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Orchestre National de Jazz - Daniel Yvinec - John Hollenbeck: Shut Up and Dance

Read "Shut Up and Dance" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Chi è l'autore di questo prog-jazz in salsa elettronica? Qualche talento esordiente scandinavo? No. E' il batterista quarantunenne John Hollenbeck, noto per le sue frequentazioni sulla nuova scena jazz statunitense e soprattutto come leader del Claudia Quintet. In effetti rispetto alla sua band dal nome femminile le analogie non mancano: non solo per un'interpretazione della parola “jazz" tutt'altro che rigida e scontata, ma anche per la capacità di far sbocciare tempi e armonie secondo una visione caleidoscopica di grande maturità. ...

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Daniel Yvinec: The Lost Crooners

Read "The Lost Crooners" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson


The Lost Crooners would be a great name for a band or, better still, a Roberto Bolaño novel. It's also the name of the enigmatic new trio recording by bassist Daniel Yvinec, just named next musical director of France's National Jazz Orchestra.Seven of the originals on the disc were recorded, at one point or another, by that crooner par excellence, Frank Sinatra. But here the mystery begins. Sinatra's crooning goes back to his teen- idol days fronting the ...


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