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Dino Govoni: Hiding in Plain Sight
by Jack Bowers
Tenor saxophonist Dino Govoni acquits himself well on the curiously-titled Hiding in Plain Sight, his third album for Whaling City Sound, as do his colleagues on this basically bop-leaning, mainly quintet studio date. The qualifier mainly" is necessary because trumpeter Alex Sipiagin performs on only five of the album's nine tracks. On the others, Govoni is cradled by his capable rhythm section, pianist Henry Hey, bassist Michael Pope and drummer Jeff Tain" Watts. Each of the numbers ...
read moreSimone Baron & Arco Belo: The Space Between Disguises
by Angelo Leonardi
Simone Baron debutta con quest'eclettico album, che mette in luce il suo talento nel comporre e orchestrare temi particolarmente articolati, dove musica da camera, jazz e suggestioni folk convivono strettamente. Di lei non sappiamo molto, eccetto le sue origini in parte italiane (in linea materna), che ha avuto incarichi al Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity e altre istituzioni, ha ricevuto prestigiosi riconoscimenti (un grant dal DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities -Chamber Music America) e ...
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