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Michael Gallant Trio: Completely

Read "Completely" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
April 5, 2013

The art of the piano trio can go the conservative route. How many players are out there going over the same jazz standards, the same American Songbook tunes? Some do it very well; others sound uninspired. But things evolve. Bill Evans created a quiet revolution with his late fifties/early sixties trio with bassist Scott La Faro ...

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Evgeny Masloboev & Anastasia Masloboeva: Russian Folk Songs in the Key of New Jazz

Read "Russian Folk Songs in the Key of New Jazz" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
April 5, 2013

The latest entry of the Russian Folk Songs series for UK-based Leo Records find the father and daughter team, Evgeny Masloboeva and Anastasia performing with Moscow's prominent new jazz artists, resulting in this fascinating gem. It's an unclassifiable brew in the literal sense. Russian folk is predominately evident throughout many of the abstractions and jazz-tinged momentums. ...

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Maria Monti: Il bestiario

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 5, 2013

Il vinile originale della Ri-Fi è stato per anni uno di quegli oggetti mitici per collezionisti della musica italiana di ricerca. Ora la Unseen Records lo ristampa per la prima volta in CD a edizione limitata, rimasterizzato da Taylor Deupree. È Il bestiario di Maria Monti, anno di grazia 1974, esempio fulgido di canzone/cabaret/sperimentale, di quel ...

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Carlo Ditta Trio: Talkin' About Mr. Green

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 5, 2013

Per la sua ricognizione dentro e intorno alla musica di Grant Green il chitarrista Carlo Ditta ha deciso di servirsi della formula del trio con organo Hammond. Scelta, sulla carta, per certi versi originale, ma che poteva portare in serbo diverse sorprese negative, come, per esempio, l'appiattimento espressivo. I fatti però hanno dato ragione a Ditta, ...

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Dave Phillips & Freedance: Confluence

Read "Confluence" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 5, 2013

Californiano che ha girato il mondo, proveniente da una famiglia per la quale il suono del basso era ed è rimasto un fondamentale segno distintivo (il padre si chiama Barre e credo davvero non abbia bisogno di nessuna presentazione), Dave Phillips è da molti critici rispettosamente presentato come un “bassista per tutte le occasioni," vale a ...

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Lorraine Klaasen: A Tribute To Miriam Makeba

Read "A Tribute To Miriam Makeba" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
April 4, 2013

The late Miriam Makeba is a musical hero in her native South Africa, but her importance in the grand scheme of South African history goes well beyond her vibrant vocals. Makeba became a cultural icon and symbol for freedom, fighting the good fight against apartheid for--and with--her countrymen. She was exiled from her homeland because of ...

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Albert King: Born Under a Bad Sign

Read "Born Under a Bad Sign" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
April 4, 2013

First things first. Left-handed blues guitarist Albert King played a right-handed, right-strung guitar turned upside down. Left-handed blues guitarist Jimi Hendrix played a right-handed, left-strung guitar upside-down.That said..When Albert King came to Memphis and signed with Stax records in 1966, no parties knew exactly what effect King's blues sensibilities would have on ...

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Rent Romus' Lords of Outland: Thee Unhip

Read "Thee Unhip" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
April 4, 2013

Thee Unhip is a poem by band member, trumpeter/electronics artist C.J. Borosque. The seasoned and thoroughly hip band that was founded by woodwind ace Rent Romus in 1984 is a collaboration between West Coast experimental jazz record labels, Nine Winds and Edgetone. Exciting, raucous, slightly spaced-out and wily, the band has quite a bit of fun ...

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Anders Jormin: Between Always And Never

Read "Between Always And Never" reviewed by Chris Mosey

by Chris Mosey
April 4, 2013

Anders Jormin leads a remarkably busy life. Bassist with pianist Bobo Stenson's Trio, he has also played with the likes of saxophonists Lee Konitz, Joe Henderson, Charles Lloyd and Joe Lovano, as well as drummers Elvin Jones and Jack DeJohnette. He records under his own name, composes works for symphony orchestras, studies ethnic music in Cuba ...

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Claudio Fasoli Four: Patchwork

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 4, 2013

La capacità di sorprendere è un comportamento virtuoso che in genere determina varianti qualitative nelle opere d'ingegno. Disattendere le aspettative del pubblico è compito affidato a pochi eletti e quando riesce determina nel fruitore più attento appagamento emotivo e intellettivo, mantenedo vivo l'interesse per ciò che riceve in dono dal musicista. Claudio Fasoli, che sa regalare ...