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Chris Clark Quintet: Cedar Wisely

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 10, 2013

Quando escono album di debutto come questo, la data è da cerchiare in rosso sul calendario. L'etichetta Songlines ha appena pubblicato Cedar Wisely, il primo lavoro come leader del sassofonista Chris Clark. Inciso nel 2011 con un quintetto che include il mentore dello stesso Clark, il sassofonista Peter Epstein, il disco si compone di nove tracce, ...

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Pedrito Martinez: Rumba de la Isla

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 10, 2013

Prodotto dal regista spagnolo Fernando Trueba (autore del bel documentario Calle 54, dedicato alla musica latina), questo disco celebra l'incontro tra la musica cubana e il flamenco. Protagonista è Pedrito Martinez, uno dei massimi percussionisti dell'isola caraibica residente dall'anno 2000 a New York, di cui ricordiamo le collaborazioni con Paquito D'Rivera, Brian Lynch, Steve Turre, Bebo ...

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Jonathan Finlayson & Sicilian Defense: Moment & the Message

Read "Moment & the Message" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 10, 2013

Correva l'anno duemila quando l'allora diciottenne Jonathan Finlayson - californiano di nascita, newyorchese d'adozione - fu reclutato da Steve Coleman. Da quel giorno la dedizione al signor M-Base è stata pressoché totale: tredici lunghi anni di concerti, viaggi, prove, dischi. Un'eternità considerando il proverbiale rigore del sassofonista di Chicago. Uno che ha la nomea di maestro ...

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Mulgrew Miller & Klüver's Big Band: Grew's Tune

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 10, 2013

Mulgrew Miller è scomparso da pochi giorni (il 29 maggio 2013) e con lui se ne va un vero gigante della tastiera, il cui contributo all'evoluzione del linguaggio jazz al pianoforte gli garantisce un posto di rilievo nella storia del suo strumento e della musica che ha sempre interpretato ai massimi livelli. La sua arte si ...

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The Rosenthals: Fly Away

Read "Fly Away" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
June 9, 2013

In many ways, trumpeter Daniel Rosenthal has always been the odd man out in the Rosenthal clan. The members of this tight-knit, literal-cum-musical family have long been known as a folk and bluegrass breed, but Daniel took a turn toward jazz and never looked back; that is, until recently. After leaving the New ...

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Hush Point: Hush Point

Read "Hush Point" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
June 9, 2013

The quartet Hush Point conjures the possibilities of small group hipness. One that quips instead of guffaws, and prefers covertness to the obvious. Led by John McNeil, this quartet of saxophonist Jeremy Udden, bassist Aryeh Kobrinksy, and drummer Vinnie Sperrazza may be new, but McNeil's sage coolness isn't. The sixty-something trumpeter has been delivering ...

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Noah Preminger: Haymaker

Read "Haymaker" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
June 9, 2013

Tenor saxophone phenomenon Noah Preminger's third release as a leader Haymaker is a uniformly engaging album with a strong poetic sense. The ten uncluttered compositions serve primarily as vehicles for Preminger's intelligent expressions of creative spontaneity as well as those of his highly sympathetic band-mates.On the title track Preminger's melodic and angular monologue evolves ...

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Gabriel Reyes Trebol: Satori

by Mark Corroto
June 8, 2013

Finding a gem in the crowded jazz world is always a pleasure. When that jewel comes from the Southern hemisphere, due consideration must be made. Although the album's title is a Japanese Buddhist term Satori, the orator is Chilean and the language is modern jazz.Guitarist Gabriel Reyes from Santiago follows his debut quartet recording ...

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Teagan Taylor: Hello

Read "Hello" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
June 8, 2013

Teagan Taylor, San Diego's very talented up-and-coming vocalist/trumpeter/cornetist, has roots running deep in jazz. Her first album, I Can't Complain (Jazzomaniac Record, 2011) featured knock-out versions of the familiar standards, “Takin' A Chance On Love, “Bye Bye Blackbird, and Gershwin's “But Not For Me," and “Summertime." On the sophomore outing, Wonderland (Jazzomaniac Records, 2012), Taylor spread ...

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SKRAP: K.O.

by Eyal Hareuveni
June 8, 2013

SKRAP ("scratch") was formed six years ago when tubaist Heida Karine Johannesdóttir Mobeck and analog synthesizer player Anja Lauvdal (also the pianist for Moskus, heard on the trio's 2012 Hubro debut, Salmesykkel), got locked together in a small room equipped with two bass amplifiers put up against each other. The Norwegian duo began experimenting with low ...