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Amina Figarova: Above the Clouds
by AAJ Italy Staff
Above the Clouds è un disco realizzato con cura e sapienza dalla musicista azera, compositrice tra le più originali del mainstream jazz contemporaneo. Al suo fianco, il marito Bert Platteau al flauto, con le sue raffinate note lunghe e trasognate, per ridare nuova linfa al vivace impianto post-bop di base. È un talento puro quello della ...
Amina Figarova in Concert, La Jolla, CA, Feb. 26, 2009
by Dan McClenaghan
Amina Figarova Sextet Athenaeum Music and Arts Museum La Jolla, California February 26, 2009If you can believe pianist/composer Amina Figarova--speaking to the audience after her opening tunes at the February 26, 2009 show at the Athenaeum Music and Arts Museum in La Jolla (San Diego), California--she is ..."just ...
Above the Clouds
Label: Munich Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: "A" Dance; Ernie's Song; Above the Clouds; Sharp Corners; Bedtime Story; Nico's Dream; Summer Rain; Sailing Through The Icy Waters; River of Mountains; Blue Wonder; Chicago Split; Reminising.
Jazz Musician of the Day: Amina Figarova
All About Jazz is celebrating Amina Figarova's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Amina FigarovaAmina Figarova is without doubt one of the most productive jazz composers and talented jazz piano players from Europe. Now living in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, born in Baku, Azerbaijan... more Website | ...
Amina Figarova: Above the Clouds
by J Hunter
On September Suite (Munich, 2005), Amina Figarova's inspiration was one of the biggest events this generation may ever know--the September 11th attacks, and their psychological aftermath. While Above the Clouds's subject matter is both smaller and lighter, Figarova again chooses a large medium and a multi-colored palate to illustrate her vision. And this is all to ...
Amina Figarova: Above the Clouds
by Dan McClenaghan
Amina Figarova--an Azerbaijan-born and now Rotterdam-based artist--boasts a graceful and erudite piano style, but her second instrument is her band. She composes and arranges adeptly for her “three horn front line and a rhythm section" ensemble on Above the Clouds, using the same instrumental make-up that she employed in her marvelous September Suite (Munich Records, 2005), ...
Pianist Amina Figarova Interviewed at AAJ
Born in Azerbaijan, but located now in the Netherlands, and in demand at festivals and clubs around the globe, pianist Amina Figarova is a case study in the internationalization of jazz. A prodigious talent from early childhood, Figarova was drawn to jazz as a young player, even as she established herself as a formidable professional classical ...
Amina Figarova: Cross-Continental Jazz
by Franz A. Matzner
Born in Azerbaijan, but located now in the Netherlands, and in demand at festivals and clubs around the globe, pianist Amina Figarova is a case study in the internationalization of jazz. A prodigious talent from early childhood, Figarova was drawn to jazz as a young player, even as she established herself as a formidable professional classical ...
Amina Figarova at the Erie Art Museum
Direct from Amsterdam, celebrated Jazz pianist Amina Figarova and her ensemble will be holding a public concert at the Erie Art Museum on Thursday June 12, 2008 at 8 p.m. The performance will be held in the Erie Art Museum Annex, 423 State Street. Admission is free; a $10 donation is suggested. This performance is sponsored ...
Come Escape with Me
Label: Munich Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Come Escape With Me, Hot on the Trail, Flight of Fancy, Mr. T.M., Dancing in the Wind, Buckshot Blues, Zeolot, Awakening, Blues for Wiro, Destiny, Market Place, Reaching Out to You
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