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Sandviken Big Band: In the Name of Freedom
by Jack Bowers
This admirably performed two-CD set by Sweden's celebrated Sandviken Big Band, recorded live in 2009 and comprised for the most part of music composed by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, isn't without its ambiguous aspects. First, there's the title: while anyone who produces an album is free to assign any name that seems appropriate, In the ...
Frank Wess: Magic 101
by Dan Bilawsky
Most musicians can't escape the ravages of time, but a select few seem to have taken a sip from the musical fountain of youth. The late Hank Jones, for example, played with brilliance and class until the day he died at the age of 91, and octogenarian drummer Roy Haynes continues to snap and crackle in ...
Peter Ehwald: Double Trouble
by Ian Patterson
It doesn't always follow that the teacher channels the direction a student takes. In separate stints in London and New York, German saxophonist Peter Ehwald has studied with bassist John Patitucci, saxophonists Julian Argüelles, Stan Sulzmann and Rich Perry, yet his style is not nearly as based in the tradition as might be expected. Ehwald displayed ...
Lifesigns: Lifesigns
by Glenn Astarita
UK-based trio Lifesigns combines expressive soloing, stately overtones and heart-pumping opuses via impressive progressive-pop sensibilities and multi-tiered compositions, hardened by classic prog virtuosity. The band acquires compassionate support from icons, guitarist Steve Hackett (Genesis) and flautist Thijs Van Leer (Focus). Guitarists Jakko Jakszyk and Robin Boult (Fish) contribute, yet the listings do not identify the guest ...
Silvia Bolognesi – Angelo Olivieri: Dialogo
by AAJ Italy Staff
Registrato dal vivo a Teano a fine 2011, questo album convoglia e documenta il lavoro di una miniformazione in cui coabitano due delle voci più interessanti fra quelle emerse in questi ultimi anni sullo scacchiere del jazz nostrano. Emblematiche l'apertura e la chiusura del disco, affidate rispettivamente ad “Art Déco" di Don Cherry e a “Ida ...
Miguel Zenon: Oye!!! - Live In Puerto Rico
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il sassofonista portoricano ha formato il Rhythm Collective un decennio fa per partecipare a un tour in Africa occidentale promosso dal Dipartimento di Stato americano e dal Kennedy Center. Quell'esperienza è stata talmente significativa per i componenti del gruppo - tutti portoricani - che ha continuato a vivere, alimentato dai presupposti iniziali che prevedevano di esaltare ...
Franco D'Andrea: Today
by AAJ Italy Staff
Un album in solo rappresenta sempre, per un musicista, qualcosa di speciale. Quando poi tale musicista è serio, integro, come Franco D'Andrea, allora l'album in solo assume una valenza ancora superiore. Perchè Today è il frutto di un lavoro di ricerca e preparazione, durato oltre un anno, sfociato infine in una seduta di registrazione che ha ...
Ben McDonnell: Aleph Trio
by Dan Bilawsky
Guitarist Ben McDonnell's Aleph Trio takes its name from a story by Jorge Luis Borge involving a poet who “discovers a point in space which contains all other points." Aleph Trio, likewise, explores and exploits all points present within McDonnell's compositions on its self-titled debut EP. Cyclical thoughts, complex colors, light and airy ...
Howard University Jazz Ensemble: Journey of a Friend
by Jack Bowers
Although the Howard University Jazz Ensemble isn't quite as dependable as a morning sunrise, it has been present and accounted for in a recording studio once each year since it was formed in 1976 by Fred Irby III, who not only directed that first session but has supervised every one since, right up to No. 37, ...
Pete McGuinness: Voice Like A Horn
by C. Michael Bailey
"Did you hear the one about the singing trombonist?." It's not even a joke because there have been many a fine trombonist that also sing, to wit: beginning with the inestimable Jack Teagarden. Then there's Billy Eckstine, Wycliffe Gordon, Henry Darragh, Natalie Cressman, and one Pete McGuinness who releases his third recording as leader, Voice Like ...
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