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Mark Dresser Quintet: Nourishments
by AAJ Italy Staff
C'è il sax alto di Rudresh Mahanthappa a dettar legge nel brano che apre questo nuovo album del sessantunenne (il 26 settembre: auguri) bassista losangelino, per l'occasione alla testa di un quintetto ottimamente coeso entro cui si alternano due diversi batteristi. Ed è, quella di Mahanthappa, una voce iperaffermativa, viscerale, le cui scorribande solistiche (ma anche ...
Julian and Roman Wasserfuhr: Running
by Bruce Lindsay
Four albums into their careers and the Wasserfuhr brothers--trumpeter Julian and pianist Roman--are still in their 20s. Running showcases their signature sound, unhurried and strong on atmosphere, as befits a pair of musicians whose first album, Remember Chet (ACT Music, 2006) paid homage to Chet Baker. It also sees them working with a new and sympathetic ...
Jonas Kullhammar: Lat Det Vara
by AAJ Italy Staff
Lat Det Vara si può considerare la traduzione svedese del beatlesiano Let It Be. Ma i riferimenti ai baronetti di Liverpool non si fermano qui perché l'immagine di copertina riprende pari pari quella del leggendario album, con i volti dei fab four sostituiti da altrettanti camaleontici ritrattati di Jonas Kullhammar, leader di questo quartetto svedese. E ...
Samuel Blaser Consort in Motion: A Mirror to Machaut
by Troy Collins
Over the last few years Swiss trombonist Samuel Blaser has established himself as a significant presence in the international jazz scene. Recent activity features no less than three consecutive releases; A Mirror to Machaut is the latest in a series of engaging albums, following One From None (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2013), the debut of his ...
A Sondheim Jazz Project: A Sondheim Jazz Project: City of Strangers
by David Bittinger
This CD crosses two soft borders: one between Canada and the U.S, and one between show tunes and jazz. It presents the work of the most famous Broadway songwriter of the past half century as might be heard performed at the Village Vanguard rather than the Winter Garden.Saxophonist and arranger Bobby Hsu's “A Sondheim ...
Edgar Broughton Band: Live in Hamburg: The Fabrik Concert 1973
by AAJ Italy Staff
Fra la fine degli anni sessanta e gli inizi degli anni settanta la band dei fratelli Broughton è stata molto apprezzata. Era generosa, impegnata, aggressiva. Forse musicalmente lasciava un po' a desiderare, ma nei concerti dal vivo era difficile batterla. E in questo album, registrato il 9 di ottobre del 1973, ce la ritroviamo proprio dal ...
Roberta Piket: Solo
by Dan McClenaghan
Listening back on Roberta Piket's discography, with recordings like the trio affair, Love and Beauty (Thirteenth Note Records, 2007) and the ambitious Side, Colors (Thirteenth Note Records, 2013), it's clear that the New York-based pianist has established herself as “an artist deserving wider recognition." With Solo she cements a reputation as a top level jazz artist. ...
Travis Sullivan's Björkestra: I Go Humble
by Dan Bilawsky
Björk isn't a member of the jazz community, but the jazz community has had no problem embracing her. Musicians as different as vocalist Kate McGarry and drummer Jeff “Tain" Watts have explored the eclectic Icelandic singer's work and put their own stamp on her intoxicating music, but they each left her catalog after a single-song visit. ...
São Paulo Underground: Beija Flors Velho E Sujo
by AAJ Italy Staff
Poteva sembrare un divertissement nel già denso percorso progettuale di Rob Mazurek, quello dei São Paulo Underground e invece eccoci qui al quarto disco, nonché a una continuità concertistica che ci raccontano della centralità della band nel mondo del compositore e trombettista americano. Le ragioni tra l'altro non sono difficili da capire: da sempre aperto alle ...
Katsura Mouri & Tim Olive: Various Histories
by John Eyles
For the second release on his own 845 Audio label--following his impressive 33 Bays pairing with Alfredo Costa Monteiro--Tim Olive debuts his established duo with turntablist Katsura Mouri, whose history includes being a member of the experimental improvising turntable unit BusRatch with Takahiro Yamamoto. Various Histories was recorded near Kyoto (where Mouri is the manager of ...
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