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Jimmy Herring: Subject to Change without Notice

Read "Subject to Change without Notice" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
November 9, 2012

It's been four years since Lifeboat (Abstract Logix, 2008), guitarist Jimmy Herring's outstanding debut as leader. Herring hasn't been idle though, recording and touring with Widespread Panic. And given that it took several decades to make the first CD, four years isn't so long to wait for another-especially one this good. The emphasis is emphatically on ...

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Matteo Sabattini: Metamorpho

Read "Metamorpho" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
November 9, 2012

Saxophonist Matteo Sabattini's Dawning (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2011) delivered a potent shot of modernism in direct fashion, and though this followup occasionally finds him treading on similar ground, he does so in more expansive, low key and exploratory fashion. Sabattini has a tendency and willingness to look toward the horizon, work in the shadows and ...

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Seval: 2

by Eyal Hareuveni
November 9, 2012

The second release of the Swedish-American quintet Seval is as surprising as its debut, I Know You (482 Music, 2011). The eight songs, all penned by American cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm, are still framed within a lyrical, acoustic- chamber setting. But now the quintet sounds as a working band comprised of equal partners, benefiting from few years ...

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Curved Air: Live Atmosphere

Read "Live Atmosphere" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
November 9, 2012

Upon its inception in 1970, Curved Air became a prominent exponent of British progressive rock, fronted by vocalist Sonja Kristina. Superb musicianship was a forté, spawning notables such as keyboardist Francis Monkman, keyboardist/violinist Eddie Jobson and violinist Darryl Way. Fast-forward several decades and Kristina and original band drummer Florian Pilkington-Miksa reorganize the unit with a new ...

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John Abercrombie Quartet: Within a Song

Read "Within a Song" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 9, 2012

Il nuovo lavoro del chitarrista John Abercrombie lo vede alla guida di un inedito quartetto. Del precedente, con cui ha inciso vari dischi nell'ultimo decennio, resta il solo Joey Baron, mentre il sassofonista Joe Lovano, già al suo fianco ai tempi di Open Land, sostituisce il violinista Mark Feldman, e Drew Gress prende il posto del ...

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Michael Riessler: Big Circle

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 9, 2012

Al giorno d'oggi sono sempre più numerosi i musicisti che suonano jazz pur provenendo da ambiti piuttosto estranei alla musica afroamericana, confermandone la natura globale e onnivora e permettendole di allargarne gli orizzonti Fra questi va certamente annoverato Michael Riessler, musicista tedesco che si è spesso mosso in ambito classico/contemporaneo, affrontando autori moderni come Vinko Globokar, ...

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Zen Widow – Wadada Leo Smith: Screaming in Daytime (Makes Men Forget)

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 9, 2012

Quel giramondo di Gianni Gebbia, compone ormai da diversi anni, fra i tanti, un gruppo con i californiani Matthew Goodheart e Garth Powell denominato Zen Widow, che in questo lavoro ha la ventura di ospitare un'icona come Wadada. Ne vien fuori un quartetto ottimamente coeso, in cui l'illustre ospite non si comporta affatto come tale, entrando ...

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Marco Tardito Kangaroux Sextet: Jumping With Adriano

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 9, 2012

Non sono molti i jazzisti che abbiano lavorato sulla musica di Adriano Celentano. Marco Tardito dedica alla prima produzione del “molleggiato" un intero album del suo Kangaroux Sextet (dimostrando grande eclettismo dopo il progetto con il suo Amarilli Quartet con cui aveva in passato dedicato la propria attenzione a Monteverdi). La formazione è un classico sestetto ...

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Bobby Bradford / Frode Gjerstad / Ingebrigt Haker Flaten / Paal Nilssen-Love: Kampen

by John Sharpe
November 8, 2012

If Kampen sounds like old friends settling down to chew the fat, then that's because that's exactly what's happening. Norwegian reedman Frode Gjerstad has waxed ten discs in the company of veteran American cornetist Bobby Bradford since they first met on tour with drummer John Stevens in England in 1986. However, this 46-minute live LP stands ...

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Lars Jansson Trio: Koan

by James Pearse
November 8, 2012

The second Lars Jansson Trio recording of 2012, after the outing with Ensemble MidtVest on Worship Of Self (Prophone, 2012), is a deep and reflective one. Koan not only remembers the victims of the 2011 tsunami, but also pays homage to the people of Japan and their unique culture.Lars Jansson Trio is something of ...