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Matt Renzi / Stefano Senni / Jimmy Weinstein: 4 Stories

Read "4 Stories" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
December 7, 2012

This recording session of the trio of reed player Matt Renzi, bassist Stefano Senni and drummer Jimmy Weinstein was accidental. The trio had not planned to make a recording, nothing was discussed before the four recorded improvisations, and the session was completed in one day, recorded direct to disc with no edits, and presented in the ...

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Fazzini Fedrigo XY Quartet: Idea F

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 7, 2012

Composizioni molto “pensate," con ampi riferimento alla musica classica contemporanea, ma anche con non meno ampi spazi solistici ove si sperimentano stilemi della più attuale ricerca jazzistica: questo e molto altro è Idea F, lavoro dell'XY Quartet di Nicola Fazzini e Alessandro Fedrigo, terza uscita dell'interessante “post-etichetta" nusica.org. Il gruppo è un quartetto jazzisticamente piuttosto classico, ...

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Hugo Carvalhais: Particula

Read "Particula" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 7, 2012

Dopo l'ottimo esordio di Nebulosa, il contrabbassista e compositore portoghese pubblica un nuovo lavoro confermando i componenti del suo abituale trio e presentando in front line il sax soprano Emile Parisien (già partner del quartetto di Daniel Humair) e il violinista Dominique Pifarély, ben noto per le collaborazioni con Louis Sclavis e François Couturier. Siamo ovviamente ...

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Colin L. Orchestra: Infinite Ease - Good Good

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 7, 2012

Diciamolo subito, la Colin L. Orchestra non esiste: questo doppio album è il chiaro manifesto della vena artistica di Colin Langenus, già noto per la sua attività con Usaisamonster. Per raggiungere il risultato che aveva già in mente nel 2006, quando ha iniziato a lavorare a questo progetto, ha chiamato in lenta successione una trentina di ...

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Monome: Monome

by Ian Patterson
December 6, 2012

Monome began life in 2006, but on this Italian trio's debut recording it's effectively a quartet, with German saxophonist Peter Ehwald playing on five of the seven tracks. Ehwald first played with Monome in 2010, and since when their collaborations have become increasingly frequent, to the point that his presence here is an essential ingredient in ...

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Claudio Scolari: Synthesis

Read "Synthesis" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
December 6, 2012

When the personnel credits on an album list more than four times as many instruments as players, it's almost certain that said recording will be an interesting ride; it's also likely be met with pre-listening scepticism by those who question the wisdom, cohesiveness and musicality inherent in we-play-everything outings. The “everything but the kitchen sink" path ...

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Perelman - Morris - Cleaver: Living Jelly

Read "Living Jelly" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
December 6, 2012

It may take some stamina to keep up with Brazilian avant-garde tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman, as he often releases several albums in unison. Living Jelly, featuring guitarist Joe Morris and drummer Gerald Cleaver, marks one of three concurrent albums produced for Leo Records. Offering ensemble and stylistic contrasts, Perelman garners the support of pianist Matthew Shipp ...

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Ligeia Mare: 1

by Eyal Hareuveni
December 6, 2012

Ligeia Mare is a loose, intuitive aggregation of musicians within the Boulder/Denver, Colorado area, headed by multi-instrumentalists Farrell Lowe and Dave Wiley. Farrell and Wiley formed this outfit after collaborating successfully in a modern dance production. The five musicians (plus a few guests) in this versatile outfit, named after a lake in the ...

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Sam Crockatt Quartet: Flood Tide

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 6, 2012

Sam Crockatt è uno dei saxofonisti emergenti della scena del jazz inglese e l'album d'esordio del suo quartetto, Howeird (Loop Records) ha vinto il Parliamentary Jazz Awards come miglior album del 2009. In questo secondo lavoro, registrato presso gli studi Artesuono di Udine ai primi di settembre del 2010, viene confermata la stessa formazione del quartetto ...

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Zohar's Nigun: The Four Questions

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 6, 2012

È indiscutibilmente il violino di Daniel Weltlinger, di origini franco-magiaro-israeliane, a caratterizzare nella maniera più netta l'operare del quartetto australiano protagonista di questo bell'album: il suo incedere, così fortemente intriso di tutto quanto le succitate origini si portano appresso, segna la musica più di qualunque altro strumento. Non a caso, quando tace, la componente jazzistica si ...