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Todd Coolman: Perfect Strangers
by Jerry D'Souza
A little bit of imagination is a good thing. Bassist Todd Coolman thought “outside the box" and came up with the idea of soliciting compositions from the public. He chose seven tunes which make up the program for the aptly titled Perfect Strangers. Hopefully, the voices that are heard here through Coolman, Eric Alexander (tenor saxophone), ...
Todd Coolman: Perfect Strangers
by Edward Blanco
Among the more in-demand musicians in New York, bassist and Director of Jazz Studies at Purchase College (SUNY), Todd Coolman and his Learning Community Quintet throw the dice here in a gamble to present an original concept album with a risky proposition clearly bound to pay musical dividends with critical acclaim. Perfect Strangers, Coolman's ...
Charles Pillow: Part 3 - The Planets
by Victor L. Schermer
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Charles Pillow The PlanetsArtistShare2007 This review follows Charles Pillow: Part 1--Crossing the Divide between Jazz and Classical Repertoire, an introduction to the work of the reed player and composer, and Charles Pillow: Part 2--Pictures At An ...
Charles Pillow: Part 2 - Pictures at an Exhibition
by Victor L. Schermer
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Charles PillowPictures At An ExhibitionArtistShare2005 This review follows Charles Pillow: Part 1--Crossing the Divide between Jazz and Classical Repertoire, introducing the reed player and composer's work, and is followed by Charles Pillow: Part 3--The Planets a review ...
Charles Pillow: Part 1 - Crossing the Divide between Jazz and Classical Repertoire
by Victor L. Schermer
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 While jazz began as a form of entertainment, it has evolved into a more serious musical genre. Its multiple roots in gospel, blues, popular, folk, Caribbean, African, and other world musics give it a complexity and richness tailor-made for extended musical explorations and through-composing. In addition, ...
Kate Schutt: No Love Lost
by AAJ Italy Staff
Nel mondo variegato del pop-jazz o si è Norah Jones o no. È lei il modello che molte vocalist imitano spregiudicatamente. Spesso si assiste ad un fiorire di clonazioni da far paura. Poi ci sono strade diverse, alternative. Partono sempre da un chiaro riferimento (il music-businness fa la sua parte), ma magari lo confondono con altre ...
Torben Waldorff: Afterburn
by Jerry D'Souza
Over the course of his recordings, Torben Waldorff has shown his skills as a composer in addition to his undoubted accomplishments as a guitarist. Waldorff wrote six of the tunes here, in addition to one each from composer/arranger Maria Schneider, drummer Jon Wikan and saxophonist Joel Miller. Waldorff and tenor saxophonist Donny McCaslin work ...
Kate Schutt: No Love Lost
by Eyal Hareuveni
The debut studio recording of American singer-songwriter/guitarist Kate Schutt combines old school gypsy jazz aesthetics and Schutt's wise, original words, persuasive melodies and economic arrangements. Schutt, who relocated to Guelph, Ontario and produced this fine recording, offers ten well-articulated and melodic song-stories, which cover different but never simple aspects of love. One bold cover that stands ...
Jon Gordon: Within Worlds
by AAJ Italy Staff
Che Jon Gordon fosse uno bravo l'avevamo sempre saputo. Dagli studi con Phil Woods al primo premio ottenuto al Monk Award, dai riconoscimenti di colleghi come Bobby Watson ai dischi con musicisti di tutto rispetto del calibro di Mark Turner e Tim Hagans. Purtroppo tutto questo non basta per essere nel catalogo di una major vista ...
Jon Gordon: Within Worlds
by Budd Kopman
Alto saxophonist Jon Gordon, despite having a discography going back to 1992, remains underappreciated as a leader. Hopefully, Within Worlds will correct that and introduce him to a larger audience. The album presents Gordon's distinct musical personality and thus has the feel of an integrated work, despite containing sessions ranging from 2002 to ...
