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Harry Allen / Scott Hamilton: ‘Round Midnight
by Edward Blanco
Harry Allen and Scott Hamilton are two veteran tenor saxophonists whose individual careers have not prevented them from maintaining a friendship or performing together whenever possible. Their third joint project, Round Midnight presents new interpretations of nine standards in a quintet format offering far more solos than normally found in a group featuring one main artist. ...
Francesca Han: Illusion
by Ian Patterson
Pianist Francesca Han's music contains a certain duality. She's a classical and improvising jazz pianist with one foot in the jazz tradition and the other wedged firmly in the door of contemporary jazz. An established jazz musician in South Korea, Han acquired new vocabulary studying and playing in New York, where she also collaborated with composer ...
The Clayton Brothers: The Gathering
by Larry Taylor
The Clayton Brothers--John on bass and Jeff on reeds--have been playing together for over 30 years, either in their small groups or in the large Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, formed in 1985 in partnership with drummer Jeff Hamilton. In small contexts, they have specialized in post-bop swing with a touch of funk, while the critically acclaimed big ...
Rudresh Mahanthappa: Gamak
by Mark F. Turner
Alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa continues to avoid stereotypes, whether pushing the envelope with his acoustic ensembles or including electronic colorations in 2011's Samdhi (ACT). With Gamak, his unique blend of progressive jazz and Indian music is still evolving. The added twist here is not only a reunion with the magnificent rhythm section of bassist Francois Moutin ...
Rez Abbasi Trio: Continuous Beat
by John Kelman
In the 17 years since Rez Abbasi released Third Ear (Cathexis, 1995), the Pakistan-born, American-raised guitarist hasn't just covered a lot of ground, he's gone from an undoubtedly talented but somewhat vanilla player to one with a distinct voice and approach. Starting with Snake Charmer (Earth Sounds, 2005) and Bazaar (Zoho, 2006), Abbasi began to find ...
Manhattan Vibes: Blue November
by Dan Bilawsky
Manhattan Vibes is a spot-on double entendre, referencing the vibraphone focal point that is Christos Rafalides and the hustle and bustle of the world's busiest city, which manifests itself in the group's music. Rafalides, who hails from Kozani, Greece and adopted New York as his new home, waited more than a decade to make a follow-up ...
Jim Pearce: You Are An Edgy Visionary Seer
by Hrayr Attarian
Pianist/singer Jim Pearce's records inevitably draw comparisons to those of fellow ivory tickling wordsmith Mose Allison. The fact that both are genre-bending virtuosi with dry as champagne humor, who play the same instrument is where all similarities end. The whimsically titled You Are An Edgy Visionary Seer is quintessential Pearce, replete with his ...
Angelo Olivieri: Caos Musique Live @ Casa del Jazz
by AAJ Italy Staff
Nuovo capitolo della tutto sommato recente saga inanellata dal trombettista toscano Angelo Olivieri, e nuova conferma del suo valore. Nello specifico, non poco contribuiscono Vincent Courtois, di cui non sembra neppure il caso di ritessere le lodi, e Marco Ariano, il cui approccio percussivo risulta ovunque del tutto funzionale, coloristico e obliquo qual è, a una ...
Luce Trio: Pieces, Vol. 1
by AAJ Italy Staff
Pieces, Vol. 1 è disco registrato alla St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church di Brooklyn, scelta quanto mai appropriata e in qualche modo scontata visto che oltre la metà delle tracce presenti nell'album provengono da pagine di G.F. Handel, John Dowland e, in maggior misura, J.S.Bach. Le navate, le volte, le architetture austere e imponenti ...
Kiki Gyan: 24 Hours in a Disco 1978-82
by AAJ Italy Staff
Vale la pena di raccontare, seppur brevemente, la vita travagliata di Kiki Gyan, il musicista ghanese cui la Soundway dedica ora una bella raccolta. Bambino prodigio con particolare talento per gli strumenti a tastiera, raggiunge poco più che adolescente [era nato nel 1956] la capitale Accra e entra subito a fare parte di band come gli ...
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