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Arborea: Fortress of the Sun
by Glenn Astarita
This duo from Maine casts a post-psychedelic, homespun folk vibe with a few subtle twists, signaling a nouveau spin on bands such as '70s British folk denizen Pentangle, and a classic Haight-Ashbury trippy street fair. Featuring sustainable and impressive compositions, Shanti Curran's virtuous vocals impart a spell of transcendental wonderment, sprinkled with dreamy atmospherics.
Cheryl Bentyne / Mark Winkler: Cheryl Bentyne / Mark Winkler: West Coast Cool
by Edward Blanco
In 2010, veteran Los Angeles singer/lyricist Mark Winkler joined forces with the Manhattan Transfer's lead singer, multi-Grammy Award-winning artist Cheryl Bentyne, playing the music of the '50s and '60s commonly known as West Coast Jazz at venues throughout California and elsewhere. West Coast Cool is this remarkable duo's music-only version of their live show, turning its ...
The Geordie Approach: Inatween
by Ian Patterson
At the risk of pigeonholing The Geordie Approach's music, there's really nothing like a little Noise/skronk/experimental electro/free jazz/pounding post-rock to shake off the cobwebs. The trio's debut album, Why Eye (Bruce's Fingers, 2007) will have deterred the faint hearted with its intense free improvisations, and equally, sucked in more adventurous listeners into the all-enveloping spiral of ...
Rotem Sivan: Enchanted Sun
by Chris May
Is this destined to be one of the great undiscovered albums of the year? Released with little fanfare on Steeplechase's Lookout strand back in June, Enchanted Sun has picked up precious few reviews. Maybe it is just the summer slumber. Let us hope so, for the debut recording from Israeli-born, New York-based guitarist Rotem Sivan and ...
Darryl Harper: The Edenfred Files
by C. Michael Bailey
Clarinetist Darryl Harper has five previous recordings to his credit (all released on HipNOTIC) and has had precious little coverage at All About Jazz. A longtime member of violinist Regina Carter's band, Harper has been chipping away at the edges of hard bop and post-bop since his 2001 recording, The Onus: Recurring Dream. At first blush, ...
Kasper Tranberg - Nils Davidsen: Zone Bleue
by AAJ Italy Staff
Libero ma anche liricamente ispirato, questo duo danese vede di scena la tromba di Kasper Tranberg e il contrabbasso di Nils Davidsen, entrambi impegnati in alcune tracce anche alle tastiere. Le atmosfere, sospese ma non rarefatte, pur su tempi lenti non mancano di spinta propulsiva, in buona parte dovuta al contrabbasso, fin dall'inizio protagonista e capace ...
nDem: Mondi Paralleli
by AAJ Italy Staff
L'incipit - i due minuti e ventisette secondi di “La finestra sul lago" - ci conduce per mano in un mondo onirico, sospeso tra i delicati arpeggi della chitarra e le dissonanze del contrabbasso archettato, tra visioni serene ed incubi imminenti. Questa sorta di rito propiziatorio apre ad un ascolto aperto e senza gabbie concettuali di ...
Craig Hartley: Books On Tape, Vol. 1
by Dan Bilawsky
The work of any artist is typically the summation of their life experiences to a certain point, but many aren't aware of how or when these experiences seep(ed) into their art; pianist Craig Hartley just happens to have great awareness and a more confessional approach than most, as he lets specific occurrences, influences, events and individuals ...
Peo Alfonsi: Il velo di Iside
by AAJ Italy Staff
Musicista di grande sensibilità sullo strumento e visionarietà creativa in campo compositivo, il sardo Peo Alfonsi aveva esordito a proprio nome su Egea quattro anni fa con Itaca e oggi riprende quelle ispirazioni, allarga l'organico - diversificandolo di brano in brano - e tenta, con la musica, di aprire squarci nel velo che - come nel ...
Florian Ross: Front Room Songs
by Dan Bilawsky
The use of overdubs isn't really the norm on jazz recordings, but it is an accepted practice. Very often it can simply involve a horn player adding a line here or there, providing some finishing touches to music that was mostly-done already, but every now and then it goes well beyond that point. Piano legend Bill ...
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