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Eric Revis: Eric Revis' Parallax

Read "Eric Revis' Parallax" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

Bassist Eric Revis is notoriously comfortable within many jazz contexts and vernaculars. As a leader and session man, he's been in the thick of things, toggling between modern mainstream, trad-jazz, Acid Jazz and other crosscutting musical endeavors. Here, he revisits the freer spectrum, supported by an all-star lineup. And while there's certainly no shortage of group-centric ...

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Ratchet Orchestra: Hemlock

Read "Hemlock" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Un'orchestra di trenta elementi con tanto di sezione d'archi è merce rara nell'attuale panorama jazzistico. A maggior ragione se le poche notizie che la accompagnano riferiscono di oltre vent'anni di lavoro che, attingendo all'ampio bacino di improvvisatori in qualche modo collegati alla scena di Montreal, ha creato una sorta di workshop di musica creativa permanente e ...

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Florian Weber: Biosphere

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Il pianista Florian Weber dà alle stampe, insieme al suo quartetto, un lavoro dalle diverse sfaccettature stilistiche e formali. Questo grazie a un approccio alla meteria sonora privo di preconcetti e limiti di repertorio. Biosphere passa difatti da una serie di originali molto introspettivi e dagli andamenti irregolari, come le iniziali “Filaments" e “Casimir Effect" dalle ...

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Umberto Sangiovanni Dauniaorchestra: Di fame di denaro di passioni

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Il pianista Umberto Sangiovanni ripropone la sua Dauniaorchestra (in formazione assai modificata rispetto ai primi dischi La controra e Calasole) per realizzare questo Tributo a Matteo Salvatore, stralunata “gloria" della musica popolare pugliese (clicca qui per leggere la recensione della sua autobiografia). Il CD - che trae la sua origine da uno spettacolo teatrale con Sergio ...

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Marc Fosset: Au Jazzland

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Il chitarrista francese Marc Fossett è noto soprattutto per la sua collaborazione con il violinista Stephane Grappelli iniziata nei primi anni ottanta. Questo album della etichetta svizzera Altrisuoni ce lo propone invece alla testa di un suo trio, con organo e batteria, ripreso al Jazzland di Neuchatel ai primi di febbraio del 1979. Era l'ultima serata ...

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Jazz in Duet: Al momento giusto

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Il primo CD ufficiale del duo chitarristico Jazz in Duet, formato da Stefano Ballerano e Adriano Ghirardo, arriva dopo 15 anni dalla sua nascita, ma il lungo rodaggio ha creato un livello di interplay molto alto, che risulta evidente all'ascolto di questo lavoro, che si tiene a distanza di sicurezza da una delle insidie principali del ...

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Hristo Vitchev Quartet: Familiar Fields

Read "Familiar Fields" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard

by Jakob Baekgaard

In an age where there is a constant demand for instant gratification, it takes courage to let musical material develop at a slow pace in order to realize an artistic vision. Nevertheless, this is what Bulgarian-born guitarist Hristo Vitchev has done on his album, Familiar Fields, whose compositions were written in the space between Vitchev's second ...

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Food: Mercurial Balm

Read "Mercurial Balm" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann

In their sophomore outing on the ECM label, Food continues their shape-shifting evolution, both in personnel and musical outcomes. With influences of jazz, electronica and world music, UK saxophonist Iain Ballamy and Norwegian percussionist Thomas Strønen remain as the nucleus of a group that has managed to reinvent itself with each of its seven releases. Through ...

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Thomas Fonnesbaek: Sound Of My Colors

Read "Sound Of My Colors" reviewed by Chris Mosey

by Chris Mosey

So what is the difference between “Thomas Fonnesbaek, featuring Lars Jansson and Paul Svanberg," the billing for this album, and the Lars Jansson Trio, which features Jansson on piano, Thomas Fonnesbaek on bass and Paul Svanberg on drums? Well, it's all to do with emphasis. Fonnesbaek wrote nine songs for this, his debut ...

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RAF Squadronaires and Todd Gordon: Evergreen

Read "Evergreen" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

The Royal Air Force Squadronaires can rightly lay claim to being one of the UK's most historically important big bands, and judging by the vibrancy of Helping the Heroes (Jazz Specific, 2012), undoubtedly one of the very best. A showcase for vocalist Todd Gordon and The Royal Air Force Squadronaires' impressive collective voice, that album is ...


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