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Sharp Radway: Hymns and Things (Introspection and Reflection)

Read "Hymns and Things (Introspection and Reflection)" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

A good dose of personal humility and devotion to a higher power can de-clutter the life and chosen form of artistic expression. In the case of pianist Sharp Radway, who comes to his gospel jazz from early musical endeavors in the church, a pure spirit of artistic expression is revealed on his debut, Hymns and Things ...

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PGA: Corrections

Read "Corrections" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni

PGA--Norwegian bassist Fredrik Luhr Dietrichson and drummer Jan Martin Gismervik--has played together for many years as the rhythm section of Wolfram Trio, which released its self-titled debut earlier this year on the Va Fongool imprint, as well as the yet-to-record Shotgun trio (also called Gismervik Gruvedrift). On their debut as a duo, they decided to delve ...

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Ferdinando Faraò Artchipel Orchestra featuring Phil Miller: Never Odd or Even

Read "Never Odd or Even" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Uno dei concerti jazz più belli ed emozionanti di quest'ultima estate milanese è stato quello dell'Artchipel Orchestra diretta dal batterista-compositore Ferdinando Faraò al giardino di Villa Scheibler (concerto di chiusura dell'edizione 2012 della rassegna “Il Ritmo delle Città"). Il poliedrico collettivo formato sia da giovani leve, sia da musicisti di lungo corso, come Massimo Giuntoli o ...

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Rez Abbasi: Continuous Beat

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Il titolo del nuovo disco di Rez Abbasi, Continuous Beat, sembra fare riferimento a un work in progress, ad una serie di pulsazioni che traggono origine da palpiti antecedenti al disco stesso. Abbasi ha voluto completare e ampliare un progetto iniziato più di un anno fa con Paul Motian e non concretizzatosi a causa della morte ...

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Enrico Rava: Rava on the Dance Floor

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Se si esclude la celebre “Thriller" dall'omonimo album, il più venduto nella storia della musica, Rava on the Dance Floor (registrato dal vivo all'Auditorium Parco della Musica) pesca nel repertorio minore di Michael Jackson, uno sguardo gettato sul periodo meno sfavillante della pop star, quando qualche critico arricciava il naso e più di un fan rimpiangeva ...

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Moonsun Christophe Schweizer: Opus

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Un compendio straordinario di tecniche compositive ed improvvisative: questo, in sintesi, è Opus, il nuovo album di Christope Schweizer pubblicato dalla Unit records. Il trombonista svizzero trapiantato prima negli USA poi in Germania torna alla guida di Moonsun, oramai da qualche anno il suo quintetto stabile. L'enciclopedismo stilistico è, in effetti, uno dei tratti distintivi di ...

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Mauro Ottolini Sousaphonix: Bix Factor

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Con Bix Factor Mauro Ottolini e il suo ensemble Sousaphonix rendono omaggio al jazz degli anni Venti e Trenta. Il disco fa da colonna sonora a un racconto, contenuto nel libretto allegato, che vede protagonisti i personaggi di quell'epoca jazzistica che rivivono nei musicisti di oggi. Due CD per un totale di venti brani, splendidamente arrangiati ...

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Duduka Da Fonseca Quintet: Jazz Samba-Samba Jazz

Read "Jazz Samba-Samba Jazz" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

Drummer Duduka Da Fonseca is the patron saint of Samba Jazz. He's been singing the virtues of this hybridized form for quite some time, establishing a rhythmic middle ground where both worlds can meet in mutual, musical splendor. In short, he's earned the cymbal halo that floats above his head on the cover of Samba Jazz--Jazz ...

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Konrad Wiszniewski / Euan Stevenson: New Focus

Read "New Focus" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay

Saxophonist Konrad Wiszniewski and pianist Euan Stevenson are at the forefront of an exciting new generation of musicians based in Scotland. Wiszniewski is probably best known for his work in Brass Jaw--a full-on quartet featuring three saxophones and a trumpet--and Stevenson for his classical playing, as well as his arrangements for ensembles such as the BBC ...

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Dan Phillips BKK Trio: Bangkok Edge

Read "Bangkok Edge" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

It's been two years since guitarist Dan Phillips released Jazz Guitar--Basics and Beyond, (Self Produced, 2010), his impressively practical and digestible instructional DVD. Jazz guitar Professor at Bangkok's Silpakorn University, Phillips stressed the necessity of composing as the surest route to finding one's own voice, and leading by example--as any University Professor worth his salt should--Phillips ...


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