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Aram Shelton & Håkon Berre: Dormancy

Read "Dormancy" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


San Francisco Bay Area resident, alto saxophonist Aram Shelton and Norwegian drummer/percussionist Håkon Berre recorded this dynamic session in a studio outside of Copenhagen. Each musician is highly respected in their home turf and beyond, although Shelton has led bands and collaborated with the crème de la crème of fearless improvising risk-takers in the US since the 1990s. On this venture, the duo conveys a synchronous relationship as they challenge, mimic and push each other throughout these largely jolting improvisations. ...

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Aram Shelton: Everything for Somebody

Read "Everything for Somebody" reviewed by Troy Collins


Currently based in Oakland, California, alto saxophonist Aram Shelton initially rose to prominence as a member of the fertile Chicago jazz scene, where he resided from 1999-2005. His tenure in the Windy City resulted in a number of lasting relationships; one of the most notable is his Quartet with tenor saxophonist Keefe Jackson, bassist Anton Hatwich and drummer Tim Daisy. Featuring some of Chicago's finest young improvisers, Everything for Somebody is the group's sophomore release, following These Times, its 2010 ...

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Aram Shelton: Everything For Somebody

Read "Everything For Somebody" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Alto saxophonist Aram Shelton cannot break his Chicago habit. We're not talking that monkey woman Joe Williams used to sing about, back in the day. Shelton, who left Chicago a few years back for the Bay area of California, returns to the windy city often, both physically and for its sound.His second quartet recording, like These Times (Singlespeed Music, 2010) lands smack-dab on the Midwestern map. The saxophonist recruited three Chicagoans--saxophonist Keefe Jackson (Jason Stein Quartet, Josh Berman, ...

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Aram Shelton Quartet: Everything for Somebody

Read "Everything for Somebody" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Nativo della Florida, ormai da lungo tempo il trentaseienne Aram Shelton vive tra Chicago, da dove provengono gli altri membri del suo attuale quartetto, e Oakland, dove ha sede la sua etichetta Singlespeed Music con la quale ha pubblicato quest'ultimo album. L'impatto col quale rivela un'ampia cultura jazzistica, legata gioco forza - benché di fatto il Nostro ami svariare (ma non qui) fra diverse ance - al suo strumento-principe, il sax alto, a partire dall'imprescindibile lezione konitziana, transitando per Ornette ...

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Aram Shelton - Kjell Nordeson: Incline

Read "Incline" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Si fa presto a dire interplay. Ma poi, quando ti capita di imbatterti in un disco come questo, capisci che suonare con gli altri, ascoltarsi e ascoltare, aprire cuore e orecchie, può anche non bastare. La scintilla, la perfetta comunione di intenti, è qualcosa che va al di là. La meccanica (azione-reazione) non c'entra, e nemmeno il cervello. Difficilissimo spiegare; impossibile non sentire quando la chimica è quella giusta, quando il respiro è uno solo. A far incontrare Kjell Nordeson ...

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Kjell Nordeson / Aram Shelton: Incline

Read "Incline" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


The avant-garde schema is sort of an open-world platform where almost anything goes. But Incline is an album that sheds a radiant light on the sax-drums duo format, featuring an inordinate degree of textural components and a seamless integration of two like-minded artists, performing on similar planes. Here, Swedish drummer Kjell Nordeson and American alto saxophonist Aram Shelton opt for a reclusive setting, tucked away in the mountains at a cabin in Lake Tahoe, NV. Perhaps all or most distractions ...

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Gojogo: 28.000 Days

Read "28.000 Days" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


I quattro musicisti di questo quartetto piuttosto singolare risiedono nella Bay Area califoniana e fanno una musica difficile da classificare e che resta tuttavia accessibile. Negli anni percorsi in comune hanno lavorato con registi di teatro dando alla propria musica una collocazione come colonna sonora di situazioni da palcoscenico. Provengono da esperienze molto diverse. Il contrabbassista Eric Perney ha lavorato ad esempio con Tom Waits e si può ascoltare nella colonna sonora di La Tigre e La Neve di e ...


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