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Iva Bittová: Iva Bittová
by AAJ Italy Staff
Attrice, cantante, violinista e compositrice, la ceca Iva Bittová è da molti anni una ben nota e apprezzata performer di impossibile collocazione anche stilistica, unendo in modo originale improvvisazione e classicismo, radici folk morave e jazz. Dopo la sua partecipazione al disco Mater, di Vladimír Godár, uscito per ECM alcuni anni fa, Manfred Eicher le ha ...
DouBt: Mercy, Pity, Peace & Love
by AAJ Italy Staff
Questo eccellente trio guidato dal chitarrista belga Michel Delville ci aveva già colpito nel profondo dell'anima con l'album d'esordio Never Pet a Burning Dog, pubblicato da Moonjune Records nel 2009. Con Delville erano a bordo il tastierista inglese Alex Maguire e il batterista newyorchese Tony Bianco. La formazione rimane immutata anche in occasione del loro secondo ...
Dave Holland: Prism
by Dan Bilawsky
Bassist Dave Holland first became a leader-on-record with Conference Of The Birds (ECM, 1973), a now-classic outré quartet session. That initial leader date portrayed Holland as a restless seeker, willing and eager to explore the inner workings of group dynamics and the outer reaches of convention, and he's done little to alter that perception of himself ...
Mulatu Astatke: Sketches of Ethiopia
by Chris May
Sketches of Ethiopia is, extraordinarily, the first album Mulatu Astatke, the godfather of Ethio-jazz, has recorded with his own band for an international label of influence. It has been a long time coming and it is a corker.Astatke, on vibraphone and keyboards, is accompanied by his regular touring band, Step Ahead, which has at ...
Vandeweyer / Van Hove / Lovens / Blume: Quat Live At Hasselt
by John Sharpe
In one sense the cover of Quat Live At Hasselt could act as a metaphor for what lies within, due to its focus on a narrow spectral range. At first glance the black appears uniform, punctuated only by the white text. But on further scrutiny, an intricately patterned network of various shades of grey becomes apparent, ...
Gustavo Cortiñas: Snapshot
by Dan Bilawsky
Gustavo Cortiñas has long been a musical seeker and sponge. The Mexico City-born drummer relocated to New Orleans in 2007 to pursue a BM in Jazz Studies at Loyola University New Orleans, learn from the best around--like legendary NOLA drum guru Johnny Vidacovich--and soak in the sounds of that storied city. When he completed that degree ...
Dialeto: The Last Tribe
by Glenn Astarita
The Last Tribe is the Brazilian prog rock power trio's first release on an international scale, issued by New York City-based Moonjune Records, intimating yet another significant offshore discovery produced by this record label to complement its roster of well-established performers and time-honored bands. Nonetheless, Dialeto is a trio that possesses the goods to make a ...
Roberto Magris: Sam Reed Meets Roberto Magris: Ready for Reed
by C. Michael Bailey
Italian pianist Roberto Magris has become the hard bop keeper-of-the- flame with recent J-Mood releases including Mating Call (2010), Morgan Rewind: A Tribute to Lee Morgan Vol. 1 (2012) and One Night in With Hope and More...Vol. 1 (2012), volume designations making clear there is more to come. On Sam Reed Meets Roberto Magris: Ready For ...
FivePlay Jazz Quintet: Five And More
by Dan Bilawsky
If the jazz world has room for two Avishai Cohens, and it can deal with the confusion of two different guys named Bill Evans that played with Miles Davis, it can certainly stand to have two bands called Five Play. The one on the East Coast is a breakout band extracted from the all-female Diva Jazz ...
Satoko Fujii Ma-Do: Time Stands Still
by Glenn Astarita
Several months after this recording, bassist Norikatsu Koeyasu died of a heart-attack in-between tours. Pianist Satoko Fujii decided that the band could not continue without his presence, citing his vital role and “telepathic connection." Hence, Ma-Do's third album will be its last. It's an unfortunate occurrence but a testament to the musicians' realization that a replacement ...
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