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Gwyneth Herbert: The Sea Cabinet

Read "The Sea Cabinet" reviewed by John Eyles

by John Eyles
June 19, 2013

The Sea Cabinet is singer-songwriter Gwyneth Herbert's sixth album release, her first since All the Ghosts (Naim, 2009). That album's Herbert compositions drew comparisons with such iconic British songwriters as Ray Davies and Paul McCartney--comparisons which were spot-on but for the crucial fact that Herbert unfailingly sees the world from a woman's point of view--while the ...

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Youn Sun Nah: Lento

Read "Lento" reviewed by Franz A. Matzner

by Franz A. Matzner
June 19, 2013

With Lento Korean Vocalist Youn Sun Nah once again captivates with an eclectic mix of source material and her ability to evidently manipulate her voice to achieve any effect she so chooses.Nah has crafted a style so purely her own and so compelling, the only valid point of comparison is her previous work. In ...

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Judi Silvano: Indigo Moods

Read "Indigo Moods" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 19, 2013

Conosciamo da tempo le capacità vocali di Judi Silvano, collaudate in una miriade di contesti a riprova della sua versatilità. Nonostante ciò questo suo disco - che la vede all'opera in un contesto minimalista, insieme al pianista Peter Tomlinson che offre il contesto armonico nel quale poi il trombettista Fred Jacobs colora con poche ed espressive ...

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Sanubar Tursun: Arzu

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 19, 2013

Nella Cina nord-occidentale vivono gli Uiguri, minoranza islamica turcofona la cui musica risente per forza di cose ben più delle radici di cui sopra che non delle tradizioni locali. Fra le massime espressioni di tale musica c'è sicuramente la famiglia Tursun, Sanubar e i suoi tre fratelli, uno maggiore, Nur Muhemmet, e due minori, i gemelli ...

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Mu: Dropouts

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 19, 2013

Mettendo insieme batteria, chitarre, contrabbassi, bassi elettrici, vibrafoni e glockenspiel, Davide Merlino, Dario Trapani, Simone Prando e Riccardo Chiaberta danno vita ad un progetto che è prossimo a tutti i possibili generi evocati da questa strumentazione senza soffermarsi su nessuno in particolare. Si potrebbe parlare di ambient music, o di approccio minimal, psichedelia soft, ma anche, ...

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Eric Le Lann: I Remember Chet

Read "I Remember Chet" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
June 18, 2013

French trumpeter Eric Le Lann has a bit part in Bertrand Tavernier's 1986 film Round Midnight, the story of a French jazz fan's friendship with wayward American jazz musician Dale Turner, played by tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon. Le Lann plays a French jazz trumpeter--not much of a stretch. More to the point, the film's story mirrored, ...

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Girls in Airports: Kaikoura

Read "Kaikoura" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard

by Jakob Baekgaard
June 18, 2013

Since releasing its self-titled debut in 2010, the Danish group Girls in Airports has managed to create their own expression, a unique blend of Nordic jazz lyricism, indie-rock influences and sounds from around the world, including the pentatonic scales of Ethiopian music, dub sounds of Jamaica and Brazilian rhythms. This is truly a globalized band if ...

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David Murray Infinity Quartet: Be My Monster Love

Read "Be My Monster Love" reviewed by Steve Bryant

by Steve Bryant
June 18, 2013

Tenor man David Murray is considered to be one of the most prolific and innovative players and composers of the last 40 years.Not only has he distinguished himself as an inventive leader of the avant-garde movement, he has become a veritable Renaissance man just based on the myriad of projects he has undertaken in ...

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Quercus: June Tabor - Iain Ballamy - Huw Warren

Read "June Tabor - Iain Ballamy - Huw Warren" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 18, 2013

Anche se non nuova alla cosa, solo alla ECM poteva venire in mente una scelta che apparirebbe superflua ma che ovviamente a nessun produttore discografico viene mai in mente: far incontrare il delicato mondo del folk storico britannico con i sapori del jazz minimalista e da camera. Il risultato? E come dovrebbe essere se non emozionale, ...

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Noah Preminger: Haymaker

Read "Haymaker" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 18, 2013

A 27 anni compiuti da poco, Noah Preminger ha già avuto modo di farsi apprezzare dalla stampa specializzata e non solo. Ne hanno parlato, tra i tanti, Down Beat ed il New York Times. Allievo di Dave Liebman, Preminger ha debuttato da leader su disco a ventidue anni, con Dry Bridge Road. Questo Haymaker è il ...