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Manuel Magrini: Unexpected
by Neri Pollastri
Giovane pianista umbro classe 1990, diplomato al conservatorio di Perugia, Manuel Magrini può vantare alcuni premi e riconoscimenti, importanti tournée all'estero (Turchia, Messico) e—soprattutto—questo album, registrato nel 2015, nel quale affronta la “prova del solo" con coraggio, leggerezza e fantasia. Il lavoro si articola in tredici pezzi, la cui scaletta non era decisa al ...
Russ Lossing: Motian Music
by Alberto Bazzurro
Nato a Columbus, Ohio, nel 1960, Russ Lossing è un pianista che, anche proprio per anzianità di servizio, meriterebbe certo maggior fama di quella di cui gode. Influenzato dal lessico jazzistico come dai vari Bartok, Schönberg e John Cage (col quale ha anche intrattenuto un sia pur fugace rapporto personale), Lossing ha suonato con gente importante, ...
Maria Baptist: Here & Now 2
by Geno Thackara
Maria Baptist and big bands go way back. From a lifelong fascination with orchestras to several large-ensemble collaborations and academic competitions from the '90s onward, she's always been drawn to handling impressive quantities of brass. Whatever else she gets up to--and there's certainly no shortage of other different projects to keep rotating among--her Jazz Orchestra stays ...
Joonas Haavisto e il Questionario di Proust
by Paolo Peviani
Il tratto principale della mia musica L'equilibrio tra composizione e improvvisazione. Metto anche molta attenzione sul suono e la melodia. La qualità che desidero nei musicisti che suonano con me Ascoltare è la cosa più importante. Poi vengono altre abilità, come il prendere dei rischi, il ...
Soren Bebe: Echoes
by Mike Jurkovic
A yearning reticence lies at the heart of Echoes, Norwegian pianist Soren Bebe's sixth trio disc. Stark yet beautiful at all times, Echoes follows in the spacious, introverted soundscapes of fellow Danish pianistsTord Gustavsen and the late Esbjorn Svensson. Neo-classical in structure yet open to the tides, the Bebe written title track leads off ...
Mark Wingfield & Gary Husband: Tor & Vale
by Mark Sullivan
Virtuoso guitarist Mark Wingfield was last heard leading a trio on Tales From The Dreaming City (MoonJune Records, 2018). He and pianist Gary Husband may have never played duets together before, but the results sound like it was inevitable--a fated meeting. Opener “Kittiwake" is the first of Wingfield's compositions, a lyrical legato guitar line over a ...
Shalosh: Onwards and Upwards Indeed
by Phillip Woolever
Shalosh is the Hebrew word for “three," and also a powerhouse piano trio from Jerusalem with a dynamic rhythm section featuring drummer Matan Assayag and bassist David Michaeli with Gadi Stern on the keys. The group formed in 2014 when Stern and Assayag, who've known each other since childhood, joined with Michaeli for the trio's debut ...
Nicola Conte: Other Directions
by Chris May
Since debuting with the quintessential acid-jazz suite Jet Sounds on the Milan-based label Schema in 2000, the composer, arranger, producer and guitarist Nicola Conte has released another ten exquisitely beautiful albums exploring acid jazz, spiritual jazz, soul jazz and bossa nova, often all on the same disc. Conte also produces other artists and has curated rare-groove ...
Eliane Elias: For The Love of Jazz
by Jim Worsley
Grammy award winner. Child prodigy. Internationally renowned artist. Sophisticated and improvisational jazz pianist. A vocalist of style and grace. A woman of beauty and integrity. Yes, I am speaking of Brazil's gift to the jazz world, Eliane Elias. To be so fortunate to recently speak with this remarkable woman was a treat and memorable moment in ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Bill Evans
All About Jazz is celebrating Bill Evans' birthday today! Who Was Bill Evans? Bill Evans, one of the most influential and tragic figures of the post-bop jazz piano, was known for his highly nuanced touch, the clarity of the feeling content of his music and his reform of the chord voicing system pianists used. He recorded ...
