho, Anzic). It is a mighty little group, enhanced by doubling: Vitor Gonçalves plays accordion and piano, Tal Mashiach is on bass and guitar, James Shipp handles vibes, marimba and percussion, Cohen on clarinets. For Bloom, the band's second album, each musician contributed new compositions, generating a harmonious program that mingles flamenco (Mashiach's “Paco") with tango (Gonçalves' “Tango Para Guillermo") and ...