Home » Search Center » Results: CD/LP/Track Review

Results for "CD/LP/Track Review"

Article: Album Review

Creole String Beans: Shrimp Boots & Vintage Suits

Read "Shrimp Boots & Vintage Suits" reviewed by Chuck Schultz

by Chuck Schultz
February 27, 2013

Somewhere, Ernie K-Doe is smiling.On Shrimp Boots &Vintage Suits, the Creole String Beans uncork a letter-perfect recreation of “Here Come the Girls," a sexy, Allen Toussaint-penned K-Doe strut. Elsewhere, the group aces the swamp pop chestnut “Shirley," Lloyd Price's “Just Because" and Fats Domino's “Be My Guest." But the Creole String Beans is more ...

Article: Album Review

Marco Gamba Quintet: Secret World

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 27, 2013

Le vecchie leve del jazz italiano non hanno niente da temere nel passare il testimone ad una nuova generazione di musicisti che - ad ascoltare dischi come questo - dimostra di avere la necessaria cultura musicale per affrontare ed elaborare l'eredità della cultura afroamericana. Il contrabbassista bergamasco Marco Gamba lavora da tempo con il quintetto con ...

Article: Album Review

Daniel Herskedal - Marius Neset: Neck of the Woods

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 27, 2013

Nata nel 2008 da un'intuizione del pianista Dave Stappleton e del fotografo Tim Dickenson, Edition Records con oltre trenta pubblicazioni è andata affermandosi come una delle più interessanti testimonianze della scena britannica, tra vecchie conoscenze (Keith Tippet, Elton Dean, Paul Dunmall) e nuovi talenti (Matthew Bourne, Dave Stappleton, Ivo Neame). Con Neck of the Wood l'etichetta ...

Article: Album Review

Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra: MTO Plays Sly

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 27, 2013

Nel 2009, il Festival River To River di New York si stava preparando a celebrare il quarantesimo anniversario del raduno di Woodstock. Invitato a partecipare con la sua piccola-grande orchestra MTO, Steven Bernstein propose un tributo a Sly & The Family Stone. Dal punto di vista generazionale, Bernstein è troppo giovane per aver vissuto quegli anni, ...

Article: Album Review

Marilena Paradisi: Come dirti

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 27, 2013

Non è sfida da poco quella di registrare un intero album per voce e pianoforte totalmente improvvisato e, al tempo stesso, poggiante su testi semanticamente significanti e non solo incentrato su vocalizzazioni. È quanto hanno tentato Marilena Paradisi e Stefania Tallini in Come dirti, CD realizzato in una sola sessione di registrazione nella quale convergono “solo," ...

Article: Album Review

Yvonnick Prene: Jour De Fete

Read "Jour De Fete" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
February 26, 2013

European jazz harmonica players aren't exactly a dime a dozen, but the Old Continent has birthed a few for the ages. Belgium gave unto jazz the legendary Toots Thielemans, Germany put forth vibes/harmonica doubling sensation Hendrik Meurkens, and the Swiss turned out Gregoire Maret; now, the French weigh in with the young Yvonnick Prene.

Article: Album Review

Callum Au Big Band: Something's Coming

Read "Something's Coming" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
February 26, 2013

Trombonist and arranger Callum Au has amassed a remarkable wealth of experience, playing or arranging for, among others, the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, the Oxford University Big Band (he graduated from the university in 2011), Seth MacFarlane and Buddy Greco. He's a busy man--a list of his projects suggests that he's discovered the secret of the ...

Article: Album Review

Jeremy Pelt: Water and Earth

Read "Water and Earth" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
February 26, 2013

Change is often a precursor for innovation. After many years of straddling modern mainstream, and progressive jazz via his burgeoning solo career and first-call session duties, trumpeter Jeremy Pelt leans a few notches toward the jazz-fusion spectrum on Water and Earth. However, the artist doesn't take matters to the extreme and serves up a compellingly divergent ...

Article: Album Review

Cactus Truck: Brand New For China!

by Eyal Hareuveni
February 26, 2013

John Dikeman is one of the most interesting saxophonists now operating in the Amsterdam scene. He is a charismatic player, well-versed in the legacy of modern and free jazz as his recent releases-- Across the sky, with bassist Raoul Van Der Weide and drummer Klaus Kugel (Not Two, 2012); and Nihil is Now (Stone Floor, 2012), ...

Article: Album Review

The Star Pillow: Fattore Ambientale

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 26, 2013

Volete riconciliarvi con l'ambient e non sapete da dove iniziare? La risposta la troverete in questa straordinaria raccolta degli Star Pillow, duo tutto italiano formato da Paolo Monti alle chitarre ed elettronica e da Federico Gerini alle tastiere (per la cronaca si tratta di un progetto nato nel dicembre 2007 da un'idea di Monti con già ...