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Jason Moran: Artist in Residence
by AAJ Italy Staff
Abbiamo spesso parlato in queste pagine di Jason Moran, tra i pianisti più significativi della sua generazione, tanto più interessante in quanto si muove spesso in territori fortemente codificati. In Artist In Residence Moran ha riunito e “montato" alcuni estratti di tre commissioni ricevute nel 2005, rispettivamente dal Lincoln Center, dal Walker Art Center di Minneapolis ...
Nigel Kennedy: Blue Note Sessions
by Chris May
I confess I wasn't expecting to enjoy this album. Here in his native Britain, violinist Nigel Kennedy is regarded by some as a figure of fun, a player who made much of his fortune with Vivaldi's evergreen Four Seasons, still a nice little earner, but one who has energetically promoted himself as the rebellious bad boy ...
Horace Silver: Doin' the Thing
by AAJ Italy Staff
Cosa si può dire di intelligente e inedito su un disco come questo? Nulla o quasi, per quanti sforzi si facciano. Anche se non si tratta di una di quelle opere che hanno fatto la storia del jazz, dal punto di vista del linguaggio ci troviamo di fronte a un prototipo jazzistico, un'icona stilistica, un classico ...
Stefon Harris: African Tarantella: Dances with Duke
by John Kelman
Given the number of tribute albums coming out these days, it's refreshing to see an artist reference lesser-known works and take a road less-travelled in terms of approach. Vibraphonist Stefon Harris' African Tarantella enlists a streamlined instrumental configuration to rework excerpts from Duke Ellington's 1970 “The New Orleans Suite" and 1958 “The Queen's Suite," along with ...
Joe Lovano: Streams of Expression
by AAJ Italy Staff
Joe Lovano è uno dei protagonisti più eclettici ed attivi dell'ultimo ventennio: ha suonato di tutto e con tutti, senza mai rinunciare alla sua personale pronuncia, di un'eleganza classica e sofisticata, tanto rifinita e pomposa da risultare a volte stucchevole. Il che capita di rado in questo CD ben congegnato, in cui la tensione e i ...
Bobby Hutcherson: Happenings
by Chris May
Recorded in 1966, and here with a 24-bit remaster by original engineer Rudy Van Gelder, Happenings heralded a new, less structurally adventurous approach from avant-garde standard-bearer and vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson. As such it is, inevitably if rather unfairly--the individual performances are outstanding--less of a headline affair than the work which came before it. Happenings is the ...
Gil Evans: The Complete Pacific Jazz Sessions
by Greg Camphire
While perhaps best remembered for his landmark Miles Davis collaborations, arranger/bandleader/pianist Gil Evans' work with his own ensembles is notable in its own right. This reissue of The Complete Pacific Jazz Sessions combines two crucial Evans albums from 1958 and 1959: New Bottle, Old Wine and Great Jazz Standards. The fifteen overall performances capture Evans' expansive ...
Jason Moran: Artist in Residence
by Joel Roberts
While most jazz artists, even the great ones, tend to stick to the tried and true, Jason Moran has risen to the upper echelon of the jazz world by constantly challenging his audience. Listeners never really know what to expect from the 31-year-old pianist except that it's going to be fresh, intellectually rigorous, exceedingly of-the-moment music ...
Stefon Harris: African Tarantella: Dances with Duke
by Troy Collins
With five previous albums on Blue Note, vibraphonist Stefon Harris has proven to be one of the label's most adventurous new artists. More conceptually expansive than many of his generation, Harris has long been interested in extended forms and suite-like structures. His 2003 album, The Grand Unification Theory (Blue Note), dealt with the journey from birth ...
Jane Bunnett: Radio Guantanamo: Guantanamo Blues Project Vol. 1
by George Kanzler
This album from soprano saxophonist/flutist Jane Bunnett and her trumpeter husband, Larry Cramer, is a rich musical gumbo not only exploring the ancient Afro-Haitian-influenced changüi music of southeastern Cuba, but also stirring it up with jazz and the music of New Orleans. Most tracks feature one of two Cuban traditional bands, Grupo Changüi de Guantánamo or ...
