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Theo Ceccaldi Trio: Carrousel

Read "Carrousel" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 12, 2013

Tre giovani musicisti francesi, un violino, un violoncello e una chitarra elettrica, undici composizioni che coprono una vasta gamma di situazioni in un'ambientazione che potremmo definire, per semplicità, cameristica. Ma tutt'altro che seriosa, imbalsamata o rigidamente codificata, anzi proprio regole e norme vengono utilizzate come base di partenza per viaggi avventurosi. Certo la scrittura è piuttosto ...

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Sean Wayland: Click Track Jazz: Slave to the Machine Vols 1 & 2

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 12, 2013

I due volumi di Click Track Jazz: Slave to The Machine curati dal tastierista e compositore australiano Sean Wayland, contengono una ricognizione molto ampia - per un totale di venisette brani - sulla possiblità di unire degli inserti sintetici alle classiche sonorità acustiche del jazz, sviluppati dalle tastiere o da strumenti elettronici come l'EWI ("Electronic Wind ...

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Dylan Ryan Sand: Sky Bleached

Read "Sky Bleached" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
March 11, 2013

Faintly anarchic song-forms, coupled with a new-wave formulation of the jazz-rock trio setting forges a compelling imprint with drummer Dylan Ryan's debut solo effort. And it's one of those match made in heaven type of scenarios, where the respective musicians' styles, synergy, and use of space as a supplementary instrument coalesce into a program that bears ...

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Mark Weinstein: Todo Corazon

Read "Todo Corazon" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
March 11, 2013

Mark Weinstein's modus operandi is simple: He follows his interests at any given time. He found success as a groundbreaking salsa trombonist early on, but that didn't stop him from leaving his horn behind and entering the realm of academia. He earned a Ph.D in Philosophy, with a specialization in mathematical logic, and started teaching at ...

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Nicolas Meier: From Istanbul To Ceuta With A Smile

Read "From Istanbul To Ceuta With A Smile" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
March 11, 2013

Long ago, when the world was younger and far more innocent, a British TV commercial challenged its viewers. Take a particular brand of fruit pastille (Rowntree's, to be specific), place it in the mouth, resist the temptation to chew. So deliciously fruity was the pastille that such resistance would be futile. A similar challenge might be ...

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Frode Kjekstad: The Italian Job

Read "The Italian Job" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
March 11, 2013

The sound of a Hammond organ has the knack of automatically resetting your watch to 1960-something, just as wah-wah guitar unfailingly conjures the 1970s and the dreaded synthesizer, the 1980s. And whilst Norwegian guitarist Frode Kjekstad's organ trio unequivocally revives the spirit of organists Jack McDuff and Jimmy Smith on The Italian Job, his trio--with organist ...

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Michael McNeill Trio: Passageways

Read "Passageways" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
March 11, 2013

The rhythm trio is a well-established and ubiquitous format in jazz. Its fluidity and flexibility allow for a wide range of expression from traditional to advanced with the majority of recordings being solidly in the mainstream. Pianist Michael McNeill's exhilarating and innovative debut recording Passageways pushes the harmonic boundaries of the ensemble into unique and intriguing ...

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Daniele D'Agaro - Mauro Ottolini - Simone Zanchini: Up & Down

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 11, 2013

Bisogna constatare che una delle tendenze trasversali più significative emerse negli ultimi decenni è quella che intende rivisitare la tradizione pre-bebop con la sensibilità di oggi, secondo le esigenze e gli smaliziati strumenti di musicisti che hanno da tempo metabolizzato la sperimentazione dell'avanguardia. In un inscindibile incrocio fra passato e presente e senza i limiti puristi ...

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Jelly Rolls Band: Fifty-Fifty

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 11, 2013

Sappiamo per certo che Gil Evans stava progettando un album per la sua orchestra con Jimi Hendrix alla chitarra solista, in un ruolo di front-man paragonabile a quello che Gil aveva immaginato e messo in atto per Miles Davis negli anni cinquanta e sessanta. Il progetto non si realizzò solamente perchè Jimi Hendrix lasciò inopinatamente il ...

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Musique Brute: Poste Restante

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 11, 2013

Musique Brute è un quintetto eterogeneo nel quale il sax di Co Streiff, storica rappresentante del free elvetico, incontra la tromba di Marco von Orelli, giovane ma già apprezzato esponente di quella scena, il mini moog e le onde Martenot di Natalia Sidler, il basso elettrico di Jan Schlegel e la batteria puntillistico/rumorista di Sheldon Suter. ...