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Madeleine Peyroux: The Blue Room

Read "The Blue Room" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
March 7, 2013

The nucleus of Madeleine Peyruoux's The Blue Room is Ray Charles' Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music (ABC, 1962). It was an idea percolating in the brain of long-time Peyroux producer Larry Klein, who was considering a re-examination of the Charles classic and evolved into something more than a simple homage, something with the same ...

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Buster Bailey: All About Memphis

Read "All About Memphis" reviewed by Andrew J. Sammut

by Andrew J. Sammut
March 7, 2013

Buster Bailey's skill as both an improviser and section man made him a shoo-in for some of the best gigs in jazz history. Starting, from his teenage years, with W.C. Handy, steady employment under King Oliver, Fletcher Henderson, John Kirby and Louis Armstrong also left the clarinetist little time (perhaps need) to record as a leader. ...

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New York Voices: New York Voices Live with The WDR Big Band Cologne

Read "New York Voices Live with The WDR Big Band Cologne" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
March 7, 2013

The Grammy Award-winning vocal group New York Voices celebrates its 25th anniversary presenting their first full live album with New York Voices Live offering a collection of past favorites and brand new arrangements from the principal arranger-conductor renowned pianist/arranger Michael Abene. A live recording from a May 2008 concert at the Kolner Philharmonie in Cologne, Germany ...

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Albert Braida/Giancarlo Locatelli: Nel Margine

Read "Nel Margine" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza
March 7, 2013

Alberto Braida and Giancarlo Locatelli recorded this album as part of the concert series In Viaggio #9 bis at Sala Vallaperti in Melzo, Italy. The two have played together in the past and have developed an understanding and chemistry that elevates their music. Each is credited with five compositions on this record with “Del Margine" being ...

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Marco Benevento: Tigerface

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 7, 2013

Mettete insieme suoni da batteria sintetica e videogame, melodie trasognanti, aggiungete una solida dose di pop e il risultato si avvicinerà a Tigerface, l'ultimo album di Marco Benevento, tastierista trantacinquenne stabilitosi a Brooklyn e originario del New Jersey, innamorato di tutto ciò che una tastiera bianca e nera può offrire, purché effettata. Hammond e Wurlitzer sono ...

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Norbert Dalsass: 1/2 a Dozen

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 7, 2013

Il contrabbassista (e architetto) altoatesino Norbert Dalsass mette assieme una “mezza dozzina di purosangue" e li raccoglie attorno a una serie di simbolismi rappresentati dal termine della tradizione latinoamericana tolteca “Chacmools," figure in pietra che simboleggiano i guardiani di realtà altre, per esplorare realtà musicalmente altre. L'esperimento riesce assai bene, articolandosi su otto composizioni, una sola ...

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Max Andrzejewski: Hutte

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 7, 2013

L'ottimo approccio angolare della iniziale “Mai" ricorda subito lo spirito ribelle ed iconoclasta di Thelonious Monk e il bell'assolo di Tobias Hoffmann ci porta dalle parti del McLaughlin di Extrapolation. Sensazione che viene confermata dall'ascolto dei successivi nove brani, forse anche a causa della strumentazione che sostanzialmente duplica proprio quella di quell'album eccellente, una delle cose ...

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Cool Jazz Trio: Take 8

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 7, 2013

La musica di Take 8 mette in mostra l'esperienza dei musicisti che fanno parte del Cool Jazz Trio, una formazione dal nome programmatico, memore delle lezioni di gruppi “drumless" come quello di Lee Konitz con il chitarrista Dave Cliff. Chiara, D'Onofrio e Milanese sono abili nello sviluppare armonicamente le composizioni e nel dare loro un'interpretazione rilassata, ...

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Anthony Braxton: Eight (+1) Tristano Compositions 1989 For Warne Marsh

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by Troy Collins
March 6, 2013

Long valued as an elusive, out of print collector's item, the recently reissued Eight (+1) Tristano Compositions 1989 For Warne Marsh offers listeners another opportunity to reevaluate composer Anthony Braxton's vibrant reinterpretation of the groundbreaking pianist's work. Dedicated to the tenor saxophonist most commonly associated with pianist Lennie Tristano's oeuvre, this 1989 session originally included versions ...

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Aquarium: Places

by Bruce Lindsay
March 6, 2013

Aquarium is a young British quartet with a melodic and accessible approach to jazz. Places follows the band's acclaimed self-titled debut (Babel Label, 2011) and features the same lineup of exciting new generation musicians. It finds the band exploring in more depth the melodic and at times very spiritual music which characterised its debut and enhances ...