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Marcus Miller: Renaissance

Read "Renaissance" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
December 4, 2012

Some things change, other things stay the same. Marcus Miller--producer and performer with everyone from soul singer Luther Vandross and pianist Herbie Hancock to guitarist George Benson and Miles Davis, composing and producing the trumpeter's late period classic Tutu (Warner Bros., 1986)--has been releasing solo albums since 1983, but it was with The Sun Don't Lie ...

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Don Cherry: Organic Music Society

Read "Organic Music Society" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
December 4, 2012

Reissued in analog splendor on vinyl, from the original 1972 release, free jazz trumpeter and saxophonist Ornette Coleman sideman Don Cherry renders an early world-music vibe, recorded in Sweden. These days, inferences to “organic" allude to the green movement which has become quite trendy in scope; however, in the hippie culture, organic was often the buzzword ...

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Fred Lonberg-Holm's Fast Citizens: Gather

by Jerry D'Souza
December 4, 2012

When a band gathers some very imaginative musicians into its fold, it can only lead to one thing: an amazing listening experience. Fast Citizens has proved that over the years from the time saxophonist Keefe Jackson formed the band in 2003 and released Ready Everyday (Delmark Records, 2006), through to to Two Cities (Delmark Records, 2009), ...

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The Ratchet Orchestra: Hemlock

by Ted Harms
December 4, 2012

Wikipedia defines a ratchet as a mechanical device that allows for motion in only one direction; it also could be a piss-take or deliberate mispronunciation of “rat shit." Certainly the former is more appropriate for The Ratchet Orchestra's Hemlock, from a very large ensemble led by bassist/composer Nicolas Caloia. This group of 30 players is primarily ...

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Lisa Mezzacappa - Marco Eneidi - Vinny Golia - Vijay Anderson: Hell-Bent in the Pacific

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 4, 2012

Nella fertile e vivace scena musicale della Bay Area sono attivi una serie di musicisti che hanno ravvivato il free made in USA, costituendo un punto di riferimento alternativo rispetto a Chicago e New York. Tra questi si distinguono da tempo Vinny Golia, Liza Mezzacappa e Vijay Anderson. Marco Eneidi invece vive da alcuni anni a ...

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Bartolomeo Barenghi 7tet: Preludio e Saudade

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 4, 2012

I tentativi di conciliare scrittura classica e improvvisazione jazzistica tendono a risolversi spesso in ibridi che non soddisfano pienamente nessuno dei due aspetti musicali. Non è il caso, fortunatamente, di questo delizioso lavoro del chitarrista italiano (ma residente a Barcellona da qualche anno) Bartolomeo Barenghi, alla guida di un settetto con il quale ripropone alcune composizioni ...

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Robin Verheyen: Painting Space

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 4, 2012

Il giovane sassofonista belga Robin Verheyen, vincitore all'età di venticinque anni del prestigioso Django D'Or, è accompagnato in questo suo secondo lavoro da leader da un trio d'eccezione. Una ritmica affiatata, Remi Vignolo al contrabbasso, Dre Pallemaerts alla batteria, e una pianista sofisticato, dal talento, non sempre riconosciuto in tutta la sua portata, come Bill Carrothers. ...

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Mark Sherman: The L.A. Sessions

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 4, 2012

E' in un percorso tra i grandi nomi del jazz che il vibrafonista Mark Sherman decide di avventurarsi rivisitando in versione per quartetto standards e altri brani legati al mondo bebop. La scaletta si apre con “Woody'n You" di Dizzy Gillespie e si percepisce da subito l'empatia tra i musicisti, qualità che sarà più evidente nel ...

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Cortex: Göteborg

Read "Göteborg" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
December 3, 2012

Norway's Cortex released its highly promising debut, Resection (Bolage), in 2011. The members of this high-octane quartet met during jazz studies in Trondheim, and began working as a band in 2007. Cortex follows the free jazz legacy of Ornette Coleman quartet with trumpeter Don Cherry, spicing it with wise, original compositions and uncompromising performances inspired by ...

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SM Quinteto: Stories, Tales and Songs

Read "Stories, Tales and Songs" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
December 3, 2012

Bassist Sammy Morales may call Puerto Rico his home, but he embraces the entire Latin Diaspora in his music. Born in the Bronx but relocating to San Juan, Morales creates compelling modern jazz built on a pan-Latin platform, ably erasing the boundary lines between Puerto Rico, Argentina, Spain, Brazil and Cuba on this, his longtime-coming debut. ...