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Roberta Gambarini: Making Listeners Fall 'So In Love'

by R.J. DeLuke
It's been an out-of-the-ordinary career trip for Roberta Gambarini--a trip that's seen her go from a young girl in Italy, scatting along with records by American singers Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, to struggling to get singing gigs in her native land, to grabbing an opportunity to come to the United States, to gaining recognition by ...
Chuck Owen & the Jazz Surge / Swiss Jazz Orchestra / The Aggregation

by Jack Bowers
Chuck Owen & the Jazz Surge The Comet's Tail MAMA Records 2009 On The Comet's Tail, Chuck Owen's superb Florida-based Jazz Surge performs the compositions--yes, compositions--of the late great tenor saxophonist Michael Brecker. As Owen writes in the liner notes, [Michael's] blinding brilliance as a performer / improviser...may ...
Dominick Farinacci: Lovers, Tales & Dances

by Hrayr Attarian
The mass appeal of a jazz recording does not necessarily compromise its value or its artistic integrity; it simply means that the artist has mastered the difficult task of balancing the creative and the commercial. Trumpeter Dominick Farinacci has done just that on his debut album, Lovers, Tales & Dances. Farinacci sounds a ...
John Beasley: Positootly!

by Larry Taylor
On Positootly!, pianist John Beasley explores a variety of styles for a thoroughly enjoyable and stimulating experience. Each track benefits immensely from the indelible touch of drumming great Jeff “Tain" Watts, in alliance here with percussionist Munyungo Jackson. Hailing from Louisiana, Beasley started playing in the late seventies, getting his seasoning with such jazz greats as ...
Burgstaller Martignon 4: Mozart's Blues Dreams & Other Crossover Fantasies

by Dan McClenaghan
When the name Mozart is part of the title of a jazz disc, combined with the word blues, the safe bet is that it's a crossover listening experience at hand. Crossover is a newer term for the mix of classical and jazz sounds, but it works as well--better perhaps--than the Third Stream tag that was coined ...
Gary Burton: Forging Ahead

by R.J. DeLuke
"I got started in Nashville and knew a lot of the country musicians. I got my first record contract from Chet Atkins who saw me playing in a local club in Nashville and who decided to talk to RCA and get them to offer me a long-term contract," says this renowned musician born in a small ...
Take Five With Oren Neiman

by AAJ Staff
Meet Oren Neiman: Born in Ramat-Gan, Israel, and raised in Toronto, Canada, and Israel, Oren grew up listening to many different kinds of music. He started playing mainly in rock bands, but soon became interested in jazz. He started studying the music, and playing in various venues around Israel.In August 2001, Oren ...
Adios Nonino and Astor Piazzolla: Shipwrecks, motorcycles and a used Bandoneon in Manhattan

By Marcello Pedrolo In order to understand Astor Piazzolla completely, we must be able to get in touch with ourselves first. Let Piazzolla’s music talk to your soul and explore at the same time the intriguing brakes, the different paces of emotions and intensity of the lead against the rest of the instruments; lows and highs, ...
DVD Release: Astor Piazzolla Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival

DVD TO BE RELEASED ON MARCH 25, 2008 MILAN ENTERTAINMENT BRINGS YOU ASTOR PIAZZOLLA - LIVE AT THE MONTREAL JAZZ FESTIVAL For the first time, a live performance by the tango genius and his legendary Quinteto is available in its entirety on CD and DVD. From the time he received his first bandoneon until his death ...
Adios Nonino
Featuring the music of Astor Piazzolla
Duration: 8:13