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Food: Mercurial Balm

Read "Mercurial Balm" reviewed by David McLean

by David McLean

Food's seventh studio album and second for the ECM label is easily the most cohesive offering from its varied discography. A combination of live and studio recordings, British saxophonist Iain Ballamy and Norwegian beat technician Thomas Strønen travel through a rich plateau of effervescent electronics, propulsive yet angular rhythms and near twilight jazz phrasings, which combine ...

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Mort Weiss: I'll Be Seeing You

Read "I'll Be Seeing You" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

Clarinetist Mort Weiss is a character. That much is readily evident by reading his All About Jazz column, The Mort Report. He is opinionated and passionate, both driving forces that easily season his playing in such a way that when Weiss plays, he's readily recognizable. Since returning to recording in 2001 after nearly 30 years away, ...

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Tom Hewson: Slightly Peculiar

Read "Slightly Peculiar" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay

Pianist Tom Hewson didn't set out to make a solo piano album; it's just the way the nine original compositions which grace Slightly Peculiar turned out. At least that's the way he tells it. The story suggests that Hewson is a rather self-effacing chap--he could just as readily have spun a tale of grand schemes and ...

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Andreas Ulvo + Slagr: Softspeaker

Read "Softspeaker" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni

The music of Norwegian pianist Andreas Ulvo--a member of the Eple Trio and Karl Seglem's acoustic quartet--commutes naturally between the worlds of modern jazz, contemporary classical music, Norwegian folk music and even pop songs. All these musical universes are melted organically to his collaboration with Norwegian contemporary folk music ensemble Slagr. The aptly ...

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The Cube: Qiuet Yesterday

Read "Qiuet Yesterday" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Giunto alla sua seconda produzione dopo il disco di debutto omonimo, The Cube si apre al superbo sax di Bob Mintzer per proporre ancora una musica viva e palpitante, timbricamente penetrante e strutturalmente coerente. Quiet Yesterday rappresenta un'opera collettiva, che esalta a meraviglia l'empatico lavoro di gruppo sia sul piano compositivo che su quello dell'arrangiamento. Ha ...

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Antonella Catanese: Red Inside

Read "Red Inside" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Ecco finalmente una produzione in cui il jazz accoglie con intelligenza inflessioni pop che gli consentiranno di andare ben oltre il ristretto pubblico di jazzofili. In Red Inside, disco di debutto di Antonella Catanese, la cantante contribuisce alla riuscita del disco da un lato con composizioni originali di grande interesse (e testi dedicati all'amore, inteso in ...

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Lovedale: Green Sounds

Read "Green Sounds" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Continua l'epopea dei Lovedale, band danese fondata e guidata dal sassofonista Jesper Løvdal, che con Green Sounds taglia il traguardo del suo quarto album. Questa volta ci sono due grosse novità da registrare. La prima è che il bassista Jonas Westergaard ha abbandonato il gruppo e il suo posto è stato preso dal trombonista Nils Wogram ...

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Heiner Stadler: Brains on Fire

Read "Brains on Fire" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Heiner Stadler è nome pressoché sconosciuto se non agli addetti ai lavori o a qualche curioso appassionato jazzofilo. Nasce nel 1942 a Lessen in Polonia, cresce ad Amburgo dove studia pianoforte, armonia e composizione al conservatorio, per poi trasferirsi nel 1965 a New York. Qui intesse una serie di relazioni con importanti musicisti dal background assai ...

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The Thirteenth Assembly: Station Direct

Read "Station Direct" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

«Where Is Brooklyn?», si chiedeva Don Cherry a metà degli anni Sessanta. Quasi mezzo secolo dopo, alla luce della nuova geografia musicale, dove sia Brooklyn non è più un mistero: esattamente al centro del jazz. È al di là dell'East River che si produce uno dei migliori “modern mainstream" del pianeta, distillato con amorevole cura da ...

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Scott Henderson / Jeff Berlin / Dennis Chambers: HBC

Read "HBC" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

Not simply a super-group, but more like a jazz-fusion superpower as this formidable trio melds classic fusion works amid a few originals on its debut release, although the artists have crossed paths over the years. Bios and resumes would transcend the limitations of a review or analysis. So, it's the in-your-face attitude, creative impetus, and the ...


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