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Johnny Hodges: Yeah...About That
by Geannine Reid
The funky, jazz-focused Yeah.....About That brings to mind the sounds of the early Brecker Brothers. Groove seems to be the primary focus of this nine-song CD from the mind of Oklahoma City native, Johnny Hodges. Hodges started playing the trumpet by the end of his fifth grade year, going on to help his high school jazz ...
Gannets: Transmission of Not
by AAJ Italy Staff
Una sorta di consesso indiavolato nei quali si trovano virtualmente riuniti Sun Ra e Sidney Bechet, Herbie Hancock versione Headhunters con Fats Waller, un'orchestrina mariachi e lo Sly and the Family Stone più scatenato, il tutto in un climax tra free jazz e indie rock. Non è un video montaggio o un collage ottenuto con le ...
Mogase: Mogase
by AAJ Italy Staff
Mogase spazia tra free-jazz, mainstream, blues e funk in perfetta sintonia con le coordinate stilistiche dell'omonimo trio sardo. Ad aprire il disco ci pensa il blues di “Guglielmo" in cui la chitarra di Flavio Secchi e la batteria di Alessandro Garau danno al brano quel tocco di swing in più, mentre in “Ancora Pioggia" la ritmica ...
Sebastiano Meloni - Paul Dunmall - Sebastiano Dessanay - Mark Sanders: Pictures of a Quartet
by AAJ Italy Staff
Mortificati in un paese che sembra avere dato molto al jazz continentale negli ultimi trent'anni ma che non riceve sostegni adeguati proprio dove più servirebbero, alcuni fra i musicisti più sensibili di casa nostra vanno a cercare all'estero miglior fortuna. È il caso dei due cagliaritani Sebastiano Meloni e Sebastiano Dessanay che approdano alla corte della ...
Giordano Criscenzo - John Stowell: Lament
by AAJ Italy Staff
Quello degli standards è un territorio insidioso; da una parte l'avventurarsi in repertori ampiamente collaudati fornisce tranquillità e sicurezza a chi suona, dall'altra il doversi necessariamente confrontare con tutti quelli che si sono già cimentati nella stessa impresa espone al rischio di confondersi nella massa, a meno di fornire un'interpretazione originale o quanto meno personale capace ...
Aaron Koppel: Multiverse
by Dan Bilawsky
The city of Chicago has always been a breeding ground for musicians looking to expand the horizons of their own art and the styles that they represent, so it should come as no shock that guitarist Aaron Koppel was born and raised in this Midwestern musical mecca. Koppel, who made his initial entrée into the world ...
John Proulx: The Best Thing for You
by C. Michael Bailey
While female jazz vocalists outnumber male jazz vocalists five to one, it would be a fallacy to believe there is not a wealth of talent among the men singers. With Louis Armstrong and Chet Baker now memories, and Mark Murphy and Jon Hendricks in twilight, as Kurt Elling ascends their throne, there exists a vocal diaspora ...
Pete Oxley and Nicolas Meier: Travels To The West
by Bruce Lindsay
Guitar duos may not be quite as rare as hen's teeth in the world of jazz, but they're far from common. Yes, there are classic pairings such as Bucky Pizzarelli and George Barnes, or John Abercrombie and Ralph Towner; but given the instrument's ubiquity it's perhaps surprising that there aren't more such partnerships around. On Travels ...
John Butcher: Bell Trove Spools
by John Eyles
In saxophonist John Butcher's extensive discography, there are examples of many contexts, from solo through duos--including the recently released Daylight (Emanem, 2012), with drummer Mark Sanders, and At Oto (Fataka, 2012), with pianist Matthew Shipp--and trios, up to larger ensembles including Butcher's own seven-piece group, which recorded Somethingtobesaid (Weight of Wax, 2008). Taken together, they paint ...
Kathy Kosins: to the Ladies of Cool - A Love Letter to Connor, O´Day, Christy, London
by AAJ Italy Staff
I tempi in cui le cantanti jazz finivano sulle prime pagine delle rivista patinate sono ormai finiti da un pezzo. Per fortuna restano le incisioni e la musica di personaggi dalle notevoli capacità vocali che hanno lasciato una traccia nella musica del Novecento. A quattro di queste, Anita O´Day, June Christy, Chris Connor e Julie London ...
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