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Nouveau Stride: Fourteen by Nouveau Stride

Read "Fourteen by Nouveau Stride" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
April 19, 2013

Composing lyrics to established jazz standards--those jazz instrumental compositions that have become established in the canon, Thelonious Monk's “'Round Midnight" is the most famous example--is an artform all it own. Classic composers/interpreters include Eddie Jefferson, Babs Gonzales, King Pleasure (Clarence Beeks) and Jon Hendricks. There have been recent vocalese contributions made by a new generation that ...

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Marbin: Last Chapter of Dreaming

Read "Last Chapter of Dreaming" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
April 19, 2013

Even on their eponymous debut Marbin's style was far from being derivative but with Last Chapter of Dreaming their third release in as many years they have matured and found their singular artistic voice. In a way this album expands on the themes and motifs expressed on their second Breaking the Cycle but the ideas are ...

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Partikel: Cohesion

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 19, 2013

Partikel è un trio inglese pianoless capitanato dal giovane sassofonista Duncan Eagles. La formazione è qui al secondo album ed è caratterizzata da un marcato dinamismo che si sviluppa attraverso composizioni (quasi tutte di Eagles) volutamente frammentarie, dai temi minimali e reiterati, eppure non prive di una narratività in filigrana. Sono esempi di questo stile - ...

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Nilson Matta: Nilson Matta's Black Orpheus

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 19, 2013

La cosa che più colpisce di Nilson Matta's Black Orpheus è l'approccio assolutamente personale nel rivisitare la celebre colonna sonora firmata nel 1959 dalla triade Jobim-Moraes-Bonfá. Soprattutto negli interludi Matta ha inteso rimarcare l'anima più recondita di Jobim, debitrice dell'armonia eurocolta impressionista (Debussy, Ravel). Il co-leader del Trio Da Paz dà così l'impressione di essersi svincolato ...

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Steph Chou: Pime Knot

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 19, 2013

Spazio euclideo in tre dimensioni, figure geometriche, nodi marinai e canzoni cinesi tradizionali sono gli elementi che si intrecciano, senza sciogliersi, nelle quattordici composizioni che caratterizzano Prime Knot, album di debutto della sassofonista di origine cinese, con studi di matematica alle spalle, Steph Chou. “Jasmine Flower" (il traditional in questione), costituisce il collante, il fil rouge ...

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Charnett Moffett: The Bridge

Read "The Bridge" reviewed by Franz A. Matzner

by Franz A. Matzner
April 18, 2013

The sound of Charnett Moffett's bass resonates almost instantly straight to the depths of the soul. Over his career, Moffett has played in a tremendous variety of settings and explored seemingly every avenue, alley, and obscure landscape of both the upright and electric bass. Now with his first solo bass CD, The Bridge, audiences can experience ...

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Stanley Cowell: It's Time

Read "It's Time" reviewed by Greg Simmons

by Greg Simmons
April 18, 2013

The durable piano trio, with bass and drums accompaniment, is one of the most frequently employed and time-tested combos in jazz. The competition is fierce to say anything new or noteworthy, with plenty of attempts that yield mixed results. So it's a great pleasure to hear Stanley Cowell's It's Time: a finely crafted collection of mostly ...

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Robert Hurst: Bob a Palindrome

Read "Bob a Palindrome" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
April 18, 2013

Bassist and composer Robert Hurst's sixth release as a leader Bob a Palindrome crackles with excitement and brims with innovative ideas. Leading a superlative ensemble made up of long time collaborators, Hurst presents eight of his compositions that range from the impressionistic to the intimately poetic.The pièce de résistance is the dramatic three part ...

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Paolo Fresu Devil Quartet: Desertico

Read "Desertico" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 18, 2013

Il Devil Quartet offre a Paolo Fresu una dimensione di piena libertà espressiva, nella quale riesce a dare ampio spazio alla sua diversità di linguaggio, dialogando meno con il silenzio e mettendo più note sullo spartito. È per lui un luogo dove poter incontrare degli ottimi compagni di ventura, con i quali intraprendere itinerari capaci di ...

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David Haney: Day for Night at Jackstraw

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 18, 2013

David Haney ha diviso la sua carriera artistica tra l'attività di compositore per organici e situazioni di varia natura (musiche liturgiche, per balletti o per film) e quella di pianista in formazioni di ricerca, spesso con esponenti del free storico come Roswell Rudd, Andrew Cyrille e John Tchicai. Questo disco raccoglie due session effettuate in tempi ...