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Raquel Cepeda: I'm Confessin'

Read "I'm Confessin'" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
May 2, 2013

The Houston jazz mafia expands with vocalist Raquel Cepeda's I'm Confessin'. Cepeda joins the ranks of multi-instrumentalist Henry Darragh, singers Melissa Darragh, Tianna Hall, Jacqui Sutton and Danielle Reich, guitarist Paul Chester, trumpeter Dennis Dotson (who appears here), saxophonist Larry Slezak and (by extension), trumpeter Carol Morgan, Houston jazz mafiosi all. Cepeda adds eloquently to a ...

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Alessandro Lanzoni Trio: Dark Flavour

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 2, 2013

Dark Flavour, fatta eccezione per “Song One" del contrabbassista Matteo Bortone, si snoda attraverso i brani originali scritti dal giovane pianista Alessandro Lanzoni, classe '92, ai quali si aggiungono le riletture di tre composizioni di Thelonious Monk e “Satellite" di John Coltrane. Le linee melodiche sono esposte dal leader, che mantiene costantemente in mano il timone ...

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Shalabi Effect: Feign to Delight Gaiety of Gods

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 2, 2013

Fondato da Shalabi e Seck nel 1996, il gruppo - canadese, ma con evidenti presenze multietniche, prontamente riverberate nella musica proposta - ha al suo attivo una decina di album, fra produzioni in proprio e collaborazioni. Questo nuovo lavoro, prodotto a Beirut in soli 500 esemplari (tutti numerati a mano), offre uno spaccato quanto mai indicativo ...

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Matteo Bortone: Travelers

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 2, 2013

Matteo Bortone è un giovane contrabbassista originario di Otranto approdato a Parigi una manciata di anni fa e lì pienamente inseritosi nella sempre effervescente scena musicale locale. Dopo aver partecipato a diverse incisioni altrui (da segnalare Dark Flavour di Alessandro Lanzoni Trio e il notevole One Way ... or Another del Guilhem Flouzat Sextet) debutta, con ...

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Volker Engelberth Trio: Perpetuum

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 2, 2013

Trio di giovanissimi svizzeri che mettono in campo buone doti, ottimo affiatamento e una certa freschezza di idee le quali, nel caso delle composizioni, attingono agli stilemi oggi più in voga per questo tipo di formazione. Ne è prova, più della introduttiva title track, la successiva “Bonsai," che scorre via con una punta di sapore romantico ...

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Jonathan Suazo: Extracts of a Desire

Read "Extracts of a Desire" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
May 1, 2013

When it comes to currently-practicing Puerto Rican jazz icons, bassist Eddie Gomez and saxophonists Miguel Zenon and David Sánchez are the holy trinity. Each one of those men carved out their own respective path(s) through jazz country while retaining the essence of their homeland in their sound. For a young musician following in their footsteps to ...

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Laszlo Gardony: Clarity

by Mark Corroto
May 1, 2013

It might be a bit bold to call pianist Laszlo Gardony's Clarity work a triumph of the human spirit, but indeed the ten spontaneous compositions presented are a testament to his purposeful character and allegiance to introspection.The Berklee College of Music professor was born in Budapest and grew up under the influence of European ...

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Clipper Anderson: Ballad of the Sad Young Men

Read "Ballad of the Sad Young Men" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
May 1, 2013

Hidden in the basement of Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington is bassist/vocalist Clipper Anderson. Not ringing any bells? That's because he has been a sideman, buried behind the principals on upwards of 60 recordings while recording as leader on two previous releases: And to All a Goodnight (Origin Records, 2011) and The Road Home (Origin ...

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Mark Murdock: Cymbalic Encounters

Read "Cymbalic Encounters" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
May 1, 2013

Drummer, keyboardist and vocalist Mark Murdock's Cymbalic Encounters features eminent progressive-rock unit Brand X alumni, guitarist John Goodsall, bassist Percy Jones, and drummer Kenwood Dennard along with legendary jazz-fusion keyboardist David Sancious and other guests. Murdock shines as a renaissance man and offers a diversified set, highlighted by the largely memorable compositions and aided by a ...

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The Bechet Legacy: The Bechet Legacy - Birch Hall Concerts Live

Read "The Bechet Legacy - Birch Hall Concerts Live" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello

by Nicholas F. Mondello
May 1, 2013

Every so often a jewel of a recording is unearthed, prompting the obligatory question: “Why not sooner?" This wonderfully energetic, swinging effort is a treasure of an example.“The Bechet Legacy," with woodwind artist Bob Wilber and trumpeter Glenn Zottola up front, delivers significant homage to Sidney Bechet and to the Golden Era of hot ...