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Carl Bartlett, Jr.: Hopeful

by Dan Bilawsky
March 14, 2013

Hope springs eternal from the horn of Carl Bartlett, Jr. The young alto saxophonist's debut album puts his positive spirit out front on a set of music that explores the quiet, the lively and everything in between. Bartlett, a Queens, New York native still living in the jazz capital of the universe, didn't instantly take to ...

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Michaël Attias: Spun Tree

Read "Spun Tree" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 14, 2013

Michaël Attias è sassofonista di origini israeliane che, stabilitosi a New York nei primi anni novanta, ne è diventato voce tra le più originali e musicista tra i più richiesti da personaggi come Tim Berne, Paul Motian, Mark Helias, Jason Moran per citarne alcuni. Se innumerevoli sono le partecipazioni a progetti altrui, i dischi licenziati a ...

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Guido Premuda - Gilberto Grillini - Alessandro Dalla: Luci sul lago

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 14, 2013

C'è molto spesso la chitarra di Guido Premuda al centro dei discorsi espressivi contenuti in Luci sul lago, un album di musica dall'alto valore descrittivo, essenzialmente basata sulla linearità delle melodie e sull'attenzione timbrica. In scaletta l'unica rivisitazione prevista è il tema di “Nuovo Cinema Paradiso" firmato da Andrea Morricone, mentre per il resto si tratta ...

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Guido Premuda - Gilberto Grillini - Alessandro Dalla: Bluesy Heart

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 14, 2013

Il chitarrista Guido Premuda, il bassista Gilberto Grillini e il batterista Alessandro Dalla avevano già firmato due album (Girasoli uscito nel 2002 e Blues Explorations uscito nel 2006) e questo Bluesy Heart registrato fra il 2006 e il 2009 rappresenta un po' una sintesi del loro lavoro su strutture jazzistiche venate di blues che affrontano con ...

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Erik Truffaz Quartet: El Tiempo De La Revolución

Read "El Tiempo De La Revolución" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
March 13, 2013

Across a twenty-year recording career, Swiss-born trumpeter Erik Truffaz has explored jazz, rock, electronica, dance and ambient musics. El Tiempo De La Revolución, his tenth album for Blue Note France, mixes jazz, '80s soul and a touch of Nordic cool to create some intriguing soundscapes and moods.El Tiempo De La Revolución is credited to ...

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Simon Latarche: Cornish Preludes Book II

Read "Cornish Preludes Book II" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
March 13, 2013

Simon Latarche's sophomore outing is the sequel to Cornish Preludes (Pentreath Music, 2010) and features the same fine ensemble that shaped the success of that debut. Cornish Preludes Book II continues the UK-based composer/pianist's scholastic pursuit of Claude Debussy's approach to impressionist composition. Combining his academic interest with the influences of Cornwall's colorful history and natural ...

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Kayle Brecher: Spirals And Lines

Read "Spirals And Lines" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
March 13, 2013

Sheila Jordan's name often comes up as a comparative reference point for those who are unfamiliar with the work of vocalist/composer/arranger Kayle Brecher; this link is an audibly obvious one on Spirals And Lines, but the connection goes deeper than sound. Jordan's uncompromising and creative voice, even more so than her literal voice, helped to put ...

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Doctor Magnum: Live at Red Square

Read "Live at Red Square" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
March 13, 2013

Pianist Robert Glasper, in the All About Jazz segment “One LP," talked about Slum Village's Fantastic, vol. 2 (Good Vibe, 1999), produced by J Dilla: “J Dilla is probably the only producer I know that changed the way musicians actually play their instruments." Exhibit A is Glasper's own piano playing with both his acoustic and electric ...

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Frank Vignola & Vinny Raniolo: Melody Magic

Read "Melody Magic" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello

by Nicholas F. Mondello
March 13, 2013

Great classical themes have frequently attracted musicians from all musical genres because they provide substance, cachet, and robust platforms that allow artists to simultaneously salute and portray the melodies in a different, yet attractive light. Some of these attempts fail miserably, while others succeed admirably. For example, during the height of the 70's disco delirium, a ...

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Maya Homburger - Barry Guy: Tales of Enchantment

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 13, 2013

The sound! Come per l'estetica propugnata dalla ECM di Manfred Eicher, così per l'inossidabile duo Homburger-Guy appare quasi scontato individuare nella sonorità la preoccupazione/caratteristica prioritaria. Un suono pieno, ineccepibile nell'intonazione, imperioso, modulato nella più ampia gamma delle possibilità timbriche e dinamiche. A questo si aggiunge poi la loro attenzione/sensibilità per le strutture e il timing, che ...