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Lars Jansson Trio: Koan

Read "Koan" reviewed by Chris Mosey

by Chris Mosey

A koan is a Zen Buddhist riddle that cannot be solved by the intellect alone. The best known, portrayed on the cover of Lars Jansson Trio's Koan, is “What is the sound of one hand clapping?" The koan has been described as a form of spiritual dynamite that can propel the mind into satori, or “spiritual ...

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Nick Moran Trio: No Time Like Now

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by Dave Wayne

Organ trios can be annoyingly conservative. Perhaps the temptation to revisit the heyday of the style--the early 1960s--and recapture the magic that made all of those Blue Note and Prestige LPs so much fun is just too great. Maybe it's because the Hammond B-3 sound evokes so much nostalgia. Don't count Nick Moran among the sentimentalists. ...

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Ketil Bjørnstad: Early Piano Music

Read "Early Piano Music" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Quando approdò alla corte di Manfred Eicher nel 1993, aumentando la già lunga lista di musicisti norvegesi in forza all'ECM, e facendosi conoscere a un pubblico internazionale decisamente più vasto, il pianista Ketil Bjørnstad aveva già alle spalle oltre vent'anni di carriera professionale, e una discografia che contava una trentina di titoli. La maggior parte di ...

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Francesco Diodati Neko: Need Something Strong

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Enrico Rava scrive nelle note di copertina di Need Something Strong: “Francesco Diodati è senz'altro uno dei solisti più interessanti e appassionati della scena attuale, ma non ne conoscevo le doti di compositore e di leader. Doti che in questo disco letteralmente esplodono." Un bel viatico per il giovane chitarrista compositore romano qui alla seconda prova ...

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Christoph Stiefel Inner Language Trio: Live!

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Christoph Stiefel è un pianista svizzero non più giovanissimo, di formazione classica, con un passato nel blues e nel rhythm & blues e da una ventina d'anni parecchio attivo nel mondo del jazz nel quale vanta collaborazioni con artisti del calibro di Charlie Mariano, Peter Erskine, Jeff Hirshfield. Con otto anni di vita e quattro pubblicazioni ...

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Steve Kuhn Trio: Wisteria

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Classe 1938, Steve Kuhn resta tra i pochi grandi pianisti della sua generazione e sa procurare forti emozioni anche nell'abusata formula del trio. Kuhn ha sviluppato negli anni uno stile personalissimo, che si distingue per il tocco limpido, l'equilibrio delle dinamiche e il raffinato senso ritmico. La sua partnership con Joey Baron va avanti da due ...

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The Second Approach Trio: Beeswing

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by AAJ Italy Staff

All'interno di un catalogo eterogeneo non sempre dello stesso livello qualitativo, uno dei pregi incontestabili della Leo Records è quello di fornirci una documentazione sugli esponenti di ieri e di oggi della più vitale improvvisazione russa. Del trio The Second Approach era già stato edito nel 2011 il pregevole Pandora's Pitcher, contenente registrazioni effettuate dal 2007 ...

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George Schuller's Circle Wide: Listen Both Ways

Read "Listen Both Ways" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins

Listen Both Ways is the first studio recording by drummer George Schuller's longstanding Circle Wide quintet to concentrate primarily on his original compositions. The group's previous Playscape releases, 2003's Round 'Bout Now and 2008's Like Before, Somewhat After, paid homage to the seminal efforts of famous post-war bandleaders--trumpeter Miles Davis' Second Great Quintet on the former ...

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David Virelles: Continuum

Read "Continuum" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

The Afro-Cuban connection is slightly transformed on nascent pianist David Virelles' inspirational trio set, featuring modern jazz luminaries, bassist Ben Street and drummer Andrew Cyrille. With his second solo outing and first for PI Recordings, the pianist has quickly surged to the forefront since migrating from Cuba to Canada, supporting distinguished saxophonist Jane Bunnett and receiving ...

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Chris Crocco: The Chris Crocco Fluid Trio +

Read "The Chris Crocco Fluid Trio +" reviewed by Dave Wayne

by Dave Wayne

An up-and-coming jazz guitarist, whose unadorned, largely effects-free sound belies a truly modernist approach, Chris Crocco's Fluid Trio+ stands out a bit from the gaggle of current jazz guitar recordings by virtue of its sheer stylistic range, and by the virtuosity of the playing therein. Crocco, along with drummer Francisco Mela and bassist Peter Slavov, plays ...


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