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Dice Factory: Dice Factory

Read "Dice Factory" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
April 30, 2013

The UK-based quartet Dice Factory derives its moniker from Luke Reinhardt's novel the The Dice Man, where decision-making for real life situations are devised on chance and risk. On the contrary, the album is well-organized, complementing the extensive latitude of improvisational segments. For those who like comparisons, the ensemble navigates through tricky, odd-metered time signatures, perhaps ...

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Marcos Pin Factor E-Reset: Barbanza

Read "Barbanza" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
April 30, 2013

Spanish guitarist, composer and arranger {[Marcus Pin}}'s debut as a leader of a large ensemble follows the legacy and the aesthetics of mainstream American jazz with great love and owes little to the rich musical cultures of the Iberian peninsula. Pin focuses Barbanza on his strengths as an arranger who is well-versed in the vocabulary of ...

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Daniel Bennett Group: Clockhead Goes to Camp

Read "Clockhead Goes to Camp" reviewed by Sammy Stein

by Sammy Stein
April 30, 2013

Manhattan based saxophonist Daniel Bennett graduated from the New England Conservatory in 2004 and since then has made ever increasing waves as a composer, band leader and woodwind player in the New York theatre scene. Clockhead Goes To Camp is the Daniel Bennett Group's fourth album, following the success of the 2011 Peace and Stability Among ...

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Mace Hibbard: The Hibbard/Wright Project

Read "The Hibbard/Wright Project" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
April 30, 2013

Atlanta-based Grammy Award- winning saxophonist Mace Hibbard has been leading and recording with a formidable quintet for the past ten years while over that same period, Roswell, GA-based guitarist Trey Wright has led the 4-piece Athens/Atlanta-based Squat jazz band and is now leader of his own trio. What they both have in common is a creative ...

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Ron Oswanski: December's Moon

Read "December's Moon" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello

by Nicholas F. Mondello
April 30, 2013

With the possible exception of “love" and “you," “moon" enters as a most-welcomed word-muse to performers, composers and lyricists. When “jazz organ" enters into that equation, the expected aural summation might be the blues-infused funk of Jimmy Smith or the steamy straight-ahead of Joey DeFrancesco.December's Moon from multi-keyboardist/composer--and now leader--Ron Oswanski, is a performance ...

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Little Women: Lung

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 30, 2013

Un lungo silenzio prima del rito. Poi una felpata introduzione percussiva, il respiro dei sassofoni che si sviluppa in canto, con un tema minimale armonizzato, ornato di arpeggi di chitarra. I quattro di Little Women, dopo l'esordio acido di Throat, alzano il tiro delle loro ambizioni e realizzano in questo nuovo CD un'unica traccia di 42 ...

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La Costituente: Per quanto vi prego

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 30, 2013

Uomini di jazz come Luca Aquino (cospicuamente), Giovanni Francesca e Antonio Jasevoli corroborano questa sorta di gruppo aperto che convoglia una quindicina abbondante di musicisti sotto l'ombrello-La Costituente. Formatosi nel 2011 dalle ceneri di Rosso Rubino e qui al suo disco d'esordio, l'ensemble beneventano si immerge mani e piedi in una canzone d'autore (a firma prevalente ...

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Irene Grandi - Stefano Bollani: Irene Grandi e Stefano Bollani

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 30, 2013

L'avventura del duo Irene Grandi e Stefano Bollani inizia più di vent'anni fa, in un piccolo gruppo musicale chiamato La Forma. Così ricordano i due musicisti sul libretto del CD che li vede per la prima volta insieme in sala di incisione, eccettuato qualche precedente episodio isolato ("Silenzioso slow" di Giovanni D'Anzi sul CD Abbassa la ...

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Songevity: See Dream Blues

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 30, 2013

L'inizio di See Dream Blues è un tuffo nel passato. Si viene proiettati in piena era bop, nell'atmosfera di quei locali fumosi e chiassosi, dove si soffiavano note all'ultimo respiro fino a portare l'eccitazione a livelli quasi insostenibili, e dove regnava la sensazione di essere al centro del mondo. E “Catch You Cats" prende avvio con ...

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Alex Wilson Trio: Alex Wilson Trio

Read "Alex Wilson Trio" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
April 29, 2013

Combining live and studio recordings, original and classic tunes, up-tempo grooves and reflective ballads, the Alex Wilson Trio is a punchy, energetic, album. This is the ninth album from Wilson, but it's his first with a piano trio lineup. Wilson has released all of these albums on his own label, fitting in other projects such as ...