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Alessandro Farruggio: Odo voci

Read "Odo voci" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Il catanese Alessandro Farrruggio, quarantenne con un background composito che parte dal rock e un presente di produttore, compositore e performer proiettato in molteplici direzioni, firma un lavoro impegnativo e di una certa originalità. I testi, di diversi contenuti e tenore, sono tratti da Sigmund Freud o scritti dallo stesso Farruggio o da altri partecipanti all'impresa; ...

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konstruKt w/Peter Brotzmann: Eklisia Sunday

Read "Eklisia Sunday" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

The Turkish free jazz outfit KonstruKt might be considered the most evolved improvisational band working in jazz today. Founded, not in the hotbeds of jazz, London, New York, Chicago, Wuppertal, or Krakow, their isolation is the key to their success. Well, isolation and observation. Although this band was formed in 2008, their ...

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Gilad Atzmon And The Orient House Ensemble: Songs Of The Metropolis

Read "Songs Of The Metropolis" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay

The metropolis is central to the life of a jazz musician. It's where the work is, where the conservatories are, where the music emerged and developed. Gilad Atzmon, the saxophonist and composer who's been described as the hardest working man in UK jazz, writes that Songs Of The Metropolis is “A pursuit of the sound of ...

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Digital Primitives: Lipsomuch & Soul Searchin'

Read "Lipsomuch & Soul Searchin'" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni

This is only Digital Primitives' third recording, released four years after Hum Crackle & Pop (Hopscotch), but the trio sounds as if its three members have been playing together for ages. This double disc is comprised of two sets--Lipsomuch and Soul Searchin'. The trio--reed player Assif Tsahar, multi-instrumentalist Cooper-Moore and drummer Chad Taylor--have created their own ...

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Offshore: Cote De Cologne

Read "Cote De Cologne" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

The respective artists formed this quintet during their studies at Cologne Music College and snagged some awards, performing at European festivals and band contests. And it's easy to discern why. Indeed, the quintet's impassioned collectivism shines throughout the program, amplified by thought-provoking compositions and the underlying motif, noted by the band moniker, referencing the mighty seas. ...

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Jim Hall: Live at Birdland

Read "Live at Birdland" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

L'etichetta indipendente ArtistShare si sostiene finanziariamente con contributi economici versati da una comunità aperta di musicisti e di appassionati di jazz e festeggia i suoi dieci anni di attività con un disco dal vivo del socio più maturo: il sempre giovane di spirito Jim Hall, ripreso al Birdland, col suo quartetto, nelle serate del 10 e ...

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Claudio Cojaniz - Giovanni Maier - Zlatko Kaucic: Dreiländer Trio

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Incontro di vecchi amici e collaboratori appartenenti a una terra attraversata da tre frontiere fortunatamente oggi poco più che un ricordo, ma che individuano culture diverse e tra loro dialoganti: Italia, Austria e Slovenia. Questo è Dreiländer Trio, ovvero Claudio Cojaniz, pianoforte, Giovanni Maier, contrabbasso, e Zlatko Kaucic, percussioni. In realtà Maier è italiano come Cojaniz, ...

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Claudio Cojaniz A.P. Trio: The Heart of the Universe

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Dopo esperienze di vario genere, Claudio Cojaniz torna a esibirsi in piano trio, a dieci anni da Romantic Circle e quasi un ventennio dopo l'esordio di Hasta Siempre, con Giovanni Maier e U.T. Gandhi. La musica si snoda lungo nove brani originali (tutti nuovi eccetto “Busy Street," presente nel recente disco in duo con Francesco Bearzatti ...

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Claudio Cojaniz and the Red Devils Band: Carmen the Land of Dances

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Specializzato in piano solo e piccole formazioni (i trio e in duo), dopo la fortunata esperienza con la N.I.O.N. Orchestra (con Howl, di nove elementi, Claudio Cojaniz (clicca qui per leggere l'intervista che gli abbiamo fatto) sembra aver preso gusto alla direzione di organici più ampi e da un paio d'anni opera con questa singolare formazione, ...

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Barry Altschul: The 3dom Factor

Read "The 3dom Factor" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Per chi ha nel cuore le traiettorie più avventurose del jazz degli anni Sessanta e Settanta, quello del batterista Barry Altschul è un nome imprescindibile. Strumentista tra i più sensibili e versatili della sua generazione, ha vissuto in prima persona alcuni del momenti cruciali del jazz post-coltraniano, nel trio di Chick Corea che sarebbe evoluto nei ...


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