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George Coleman: George Coleman with Strings
by Jack Kenny
The allure of recording with strings has captivated many jazz icons, from Stan Getz and Dizzy Gillespie to, most famously, Charlie Parker. For some, it is a pursuit of a different kind of respectability, an envying nod to the classical world. For George Coleman, a revered NEA Jazz Master, it was a chance to expand his ...
Nels Cline: Consentrik Quartet
by Don Ball
While Nels Cline has been playing the guitar-hero rock star for the past two decades with Wilco, he continues to release his own solo recordings under various names (including the Nels Cline 4 and the Nels Cline Singers, which, amusingly, contain no vocalists) tailored toward the avant-garde side of jazz (with the notable exception of his ...
Irving Flores: Armando Mi Conga
by Bridget A. Arnwine
Every now and again an artist releases an album that is so striking, so stellar, that it cements their legacy forever, not in a way that the artist can never grow beyond the album's greatness, but in a way that propels them beyond it. Pianist Irving Flores and his all-star Afro- Cuban Jazz Sextet have created ...
Eric McPherson: Double Bass Quartet - Live
by Pierre Giroux
Drummer Eric McPherson has long been recognized as a musician who combines rhythmic ingenuity and structural awareness in any project he undertakes. With Double Bass Quartet, recorded before a quietly appreciative New York audience, McPherson has assembled an unconventional line-up of Cuban pianist David Virelles along with bassists John Hébert and Ben Street, that challenges and ...
Mike Pope: The Parts You Keep
by Jack Bowers
You have to admire a bandleader who enhances an album by dedicating one of his compositions to an Uber driver and inviting his 85-year-old mother to play piano on the last two numbers. That is exactly what bassist Mike Pope does on The Parts You Keep, and they are two of the recording's more pleasing episodes. ...
Nick Finzer: The Jazz Orchestra Volume 1
by Carl Medsker
Listening chronologically to seven of Nick Finzer's preceding albums is enlightening and entertaining, making several aspects of his musicianship abundantly apparent. His trombone sound is full and expressive, his playing melodious and he can soulfully sing a ballad. Six albums, dating back to 2013, featured his highly talented sextet, a significant accomplishment that enhances the depth ...
Cortado: Hackout!
by Neri Pollastri
Arrivato al terzo album, secondo edito da Caligola, il trio Cortado sforna un lavoro colorato e originale, fresco e vivacissimo, nel quale convergono improvvisazione, rock e sperimentazione jazzistica.Mattatore del disco è il sax contralto di Manuel Caliumi, musicista apprezzato in molteplici contesti e che qui ha spazio per mostrare la sue notevoli caratteristiche allo ...
Bruno Tommaso Barga Jazz Ensemble: Dagli Appennini alle Madonie
by Angelo Leonardi
La musica di quest'album è stata presentata in anteprima al Barga Jazz Festival del 2021 e dobbiamo ringraziare il suo direttore Giancarlo Rizzardi e il patron della Caligola Records, Claudio Donà, per aver promosso e pubblicato questa session del maggio 2023. Non esageriamo nel definire la pubblicazione un evento significativo per il jazz italiano, ...
Tobia Bondesan, Nazareno Caputo: The Hidden Idea
by Marco Iacoboni
La prima idea che emerge da un primo ascolto di The Hidden Idea è la qualità della musica proposta dai due musicisti. Ed è evidente. Sarà per la bellezza sei suoni, sarà per l'attenzione e l'ascolto che Tobia Bondesan e Nazareno Caputo dedicano uno all'altro. Sarà per la dinamica e l'interazione spesso funzionale che si crea ...
George Coleman: George Coleman with Strings
by Dan McClenaghan
Tenor saxophonist George Coleman decided to leave the orbit of trumpeter Miles Davis in 1964. Or he got an elbow to the ribs and a hip check to leave the quintet, to be replaced by Wayne Shorter in the saxophone slot. Three top-notch live albums came out of the group that featured Coleman: In Europe: Live ...
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