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Alan Broadbent: Heart To Heart

Read "Heart To Heart" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
July 25, 2013

Pianist Alan Broadbent can't be accused of rushing to release his second solo piano album; Heart To Heart comes more than two decades after Broadbent initially took the solo plunge with Live At Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume 14 (Concord, 1991), but it was worth the wait. While only Broadbent knows the exact reason ...

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Eric Erhardt: A Better Fate

Read "A Better Fate" reviewed by Dave Wayne

by Dave Wayne
July 25, 2013

Unlike a lot of jazz artists hawking a debut recording these days, reed/woodwind multi-instrumentalist Eric Erhardt is not fresh out of music school. He has been around for a while, playing for two decades in Broadway pit bands and with trad jazzers Ken Peplowski and Artie Shaw. A student of Dave Liebman, Erhardt's own musical interests ...

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The Kim Richmond Concert Jazz Orchestra: Artistry

Read "Artistry" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello

by Nicholas F. Mondello
July 25, 2013

"A Tribute to the Music of ..." That's a phrase encountered regularly when one surveys today's recorded efforts--jazz and otherwise. A number of factors might be the motivation: there's a tremendous legacy of 20th century music (and legacy is usually bankable), or, perhaps, there isn't enough bankable current music. Either way, looking in the rearview mirror ...

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Pandelis Karayorgis Trio: Cocoon

by Mark Corroto
July 25, 2013

With so many projects in the works, where is one to begin in a survey of pianist Pandelis Karayorgis? The Boston-based educator (born in Athens, Greece) is a member of The Whammies (featuring Han Bennink), a sextet formed with Driff Records partner Jorrit Dijkstra to cover the music of Steve Lacy. He also maintains a Chicago ...

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Arrigo Cappelletti Quintet: Hot Music

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by AAJ Italy Staff
July 25, 2013

Dopo il gruppo con Andrea Massaria, Nicola Stranieri, Mat Maneri (ad esempio in Metamorphosis), il pianista lombardo rinnova la collaborazione col sassofonista Giulio Martino (già ascoltato nel quartetto che ha inciso Mysterious, Leo Records) presentando un'organico più ampio e totalmente rinnovato. Troviamo infatti il noto trombettista Sergio Orlandi e i musicisti norvegesi Adrian Myhr al contrabbasso ...

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Mamud Band: Afro Future Funk

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 25, 2013

Da oltre vent'anni, la Mamud Band di Lorenzo Gasperoni porta avanti un percorso di ricerca su quell'universo musicale che fa capo alla “grande madre" Africa: musiche del continente nero, ovviamente, ma anche Brasile, Cuba, Giamaica, Stati Uniti. Afro Future Funk si delinea dunque come una sorta di contenitore in cui trovano spazio tutti questi paesaggi sonori: ...

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Ken Vandermark's TOPOLOGY Nonet w/Joe McPhee: Impressions Of Po Music

Read "Impressions Of Po Music" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
July 24, 2013

Food scientists know that human taste buds favor three items, sweet, salty and fat. Although abundant today, our prehistoric ancestors scavenged for these scarce commodities. A musical arranger, like a great chef, can serve up delectable music by skillfully combining the three tastes.Our chef, the musical impresario Ken Vandermark, organized this nonet tribute to ...

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Paolo Fresu Devil Quartet: Desertico

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by Dan Bilawsky
July 24, 2013

Italian trumpeter Paolo Fresu has always been more angel than devil, though he's fronted quartets that name check both of those respectively heavenly and hellish entities. His horn work is coolly lyrical and spellbinding, regardless of the setting it's found in, but Fresu also has an impish side to his personality that takes over at certain ...

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Mark Murphy: A Beautiful Friendship: Remembering Shirley Horn

Read "A Beautiful Friendship: Remembering Shirley Horn" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
July 24, 2013

In his time, vocalist Mark Murphy has been described as hip, cool, swinging, fearless, gruff, and eccentric (among other things). Some-- but most definitely not all--of these terms could also be applied to Shirley Horn. So it's fitting that Murphy should pay tribute to his compatriot, as he does on A Beautiful Friendship: Remembering Shirley Horn, ...

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May Peters: Tributo de Tambor y Trombon en Clave de Mujer Boricua

Read "Tributo de Tambor y Trombon en Clave de Mujer Boricua" reviewed by James Nadal

by James Nadal
July 24, 2013

The personal attractions which originate with music can have life altering consequences, leading to total immersion in another culture and the discovery of oneself in the process. Trombonist May Peters is a perfect case in point. Born and raised in Holland, with extensive musical training, she has had a lifelong fixation with salsa music, which led ...