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Youn Sun Nah: Lento
by Franz A. Matzner
With Lento Korean Vocalist Youn Sun Nah once again captivates with an eclectic mix of source material and her ability to evidently manipulate her voice to achieve any effect she so chooses.Nah has crafted a style so purely her own and so compelling, the only valid point of comparison is her previous work. In ...
Nils Landgren: The Moon, The Stars and You
by AAJ Italy Staff
Dopo appena un anno dalla pubblicazione del disco di Nils Landgren The Moon, The Stars and You ne viene pubblicata una ristampa, completa di un DVD in cui il trombonista e vocalista svedese ed il suo quartetto sono ripresi live al Jazz Club Fasching di Stoccolma. Un tale successo di pubblico è più che meritato. Sulla ...
Youn Sun Nah: Lento
by Ian Patterson
Youn Sun Nah's rejection of a multi-record deal with French outfit Label Bleu to preserve her artistic freedom indicated that a change was in the air, following five recordings with her French 5tet band. Signed up by German label ACT, Nah released two critically and commercially successful albums, Voyage (2009) and Same Girl (2010), with the ...
Vincent Peirani: Thrill Box
by Bruce Lindsay
Thrill Box is Vincent Peirani's debut release on the ACT Music label. Its title refers to Peirani's instrument of choice, the accordion. For many, the accordion springs most readily to mind as an East European folk instrument, for others it evokes images of Morris dancers on warm English spring evenings (although that's more usually the concertina) ...
Michael Wollny's [em]: Wasted & Wanted
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il pianista tedesco Michael Wollny, a leggere le concise note di copertina, sembra convinto della diversità del suo trio rispetto a quello che si ascolta in giro, che sia mainstream o avanguardia. Dopo una digressione sul concetto estetico di “bello" conclude con un motto molto semplice: Make your own damn rules. La musica del trio in ...
Celine Bonacina Trio: Open Heart
by Bruce Lindsay
The baritone saxophone is right at the heart of Céline Bonacina's Open Heart, her second album for ACT Music. This particular sax is too often consigned to the role of “rhythm saxophone," operating at the lower reaches of its register, with only a handful of players making full use of its potential. Bonacina, a French saxophonist ...
Yaron Herman: Alter Ego
by AAJ Italy Staff
Alter Ego, l'ultimo lavoro di Yaron Herman, ha un titolo senz'altro evocatico: indica una diversa prospettiva, un differente pertugio dell'esitere; al contempo, suggerisce necessariamente una continuità con le proprie radici, ovvero ciò che ci constraddistingue, ci qualifica, ci fa riconoscere. Tradizione ed innovazione, continuità e rottura, dove il fil rouge è la rappresentazione di sé attraverso ...
Eric Schaefer: Who Is Afraid Of Richard W.?
by Bruce Lindsay
In 2013 the international music community celebrates the 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner's birth. The venerable and controversial composer has been rather quiet of late, but his body of work is one of the best known in the classical canon. On Who Is Afraid of Richard W.? Eric Schaefer--a highly-regarded drummer probably best known as a ...
Rudresh Mahanthappa: Gamak
by Mark Corroto
Did saxophonist John Coltrane have any idea of the consequence of dipping his toes into the music of India in the 1960s? Not only did he introduce jazz to new harmonic structures, but he marshaled the forces of jazz, perhaps, to ingurgitate world music. While the repercussions of Coltrane's spiritual journey are still being felt, what ...
Rudresh Mahanthappa: Gamak
by Mark F. Turner
Alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa continues to avoid stereotypes, whether pushing the envelope with his acoustic ensembles or including electronic colorations in 2011's Samdhi (ACT). With Gamak, his unique blend of progressive jazz and Indian music is still evolving. The added twist here is not only a reunion with the magnificent rhythm section of bassist Francois Moutin ...
