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Yaron Herman: Alter Ego

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 28, 2013

Alter Ego, l'ultimo lavoro di Yaron Herman, ha un titolo senz'altro evocatico: indica una diversa prospettiva, un differente pertugio dell'esitere; al contempo, suggerisce necessariamente una continuità con le proprie radici, ovvero ciò che ci constraddistingue, ci qualifica, ci fa riconoscere. Tradizione ed innovazione, continuità e rottura, dove il fil rouge è la rappresentazione di sé attraverso ...

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Merega / Kaplan / Cappelli: Watch the Wall Instead

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 28, 2013

Cinque brani sono eseguiti da basso elettrico, chitarra elettrica e sassofoni rispettivamente suonati da Giacomo Merega, Marco Cappelli e Noah Kaplan, negli altri sette si aggiunge il pianoforte di Anthony Coleman e in due vi è la presenza del violino di Marco Pagani. Un ex PFM insieme a due musicisti italiani, ormai newyorchesi di adozione, felicemente ...

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William Parker: Centering - Unreleased Early Recordings: 1976-1987

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 28, 2013

Il percorso di William Parker è sostenuto da palpitante vitalità, scaturisce da un crogiolo in cui si temprano creatività, coerenza, forza etica e spirituale. Arte e vita vi si intrecciano in modo saldo. Romanzesca è la descrizione della giornata tipo del contrabbassista, tra il Village e il Lower East Side nei primi anni Settanta, riportata nel ...

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Getatchew Mekuria & The Ex & Friends: Y’Anbessaw Tezeta

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 28, 2013

Diciamolo subito: Y'Anbessaw Tezeta rappresenta un doppio CD importante e atteso, con vette altissime, ma che in buona parte non rende giustizia alle collaborazioni del settantasettenne sassofonista etiope con i musicisti europei, sia perché la coinvolgente ritualità e l'impatto visivo di questa musica sono ben più apprezzabili dal vivo che su disco, sia per il fatto ...

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Kevin Eubanks: The Messenger

Read "The Messenger" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
January 27, 2013

It's a shame that so few people only know guitarist Kevin Eubanks as the always-smiling, lick-delivering bandleader and guitar sidekick on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. He was sharing the stage with drummer Art Blakey and recording with drummer Billy Hart long before he ever did the daily grind in television studios, but time has ...

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Arturo Stable: Cuban Crosshatching

Read "Cuban Crosshatching" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
January 27, 2013

Seemingly under no duress to prove himself, exceptional percussionist Arturo Stable exudes confidence in any number of situations, whether playing with the great Paquito D'Rivera, adding rhythmic Cuban flavors to the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra or leading his own band in its memorable 2007 debut, Notes On Canvas (Origen Records). A conceptualist who incorporates ethnic music with ...

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Joe Gilman: Relativity

Read "Relativity" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
January 27, 2013

The concept of interpreting art and other visual works into a piece of music, is probably not an easy thing to realize, yet on Americanvas (Capri, 2010), pianist Joe Gilman successfully accomplished this feat, drawing his inspiration from the art world using paintings as vehicles for jazz improvisation. Relativity follows the same theme, this time focusing ...

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Liudas Mockunas & Barry Guy: Lava

by John Sharpe
January 26, 2013

Iconoclastic saxophonists Mats Gustafsson and Evan Parker furnish the most customary duo outlets for master bassist Barry Guy, so Lithuanian reedman Liudas Mockunas' situation on Lava is an exposed one. However, he acquits himself well in a voice entirely his own. Co-founder of the No Business imprint, Mockūnas weighs in as one of the country's premier ...

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Joe Holt: In the Spirit of Dave McKenna

Read "In the Spirit of Dave McKenna" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
January 26, 2013

The late Dave McKenna (1930-2008) belonged to a group of pianists that include Ralph Sutton (1922-2001), Dick Wellstood (1927-1987) and the very much alive Dick Hyman. These are durable, traditional jazz pianists, well-versed in stride, with enormous genre and technical vocabularies. McKenna recorded many enjoyable discs for the Concord and Arbors labels and deserves the acknowledgement ...

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Kazuhisa Uchihashi and Tatsuya Yoshida: Barisshee

Read "Barisshee" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
January 26, 2013

Since its inception, the Tzadik label has continued to introduce musicians from the vibrant Japanese underground scene. Prolific drummer Tatsuya Yoshida is one of the most famous, active in countless outfits--most of them duos and trios. Guitarist Kazuhisa Uchihashi, who now resides in Berlin, is a close collaborator, guesting in Yoshida's legendary Ruins, recording a series ...