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Younee: Improvisations Live in Germany
by Alberto Bazzurro
La quarantenne (il prossimo 20 ottobre) pianista coreana Younee è nota per la sua abitudine a mischiare jazz e classica, terreno (l'insieme, il totale) su cui questo doppio album live, registrato tutto in terra tedesca fra il 2017 e il 2022, due ore e venti di musica piuttosto tirata, interrotta soltanto dalle presentazioni dei vari brani, ...
Chad McCullough: Transverse
by Jack Bowers
Would all those who can locate North Macedonia on a map please raise your hands. Not many, it seems. For the benefit of those whose hands remained motionless, it is a part of the Balkan Peninsula in southeast Europe whose boundaries overspread parts of half a dozen Balkan countries including Greece, Bulgaria, Albania, Serbia and Kosovo. ...
O'Clock Trio: Sessions 24
by Glenn Astarita
The trio's Sessions 24 is an EP that clocks in around 15 minutes and serves as a sonic adventure that leans hard into the wild world of effects-driven soundscapes. Spearheaded by Willie Oteri's guitar wizardry, Ricardo Acevedo's (also known as Lost Cat Magnet) pulsating beats, synths and samples, with Tiago da Silva's anchoring bass and percussion, ...
Sean Ali: Quartets For Plucked Strings
by Mark Corroto
Listening to Quartets for Plucked Strings without knowing its backstory poses no obstacle. The music invites you to follow your imagination. Sean Ali, best known as a bassist, composer, and improviser, shifts focus on this release, trading his acoustic bass for three mandolins and a steel-string acoustic guitar. While his previous solo effort, A Blink in ...
Ludovica Burtone: Migration Tales
by Angelo Leonardi
Dopo il debutto del 2020 con Sparks, la violinista friulana attiva a New York presenta un album ampiamente rinnovato nell'organico strumentale e nei suoi componenti. Non c'è più il quartetto d'archi ma un sestetto d'impronta jazzistica e prevalenza femminile, in cui resta solo la pianista Marta Sánchez. I nuovi partner sono Milena Casado al flicorno, Julieta ...
Leonardo Vita, Matilde Sabato: XENIA
by Marco Iacoboni
Xenia, il lavoro pubblicato con coraggio dalla Dodicilune di Maurizio Bizzochetti, non è accogliente nel senso etimologico del termine e può apparire in un primo momento poco ospitale. Suoni arcaici si coniugano con l'elettronica e l'improvvisazione, generando colori onirici di stridenti forme. Echi di un Mediterraneo figlio della Magna Grecia. L'uso del tamburo, del ...
Peter Lin AAPI Jazz Collective: Identity
by Jack Bowers
Taiwanese-American trombonist Peter Lin formed the New York-based AAPI Jazz Collective in 2018 to amplify the voice of jazz musicians of Asian American and Pacific Island lineage. Identity, the group's debut album, confirms that those voices are essentially strong, clear and eloquent. AAPI's core quintet places Lin out front with alto saxophonist Erena ...
Chris McCarthy: Add a Zero
by Paul Rauch
Chris McCarthy is a wonderfully lyrical pianist, and an unexpected joy to hear. “Unexpected" you might ask? Allow an explanation. He is imaginative, highly skilled and has gained a reputation of excellence on the New York scene. His accompaniment and solo strides on his acclaimed duo release, Life's a Gig (Fresh Sounds, 2024), with vocalist Vanisha ...
Jaleel Shaw: Painter Of The Invisible
by Carl Medsker
For twenty years, Jaleel Shaw has steadily built a robust career that includes a lengthy apprenticeship with Roy Haynes, steady work as an in-demand sideman and mentoring the next generation at the Manhattan School of Music. Painter Of The Invisible caps two years of significant events: Dave Holland enlisted him in his 2024 quartet along with ...
Meredith d'Ambrosio: Midnight Mood
by Angelo Leonardi
A quattro anni di distanza da Sometime Ago la cantante bostoniana pubblica un nuovo album di raffinate interpretazioni, entro e oltre il classico songbook statunitense. Il contesto strumentale è ancor più minimale e nasce dalle sollecitazioni del chitarrista francese Frédéric Loiseau, che ha convinto la cantante e il fondatore della Sunnyside, François Zalacain. Già ...
