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Eldar Djangirov: Breakthrough

Read "Breakthrough" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
July 29, 2013

"Point Of View Redux"--the eight-minute-long opener on pianist Eldar Djangirov's Breakthrough--doesn't exactly say it all, but it says a hell of a lot. A firmly delivered flourish flies through the air in the opening seconds, a rollicking riff sets things in motion as titan-like technique powers the warp-speed explorations that follow, things take a bluesy turn ...

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Paul Marinaro: Without A Song

Read "Without A Song" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
July 29, 2013

At first blush, Chicago singer Paul Marinaro's debut recording, Without A Song, is a well-meaning vanity recording that turns out to be...well, well-meaning. That impression is forgivable only for those not living in the Chicago area. Further reading reveals that this recording had its genesis in some 78 rpm acetates Marinaro found of his father singing ...

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Ivo Perelman: Serendipity

Read "Serendipity" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
July 29, 2013

Brazilian tenor sax titan Ivo Perelman's 22nd album for Leo Records crosses paths formerly traversed. Set out to be a trio date with pianist Matthew Shipp and drummer Gerald Cleaver, Perelman called bassist William Parker because one of the artists was late for the studio session, although everyone showed up; hence, the quartet format.

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Max Nagl - Lol Coxhill: Max Nagl feat. Lol Coxhill

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 29, 2013

Poco più di un anno fa, il 9 luglio del 2012, scompariva uno dei grandi improvvisatori europei e dei maggiori interpreti del sax soprano, Lol Coxhill. Aveva ottant'anni, spesi senz'altro bene e intensamente. Dell'artista britannico certo non mancano documentazioni registrate - nella quasi totalità riprese dal vivo, visto che per Coxhill la creazione istantanea era un ...

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Jano Quartet feat. Luca Aquino: Distante

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 29, 2013

Dopo l'esordio, autoprodotto nel 2010 di Naked Things, il secondo disco del quartetto marchigiano mostra un evidente salto di qualità e s'impone per la bella sintesi tra dimensione acustica ed elettronica e il fantasioso - quanto lucido - svolgimento espressivo. La presenza di un solista ospite del calibro di Luca Aquino svolge certamente un ruolo significativo ...

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Lucian Ban – Mat Maneri: Transylvanian Concert

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 29, 2013

Nato in Romania nel 1969 (quindi esattamente coetaneo di Mat Maneri), Lucian Ban viene da studi classici (e si sente), dopo di che, nel '99, si è trasferito a New York, abbracciando (anche) la causa dello sperimentalismo jazz. I frutti di questo processo si avvertono compiutamente in questo bellissimo album live, che lo pone di fatto ...

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Dick Hyman & Ken Peplowski: ...Live At The Kitano

Read "...Live At The Kitano" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
July 28, 2013

If musical knowledge and taste were currency, pianist Dick Hyman and clarinetist Ken Peplowski would be two of the wealthiest men around. Hyman, an octogenarian legend with killer technique and near-unparalleled knowledge about virtually every style of jazz, and Peplowski, the witty woodwind wonder who stands tall as one of the clarinet kingpins on the scene ...

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Harris Eisenstadt September Trio: The Destructive Element

Read "The Destructive Element" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
July 28, 2013

Celebrated for his musicality and leadership, drummer Harris Eisenstadt is a modernist who dispels preconceived notions that a drummers' primary function is to keep time, and prop the frontline along with a bassist. With this 2013 instilment of his September Trio, he ingrains organic textures and a touchy feely loose groove modus operandi when not engaging ...

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Marc Ducret: Tower, Vol. 3

Read "Tower, Vol. 3" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
July 28, 2013

French guitarist Marc Ducret's new sextet, known also as the Real Thing #3 band, was supposed to mark the end of his Tower cycle of compositions, now spread over four discs and at least five projects: a solo guitar, quartet, quintet and the as-yet- unrecorded 12-member Tower-Bridge orchestra. This project was initiated by Ducret in 2008 ...

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Chris Kelsey & What I Say: The Electric Miles Project

Read "The Electric Miles Project" reviewed by Mehdi El Mouden

by Mehdi El Mouden
July 28, 2013

Chris Kelsey and What I Say say it all. The Electric Miles Project is definitely well thought-out, projected, masterfully arranged, and meticulously performed. Contrary to Miles Davis' school of thought, improvisation on this project seems not to have been part of the agenda. Kelsey clearly knows exactly how to pay tribute to the late legend and, ...