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Mark Masters: Everything You Did
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Bandleader/arranger Mark Masters has recorded a set of Steely Dan tunes with a big band, which can be set on the shelf next to his celebrated albums dedicated to the music of George Gershwin, Duke Ellington and Dewey Redman. A Dan jazz album makes sense. It's clear from the rock band's '70s albums that Donald Fagen ...
Oliver Jones: Just For My Lady
by Dan Bilawsky
Pianist Oliver Jones has become something of a national treasure on the Canadian jazz scene over the past three decades. That's all the more remarkable considering the fact that this soon-to-be eighty year old didn't start making jazz recordings until he was in his 50s. In many respects, as his recording career has ...
Lorraine Feather: Attachments
by Nicholas F. Mondello
Let's get this out up front: Lorraine Feather is a collaborator extraordinaire. Before taking that down a darker path and picturing black op sites, duct tape, and stubbly- faced bad cats, let's spill: take a masterful wordsmith who's also a sublime vocal talent, surround her with highly intelligent soundscapes and wrap with some of L.A.'s usual ...
Allman Brothers Band: Macon City Auditorium, Macon GA 2/11/72
by Doug Collette
The Allman Brothers Band's new independent licensing agreement restores to the marketplace its most recent studio work including Hittin' the Note (Sanctuary, 2003) and the live One Way Out, Sanctuary (Sanctuary, 2004), as well as all previously released archival recordings. Among the latter reissued titles is Macon City Auditorium, Macon GA 2/11/72, one of ...
David Strother: Muse
by Florence Wetzel
Muse is a poetic suite on loss and resilience by violinist and sound sculptor David Strother. His previous release, Soundings.live (Self-produced), was a lovely integration of improvised violin and Los Angeles street noise, but on Muse he delves into the personal to tell a story through sound. Given Strother's extensive experience with spoken word, it's not ...
lePercolateur: Pop Manouche
by Dan Bilawsky
Something different and exciting is brewing on lePercolateur's Pop Manouche. This Chicago-based, Hot Club-indebted outfit finds a way to blend the sonic sensibilities of Django Reinhardt's famed band into an alt- pop/alt-folk/alt-instrumental format on their debut album, creating something unique in the process; it's as if songstress Sam Phillips, the beyond-category Pink Martini, indie folk band ...
Robin McKelle & The Flytones: Soul Flower
by C. Michael Bailey
First, Robin McKelle & The Flytones Soul Flower is not neo-soul. Neo-soul is what Amy Winehouse was and Cee Lo Green is (at least on his “Forget You"). Neo-soul is a cheeky attempt to cash in on a classic style while, at the same time, not taking it seriously. Second, Soul Flower might be better termed ...
SH.TG.N: SH.TG.N
by Dave Wayne
Before the 21st Century, the worlds of metal and jazz rarely, if ever, intersected. But that's all changed, so much so that musicians from both sides of the fence are rethinking their music, demolishing self-imposed genre boundaries and coming up with some truly innovative sounds. Belgium's SH.TG.N has the same sort of pioneering spirit. Yes, the ...
Forthcoming Trio: Tree Forms
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il nucleo-base del Forthcoming Trio è composto dal pianista Tommaso Vespo e dal batterista Antonio Longo, dal cui incontro l'idea iniziale è germogliata. In una precedente edizione del gruppo, il “terzo incomodo" era il sassofonista Salvo Barbagallo, mentre in questo notevolissimo album (d'esordio, ci risulta) c'è il contrabbasso di Alessandro Vicard che, oltre a dare al ...
Alberto Pinton: Nascent
by AAJ Italy Staff
Nascent è una interessante testimonianza delle qualità del multi-strumentista Alberto Pinton - originario di Porto Marghera ma da anni residente in Svezia - sia come abile interprete di vari strumenti a fiato sia come ispirato ed eclettico compositore. Nei dieci brani dell'album troviamo varietà di situazioni, atmosfere e mood, non intese come semplice passerella di stili ...
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