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Amina Figarova: Come Escape With Me

Read "Come Escape With Me" reviewed by John Kelman


Looks can be deceiving. A quick glance at the cover of Amina Figarova's Come Escape With Me, with Figarova staring wistfully off into the distance, and one might be led to the conclusion that this is yet another female singer arriving on an already overcrowded scene. One couldn't be more mistaken. Figarova, an ex-pat from Azerbaijan ...

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Amina Figarova: Come Escape with Me

Read "Come Escape with Me" reviewed by Jim Santella


The modern mainstream fits Amina Figarova like a glove. Her compositions carry with them an exotic feeling of anticipation along with their mesmerizing groove. At the piano, she's in control, improvising over lovely melodies and creating a storm of subdued passion. Her septet has been together for five years. Figarova's husband, Bart Platteau, holds ...

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Amina Figarova: Come Escape with Me

Read "Come Escape with Me" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Many successful jazz pianists got their start, at early ages, studying classical music. Then jazz lures them away. A constant surprise is the verve and energy so many of these classically trained musicians bring to improvisation.Born in Baku, Azerbaijan and now based in the Netherlands, pianist Amina Figarova's Come Escape with Me bristles with ...

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Night Train

Label: Amfi Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Waiting For A...; Night Train; Rio Sueno (River Of Dreams); Interlude #1; Going Home; Sari (Sadness); Interlude #2; Open To The World; Sunrise In Kyoto; Time For Something New; Interlude #3; Good Neighbors; The Little Things; O Boto Rosa; October 8; Interlude #4; Reggae Dance; Epilogue;

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Firewind

Label: Amfi Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: 1. Firewind 2. Song for Gaby 3. Canal Street Blues 4. Girls of Thirteen 5. waltz for M 6. Scurry 7. I don't know 8. Lost and Lonely 9. In Walked Bud 10. Ev'rytime we say Goodbye 11. Past in Present

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"Jazz At The Pinehill" Live in Europe

Label: Munich Records BV
Released: 2000
Track listing: Geneva; Stella By Starlight; Put On Your Wings; Canal Street Blues; Soca Nova; I Don't Know;

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Another Me

Label: Munich Records
Released: 1998
Track listing: 1. Nomads 2. Another Me 3. Could You 4. Grey Circle 5. Southern Dreams 6. Say No 7. The Touch 8. Invisible 9. If you get it 10. Talkin' bass 11. Calling You


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