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Daniel Studer: Extended II For Strings & Piano

Read "Extended II For Strings & Piano" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro

In questo live zurighese del novembre 2021 “i musicisti--veniamo informati--sono disposti intorno al pubblico: il pianoforte al centro, il violoncello davanti a sinistra, il violino davanti a destra, la viola dietro a sinistra e il contrabbasso dietro a destra. Per ottenere l'impressione spaziale più accurata della stanza, la registrazione binaurale dovrebbe essere ascoltata in cuffia."

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Ben Patterson Jazz Orchestra: Groove Junkies

Read "Groove Junkies" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

Groove junkies searching for a fix need look no further. Mainlining this music--a hard-hitting big band set that satisfies as it soars--offers a serious high. With a pen and mind untrammeled by norms and expectations, and a tight crew of musical compatriots bringing stentorian sound and vision to his book, trombonist-composer Ben Patterson delivers the goods ...

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Cecil Taylor Unit: Live At Fat Tuesday's February 9,1980 First Visit

Read "Live At Fat Tuesday's February 9,1980 First Visit" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May

More faux-intellectual codswallop has been written about Cecil Taylor than about any other jazz musician, dead or alive. He has been, and continues to be, misrepresented as an arcane Einsteinian theorist by a cult whose members are afraid of visceral reactions to his art (or to anyone else's). But Taylor's work demands a visceral response. It ...

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Jeremy Pelt: Tomorrow's Another Day

Read "Tomorrow's Another Day" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt, a force on the jazz scene for more than two decades, simply does his own thing on Tomorrow's Another Day, the twenty-fourth album as leader of his own groups, inviting any interested listeners to come on board for the ride. Pelt's thing these days apparently includes an abundance of special effects, reverb, heavy ...

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Gustavo Cortinas: Live in Chicago

Read "Live in Chicago" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian

Chicago composer and drummer Gustavo Cortinas is a musician with a message, one of social justice. He delivers it in a style that fuses the melodic sensibilities of his ancestral Mexico with the complex syncopations of jazz. The exciting Live in Chicago documents an unedited, two-set concert that was recorded at Constellation Chicago on December 15, ...

Article: Album Review

Will Bernard & Beth Custer: Sky

Read "Sky" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero

Quello tra Will Bernard e Beth Custer è un sodalizio che dura da decenni come ben dimostrano le due foto--una giovanile e una attuale--che occupano la seconda e la quarta di copertina di Sky , la loro ultima fatica discografica. Lui suona la chitarra elettrica e acustica, ha radici musicali nella San Francisco ...

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Ian Carey: Strange Arts

Read "Strange Arts" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

Wood Metal Plastic is a septet that consists of a jazz quartet (trumpet, alto saxophone, bass, drums) and three-member string section presided over by San Francisco Bay area-based trumpeter Ian Carey, who wrote and arranged the material on his seventh album as leader, Strange Arts. It was recorded as a tribute to Carey's father, the innovative ...

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Article: Album Review

Marco Baldini: Maniera

Read "Maniera" reviewed by John Eyles

by John Eyles

When Marco Baldini's first ever album, Vesperi (reviewed here), was released by Another Timbre in 2023, its arrival was not exactly awaited with bated breath. Born in 1986, near Florence, Italy, Baldini had no degree in music or composition and had not studied with an established composer. He had attended university, where he studied Roman archaeology, ...

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Revival

Read "Revival" reviewed by Nenad Georgievski

by Nenad Georgievski

Revival is a captivating collaboration between vocalist Chanda Rule and guitarist Mickylee, highlighting their remarkable synergy and artistic talents. Right from the start, it is evident that this record blends their skills, instincts, and open-mindedness, resulting in music that not only grooves but also deeply resonates and inspires. Throughout the project, their collaboration is ...

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Mike McGinnis + 9: Outing

Read "Outing" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi

Il nuovo album di Mike McGinnis si riallaccia a un'incisione del 2013 (Roadtrip, RKM) realizzata con un tentet d'identica strumentazione e un solo mutamento d'organico: Caroline Davis al sax contralto prende il posto di Matt Blostein. Dopo il successo del suo trio del 2017/18 con Steve Swallow e Paul Bley (ricordiamo i due ...


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