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Lucy Woodward: Lucy Woodward & The Rocketeers
by Angelo Leonardi
La sensuale e talentuosa Lucy Woodward ha offerto nel decennio appassionanti interpretazioni di rhythm & blues, soul e rock sganciandosi dai giovanili successi pop. Anche in ambito jazz ha dato ottime prove a partire dalla lontana partecipazione all'album della Love Speak Orchestra di Joshua Shneider e con le lunghe collaborazioni col gruppo Snarky Puppy e con il chitarrista Charlie Hunter. L'attuale progetto--prodotto assieme a Louk Boudesteijn, leader della New Rotterdam Jazz Orchestra--è però qualcosa di speciale: le ...
Continue ReadingTeus Nobel & Liberty Group: Human First
by Phillip Woolever
Highly respected Dutch trumpeter Teus Nobel has forged a distinguished, modern jazz-based discography which includes expertise ranging from small bands to orchestras, and mainstream pop to theatrical show tunes. The third project released by Nobel's Liberty Group progresses along traditional quartet-type experimentation which proves to be some of his most extraordinary work yet; it sounds like a thematic sky with no limit in imagination or proficiency. The album's tour de force is the twenty-seven minute “Human First," which ...
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