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Ivo Perelman/ Matthew Shipp/ Michael Bisio/ Whit Dickey: The Edge

Read "The Edge" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
April 12, 2013

Saxophonist Ivo Perelman's association with Pianist Matthew Shipp's trio is completed with The Edge. He has recorded in varying combinations with the players: a duo with Shipp--The Art Of The Duet, Vol. 1 (Leo Records, 2013), a trio with Ship and bassist Michael Bisio--The Gift (Leo Records, 2012) and a duo with Shipp and drummer Whit ...

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The Alan Evans Trio: Merkaba

Read "Merkaba" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
April 12, 2013

Anyone who mistakenly thought The Alan Evans Trio was (or was going to be) Soulive lite is going to be more than pleasantly surprised in hearing the threesome's sophomore recording. Before the opening cut “Thor" is thirty-seconds in, the band displays a depth and reach far in advance of its predecessor.Not that AET isn't ...

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Petter O Hanna: Rendition of a Whisper

Read "Rendition of a Whisper" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
April 12, 2013

One of the best releases of improvised music of 2012 was by Norwegian duo of innovative vocal artist Sidsel Endresen and guitarist Stian Westerhus, Didymoi Dreams (Rune Grammofon). Now another Norwegian duo of like-minded, genre-blind guitarist Petter Vågan and vocalist Hanna Gjermundrød present their own personal variation on one of the common formats in popular music. ...

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Thiefs: Thiefs

Read "Thiefs" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 12, 2013

Dopo essere stato abbastanza presente nelle vicende concertistiche italiche di qualche anno fa [specialmente nel quartetto di David S. Ware e in alcuni progetti di Matthew Shipp], del batterista Guillermo E. Brown si erano un po' perse le tracce. Lo ritroviamo volentieri in questo trio con il bassista Keith Witty e il sassofonista francese Christophe Panzani, ...

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Construction Party: Instruments of Change

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 12, 2013

Instruments of Change, inciso a Boston da un quartetto paritario formato nel 2008 da jazzisti non molto noti a livello internazionale, costituisce l'ennesima dimostrazione che un jazz aggiornato e di spessore può essere prodotto anche lontano dai centri riconosciuti di New York, Chicago, New Orleans... Anzi, sappiamo quanto caratterizzata e attiva sia la vita jazzistica in ...

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Derek Bermel - Alarm Will Sound: Canzonas americanas

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 12, 2013

Canzonas Americanas è un'intrigante lavoro di sintesi del compositore e clarinettista americano Derek Bermel eseguito dallo strepitoso ensemble Alarm Will Sound. Ritratto originale di un'America poliglotta, poliedrica e multi-identitaria, il CD contiene composizioni che narrano scorci di una nazione gioiosa e leggera. Si va da suite come “Canzonas americanas" (2010) e “Natural Selection" (2000) a pezzi ...

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Eric Erhardt: A Better Fate

Read "A Better Fate" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 12, 2013

A Better Fate è l'album d'esordio per Eric Erhardt, musicista e compositore che in questa prova mette in gioco, con risultati alterni, sia la sua capacità di scrittura, in otto brani originali stilisticamente ben assortiti, che la propria rimarchevole padronanza strumentale al tenore, clarinetto e flauto. Il leader è affiancato da musicisti duttili, in grado di ...

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Jaimeo Brown: Transcendence

Read "Transcendence" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
April 11, 2013

One of the more thought-provoking releases to come along this year, drummer Jaimeo Brown's Transcendence is an ethnomusicology patchwork with elements of the blues, gospel, rock, and modern jazz. Inspired by Gee's Bend, Alabama--an African American rural community formed in the early 1800's that is steeped in vibrant music and art--Brown's project conjures the voices of ...

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Cynthia Sayer: Joyride

Read "Joyride" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello

by Nicholas F. Mondello
April 11, 2013

Banjo!--one's mental and aural images might include straw-hatted gents picking away at an attraction at Disney World, Stubby Kaye and Nat King Cole strolling in Cat Ballou, (Columbia Pictures, 1965) “The Beverly Hillbillies Theme," or perhaps the iconic “duel" from Deliverance (Warner Bros., 1972) There's probably no other musical instrument on the planet that's more associated ...

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Rob Mazurek Octet: Skull Sessions

Read "Skull Sessions" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
April 11, 2013

Chicago-based cornetist Rob Mazurek has performed with the best and brightest of the new jazz music scene. On this outing he merges his Sao Paulo Underground and Starlicker bands and invites other artists, capturing the essence of Miles Davis' Bitches Brew era. Mazurek frames Davis' jazz-fusion attributes as a fertile means of reimagining the overall vibe ...