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Felipe Salles: Departure
by AAJ Italy Staff
Ascoltare questo nuovo disco - il quinto da leader- di Felipe Salles e insieme scorrerne la tracklist dà una sensazione quasi contraddittoria: come se l'autore si fosse sforzato di mostrare, attraverso i titoli, la sua formazione al contempo eurocolta e jazzistica. Praticamente ogni brano è dedicato ad un compositore oppure richiama un gesto della musica classica: ...
Lol Coxhill & Michel Doneda: Sitting on Your Stairs
by John Eyles
In July 2012, London-based saxophonist Lol Coxhill died, aged 79, after a prolonged period of illness in a hospital. A favorite with London audiences for decades, in the months following his death Coxhill was fondly celebrated and remembered by the city's extensive improvised music community. Now, Sitting on Your Stairs is the first album of Coxhill's ...
Doug Webb: Swing Shift
by Jack Bowers
Doug Webb is one of a large number of accomplished saxophonists on the West Coast who have largely flown under the radar because... well, basically because they are on the West Coast. That's not to imply that Webb or his cohorts are penniless or not working steadily; that is not the case at all. Besides fronting ...
Trespass Trio + Joe McPhee: Human Encore
by Glenn Astarita
Sweden-based Trespass Trio aligns with American improvising legend Joe McPhee for a live set, recorded 2012 at Salao Brazil. The artists' camaraderie, gamesmanship, and intuitive synergy become quite evident from the onset. From a holistic perspective, the band's rugged approach balances a prevalent degree of experimentation with familiar modern jazz terrain. Indeed, an audience-pleaser; even by ...
Alex Snydman: Fortunate Action
by Edward Blanco
Guitarist-turned-drummer Alex Snydman left behind an established East Coast presence in the Massachusetts and New York area jazz scenes for graduate studies at The California Institute of the Arts and, while in Los Angeles, has produced his very first album as leader with the highly audacious Fortunate Action. A student of Joe La Barbera, Bob Gullotti ...
Rich Halley 4: Crossing the Passes
by AAJ Italy Staff
A trent'anni esatti dal primo album a suo nome, l'oggi sessantacinquenne tenorsassofonista (e ottimo compositore: ce lo dimostra questo lavoro) di Portland che risponde al nome di Rich Halley, segnato in gioventù dall'esperienza dell'AACM e poi attivo fra gli altri accanto a Vinny Golia, mette in luce alla testa di questo rodatissimo quartetto doti che farebbe ...
Marc Ribot Ceramic Dog: Your Turn
by AAJ Italy Staff
Se n'è stato buono buono nella cuccia per cinque anni il cane di ceramica, attendendo con pazienza che i padroncini Ches Smith, Shazad Ismaily e Marc Ribot si decidessero a sfornare il seguito del fulminante Party Intellectuals. Vero: i tre l'hanno portato a spasso per il mondo di tanto in tanto, allentando il guinzaglio e facendogli ...
Sylvie Courvoisier - Mark Feldman: Live at Theatre Vidy-Lausanne
by AAJ Italy Staff
Oggi, su questo pianeta, ci sono pochissimi altri duo pianoforte-violino che abbiano l'incredibile intensità, vibrante energia, identica immaginazione creativa, toccante lirismo e capacità di quello formato da Sylvie Courvoisier e Mark Feldman. Di per sé, al di fuori delle classiche ambientazioni proposte dalla musica seria" (come qualche signorotto da conservatorio continua a voler distinguere), il duo ...
Tribute Trio: Dedications, Vol. II
by Jack Bowers
The Tribute Trio--John Rangel, piano; Michael Glynn, bass; Cal Haines, drums--was formed in 2010 to do exactly that: pay tribute to some of the legendary pianists who have helped create and enrich the history of jazz. The trio's two albums to date, Dedications, Vols 1 and 2 (Self Produced) have earned Best Jazz CD" honors (2012, ...
Brainkiller: Colourless Green Superheroes
by C. Michael Bailey
RareNoise Records has made a cottage industry of attracting talent that not only doesn't color within the lines, but erases the lines altogether. Brainkiller is no exception to this approach. Comprised of the unlikely assembly of keyboards (Jacob Koller), trombone (Brian Allen), and drums (Hernan Hecht), Brainkiller floats down the same river navigated recently by Berserk! ...

