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Stefano Bagnoli We Kids Trio: Un altro viaggio

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 18, 2013

Con Un altro viaggio il We Kids Trio, composto da Stefano Bagnoli con i giovanissimi Giuseppe Cucchiara al contrabbasso e Francesco Patti al sax alto (entrambi classe 1994), dà seguito alla propria storia iniziata nel 2012 con l'album omonimo. Questo lavoro conferma tutte le buone impressioni finora destate, proponendo un repertorio di brani per lo più ...

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Ken Silverman: Visionaries

Read "Visionaries" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
June 17, 2013

Most of the world simply lives by the known, but some people fantasize about discoveries and ideas that are beyond the generally accepted scope of possibility. A select few from that list manage to make their dreams turn into reality, and they go down in history as visionaries; these are the people that multi-instrumentalist Ken Silverman ...

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Dan Nicholls: Ruins

by Bruce Lindsay
June 17, 2013

Ruins is the debut release from keyboardist and composer Dan Nicholls. Nicholls is based in London, where he is a member of the ever-fascinating Loop Collective. He's declared that his music is inspired, at least in part, by “prevalent issues" such as the Arab Spring--a quick check of the song titles, or a glance at the ...

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Aruan Ortiz Quartet: Orbiting

Read "Orbiting" reviewed by Steve Bryant

by Steve Bryant
June 17, 2013

On an island known for its extensive array of virtuoso pianists, Cuban-born Aruan Ortiz distinguishes himself from the pack by a transcendent approach to his instrument, and an encyclopedic knowledge of styles ranging from traditional Afro- Cuban and classical to bop. He's also a prolific composer. Having roared into New York City and taken it by ...

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Gaetano Partipilo: Besides - Songs from the Sixties

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 17, 2013

Prima o poi doveva accadere. La frequentazione di Partipilo con quell'area del jazz pugliese più o meno coinvolta con la scena creata da Nicola Conte (ovvero Fabrizio Bosso e l'High Five Quintet, Gianluca Petrella, Mirko Signorile, Pietro Lussu, Pasquale Bardaro, Lorenzo Tucci, Pippo Foglianese e altri), ha portato alla realizzazione di questo delizioso album, inciso per ...

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Francesco Cataldo: Spaces

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 17, 2013

Si compone di soli originali la scaletta di Spaces, l'album firmato da Francesco Cataldo, che nel settembre 2012 ha avuto modo di registrare negli studi Sear Sound di New York con a fianco musicisti del calibro di David Binney, Scott Colley e Clarence Penn. Per ottenere lo spazio espressivo che il titolo richiama, e che lo ...

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9Volt: Open Circuit

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 17, 2013

Uno è schizofrenico amico di John Zorn e appassionato portabandiera della più celebrata new radical jewish culture, l'altro è oggi primattore di uno dei duo del momento in una delle diverse figurazioni del progetto Tarana con il batterista Ravish Momin. Il primo è il chitarrista Eyal Maoz, il secondo il trombonista Rick Parker. Due band leader ...

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Samuel Blaser Quartet: As the Sea

Read "As the Sea" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 17, 2013

Quartetto d'eccezione quello allestito da Samuel Blaser, giovane trombonista svizzero che con una decina di incisioni si è costruito una solida reputazione tra i colleghi e unanimi apprezzamenti dagli addetti ai lavori. Perché se il bassista Banz Oester, pur vantando collaborazioni prestigiose con Pierre Favre ed Harry Hemingway, è nome non troppo noto, il batterista Gerald ...

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Berserk!: Berserk!

Read "Berserk!" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
June 16, 2013

Bassist Lorenzo Feliciati is the driving force behind Naked Truth, whose Ouroboros (RareNoise, 2012), featuring trumpeter Graham Haynes, is an invigorating sonic slab of post-Miles Davis post-jazz-rock. Feliciati and vocalist Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari here convene a coterie of like-minded post-everything musicians to go Berserk!The hybrid music they make takes Naked Truth as a starting ...

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Evan Parker/Barry Guy/ Paul Lytton: Live At Maya Recordings Festival

Read "Live At Maya Recordings Festival" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
June 16, 2013

After twenty one recordings there may not be too much more to say about the superlative English threesome of saxophonist Evan Parker, bassist Barry Guy and drummer Paul Lytton. Some 30 years on since their debut Tracks (Incus, 1983), they converse in a language entirely of their own making, which relies on a staggering density of ...