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Flut3ibe: Moiré
by AAJ Italy Staff
I flautisti sono una delle categorie jazzistiche più inclini ai tête-à-tête fra mura amiche (cioè monostrumentali). Gli esempi sarebbero molteplici, per cui non ne faremo nessuno. Diciamo solo che il “vizietto" ha fatto proseliti anche in Italia, fin dai tempi di Gino Marinacci, e Stefano Benini ne è certamente uno dei maggiori officianti. In questo album, ...
Pierluigi Balducci: Blue from Heaven
by John Kelman
Traveling the world from South Africa to Svalbard, a harsh truth is revealed: despite challenges facing recorded music--and, paradoxically, the sheer volume being released--an increasing number of musicians deserving broader recognition are unable to transcend their native countries. Hiring internationally renowned players might seem a good tactic, but the result too often reflects exactly what it ...
Daniel Bennett Group: Clockhead Goes to Camp
by C. Michael Bailey
Colleague Sammy Stein said of Clockhead Goes to Camp: “Clockhead Goes to Camp is an album which is easy to listen to but not easy listening. The tone is light, mellow and uplifting yet it has enough depth to give many surprises." These adjectives all describe Daniel Bennett's music. More ...
Daniel Bennett Group: Clockhead Goes to Camp
by Hrayr Attarian
Reedman Daniel Bennett's Clockhead Goes to Camp is a crystallization of the motifs explored in his previous work. The thirteen short tracks--the longest clocking at less than six minutes--are concise, crisp and deceptively simple. The intriguingly surreal ambience results from the mixture of international folk influences and futuristic minimalism.“Last Summer At Camp Creepy" is ...
Phil Robson: Jazz For Babies - The Guitar Album
by Bruce Lindsay
Just what is the target demographic for a typical jazz album? Twenty to thirty year-olds? Forty to sixty year-olds? Anyone with enough spare cash to buy a copy? This series of recordings from bassist Michael Janisch makes its target audience perfectly clear both in the title--Jazz For Babies--and in the bottom left of the rather snazzy ...
Puglia Jazz Factory: From the Heel
by AAJ Italy Staff
Sotto la sigla Puglia Jazz Factory si sono riuniti cinque musicisti tra i più attivi in circolazione, provenienti dalla sempre interessante scena pugliese. Nella scaletta del loro album di esordio come gruppo, From the Heel, troviamo solo brani originali scritti singolarmente dai componenti della band, che offrono l'opportunità di ascoltare un approccio jazzistico dalle intense dinamiche ...
Rafiq Bhatia: Strata EP
by AAJ Italy Staff
È possibile condensare in meno di quindici minuti un'estetica musicale tutt'altro che monocorde o rigidamente indirizzata, con senso compiuto, peso specifico adeguato e rispetto della forma? A giudicare da questo Strata EP possiamo dire con tranquillità che Rafiq Bhatia ci è riuscito pienamente. Figlio di immigranti dell'Africa Orientale, nato e cresciuto in North Carolina, la musica ...
Heiner Stadler: Jazz Alchemy
by AAJ Italy Staff
Può capitare che un CD impieghi anche tredici anni per arrivare sui nostri tavoli, oltre tutto racchiudendo musica che a sua volta, di anni di distanza dall'incisione, ne ha macinati parecchi di più. È quanto accade con questo Jazz Alchemy (che già il titolo...), lavoro assolutamente particolare - al di là degli accadimenti di cui sopra ...
Jonathan Kreisberg: ONE
by John Kelman
The liner notes may say no overdubs or loops were used, but Jonathan Kreisberg might just as easily have included that “No guitars were harmed in the making of ONE." Beyond work with artists like vibraphonist Joe Locke on Sticks and Strings (Music Eyes, 2007) and organist Dr. Lonnie Smith on Spiral (Palmetto, 2010), the guitarist ...
Jim Snidero: Stream of Consciousness
by Dan Bilawsky
The jazz world would likely forgive saxophonist Jim Snidero if he fell prey to artistic stagnation every now and then, but he might not forgive himself. He's kept a steady flow of solo albums coming through the pipeline for a quarter century and, while other artists who are equally prolific find themselves falling back on tired ...
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