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Matt Savage: A Bigger Celebration
by Jack Bowers
Pianist / composer Matt Savage's career has been on an upward curve since he recorded his first album--before his tenth birthday! Now twenty-one and a recent graduate of Boston's Berklee School of Music, Savage and his trio have released their tenth album, A Bigger Celebration, this one employing the services of some heavy-swinging guest artists including ...
Jamie Baum: In This Life
by Franz A. Matzner
From its first penetrating flute notes the sonic textures of South Asia frame Jamie Baum's ambitious collection In This Life, which successfully spotlights her compositional acuity, instrumental prowess, and talents as a bandleader.As the title track “Nusrat" implies, the album is inspired in no small measure by internationally influential performer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, ...
Carla Bley / Andy Sheppard / Steve Swallow: Trios
by John Kelman
In a career more defined by memorable compositions than instrumental acumen, it's easy to forget that Carla Bley may not be the most virtuosic pianist on the planet, but she's a far more than capable one, as evidenced on duo recordings like Are We There Yet? (Watt, 1999), with life partner/bassist Steve Swallow, and Songs With ...
Wadada Leo Smith & Tumo: Occupy The World
by AAJ Italy Staff
Dopo Ten Feedom Summer, evento concertistico e discografico tra i più memorabili degli ultimi anni, il trombettista e compositore Wadada Leo Smith torna ad incidere con una grande formazione realizzando un doppio album ancora una volta dalla grande valenza politica/civile e ancora una volta dallo straordinario impatto musicale. Questa volta Smith, insieme al collaboratore di lunga ...
Andre Mehmari: Afetuoso
by Dan Bilawsky
The music that pianist Andre Mehmari presents on Afetuoso is a true amalgamation of jazz, classical and Brazilian forms. Mehmari, who's worked with everybody from trumpeter Randy Brecker to Brazilian icon Hermeto Pascoal, is a poised and thoughtful player who covers the whole emotional spectrum on this trio date. He's wrapped up in a world of ...
Michel Gentile - Daniel Kelly - Rob Garcia: Works
by AAJ Italy Staff
In attività dal 2007, il trio newyorkese composto da Michel Gentile, Daniel Kelly e Rob Garcia si è sempre distinto per una cifra obliqua tra jazz e mondo classico. Come ben dimostra il “Voir Dire," i tre musicisti gestiscono a meraviglia un sontuoso interplay che li porta a relazionarsi con grinta e cipiglio a velocità diverse. ...
Spontaneous Music Ensemble: New Surfacing 1978 & 1992
by Glenn Astarita
This album offers a snapshot of the post-1976 version of the legendary free-jazz improvisational unit, Spontaneous Music Ensemble's (SME) reign as a quartet. Two thirds of the material is derived from performances by the guitar-violin-percussion rendition, captured at a 1978 concert in Newcastle, England. It was previously released on Trio & Triangle (Emanem, 1978) but the ...
Klangquadrat: What's the Catch?
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il quartetto svizzero Klangquadrat ha iniziato la propria avventura cinque anni fa e giunge ora, con questo What's the Catch?, alla seconda prova discografica dopo l'esordio del 2010, con l'album Roaming. Quello che ci propongono è un jazz solare, fatto di composizioni che vengono eseguite con competenza e passione. Il leader Cédric Gschwind ha spesso un ...
Seraphic Fire: Ave Maria: Gregorian Chant
by C. Michael Bailey
The mid-1990s witness a renewed interest in Gregorian Chant with the release, twenty years after its recording, of Chant (Angel, 1973/1994) by the Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos. The public greeted this music, much between 500 and 1500 years old, as the greatest thing since the Edison cylinder. Early Music practitioners each released their ...
Ibrido Hot X: D’un dolcissimo incanto al bel godere
by AAJ Italy Staff
Mossosi in passato sui repertori più disparati (ricordiamo, a memoria, un lavoro sui Gentle Giant abbinato a un libro di Antonio Apuzzo; clicca qui per leggere l'intervista al sassofonista), l'Idrido Hot - oggi X, ieri Six (L'Eclisse) e l'altroieri Five (Nothing to Kill or Die For) - si pone in questo suo nuovo album al servizio ...
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