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Album Review

Mark Lambert: Under My Skin

Read "Under My Skin" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose


Revisiting classic standards is always somewhat risqué--a challenge, to say the least. Where does the balance between the familiar and the overlooked lie when it comes to repertoire? And how much further can the envelope be pushed without the music being absolutely boorish and unrecognizable? Mark Lambert answers both these questions in spectacular fashion in his remarkable tribute to the jazz standard in Under My Skin by recasting the music in an utterly contemporary and relevant setting, and with a ...

Album Review

Mark Lambert: Under My Skin

Read "Under My Skin" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Mark Lambert è un tipo simpatico. I suoi dischi si possono apprezzare o ignorare, senza grandi sussulti. Ha dalla sua una dimensione divertita e rilassante che mette con le spalle al muro. “I Love Paris" sembra suonata da una band di muezzin, innamorati persi del songbook americano. La dimensione “straniante" che il chitarrista dà alla sezione A è indovinata e porta il CD verso chissà quali idee. Ma non è così, perché il nostro si fa subito sopraffare dalla verve ...


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