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Flavio Zanuttini Opacipapa: Born Baby Born
by Vincenzo Roggero
Born Baby Born è disco del trombettista/compositore Flavio Zanuttini dedicato al figlio di pochi mesi e alla moglie, presenta liner notes ad opera di Eugene Chadbourne, ed è pubblicato da Clean Feed. Ossia, in successione, la componente emozionale/affettiva della dedica, l'eccentricità e l'irriverenza del banjoista/chitarrista/cantante americano e la garanzia di un'etichetta diventata nel corso degli anni ...
Tierney Sutton Band: ScreenPlay
by Dan Bilawsky
A cinematic sweep has long been present in the music of the Tierney Sutton Band, but never before have the stories been so vivid and the colors as striking. With ScreenPlay this long-running group adopts and adapts material from the silver screen, creating high art that's spellbinding and eminently listenable. In the past, ...
California Guitar Trio + Montreal Guitar Trio: In a Landscape
by Geno Thackara
The musical territory of In a Landscape doesn't take very long to cover, yet somehow still feels vast. There's a lot of exploring behind everything these two trios do, which is only fitting in light of their globe-spanning origins, not to mention the collective miles they've racked up on the road over the decades. So it's ...
The Vinny Golia New Music Orchestra: Live at Redcat Los Angeles
by Maurizio Zerbo
Oltre alle mirabili doti di pluristrumentista, è la poliedricità espressiva a rendere Vinny Golia uno dei pochi geni viventi del jazz contemporaneo. Ne è fulgida testimonianza questo magnifico DVD del 2014, che documenta un indimenticabile concerto di una orchestra costituita intorno al sestetto del cuore. C'è tutta la migliore esperienza musicale dell'avanguardia novecentesca ...
Craig Fraedrich Tony Nalker: Alone Together
by Nicholas F. Mondello
An involved listening to this oxymoron-titled album could easily have one thinking that trumpeter Craig Fraedrich and pianist Tony Nalker probably could have been categorized by Audobon as “birds of a musical feather." That's not a surprise since both spent decades in the elite U.S. Army Blues Jazz Ensemble and they've worked together on Fraedrich's previous ...
Beats and Pieces Big Band: Ten
by Ian Patterson
You'd be hard pressed to find a similarly sized big-band with the energy and spark exhibited by Manchester outfit Beats and Pieces Big Band. The fourteen-piece ensemble began life in the Royal Northern College of Music in 2008, when Ben Cottrell gathered thirteen of his fellow musicians to give life to his compositions. Ten years on, ...
HoTS: Live In Trójka
by Mark Sullivan
Poland's HoTS (the name is an initialism of Harmony of The Spheres) returns with a live album. As on previous release Numbers (Multikulti Project, 2017), guitarist Mikołaj Poncyljusz is still giving his compositions mostly numerical titles, but the usual quintet is augmented by guest pianist Aga Derlak. “#30" opens the set with the quintet in bebop ...
Jack Bruce: Live at Rockpalast 1980, 1983 and 1990
by Roger Farbey
It is no exaggeration to state that Jack Bruce was probably the most inventive bassist of the twentieth century. He straddled the worlds of jazz, blues and rock seamlessly, and his bass guitar playing was unprecedented in its sheer imaginative breadth and power. Crucially, he was also a vocalist of incredible range and dynamism. His contribution ...
Maureen Choi Quartet: Theia
by Jakob Baekgaard
These days, it's the rule rather than the exception to mix different traditions of music, and the result is sometimes a postmodern grab bag without aesthetic direction. Transgressing genres isn't inherently a sign of quality. In fact, it can be a symptom of shallowness--something that surely isn't needed in these fast-clicking times. But ...
Jonathan Karrant: Live
by Jim Olin
Jonathan Karrant is a soulful vocalist with a broad melodic reach, showcasing his might in this concert in Las Vegas at the globally-renowned Smith Center. The album combines standards and lesser-known fare, each given a smooth, appealing rendition. Karrant is certainly a dynamic performer as this show vividly showcases. This beautiful concert document is ...
