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Andras Schiff: Johann Sebastian Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Clavier
by C. Michael Bailey
Johann Sebastian Bach's Das Wohltemperierte Clavier (The Well-Tempered Clavier) BWV 846-893, is a collection of two sets of 24-pairs of preludes and fugues composed in every major and minor key between 1722 and 1742, while Bach was in appointment at Kothen and Leipzig, respectively. Ostensibly for teaching and practice, the whole of Das Wohltemperierte Clavier has ...
Kalle Kalima & K-18: Out to Lynch
by Eyal Hareuveni
Berlin-based, Finnish guitarist Kalle Kalima continues to project his aural impressions of the world of movies. This time he focuses on the eccentric characters and locations from the films of David Lynch, following his abstractions of director Stanley Kubrick on Some Kubricks of Blood (TUM, 2009). Kalima is not attempting to re-score or rearrange the original ...
Alfredo Rodriguez: Sounds of Space
by AAJ Italy Staff
Questo di Alfredo Rodriguez è forse il debutto più significativo di un pianista cubano dalla fine degli anni Ottanta, quando Gonzalo Rubalcaba presentò Concierto Negro. Come quest'ultimo (che fu scoperto e sostenuto da Charlie Haden) anche Rodriguez ha avuto un importante mentore nella figura di Quincy Jones che ha co-prodotto il disco e s'è adoperato per ...
Cristina Zavalloni e Radar Band: La donna di cristallo
by AAJ Italy Staff
La donna di cristallo è un album composto esclusivamente da brani originali di Cristina Zavalloni (arrangiati da Cristiano Arcelli), che in questo nuovo interessante episodio si avvale della Radar Band, composta da giovani musicisti capaci di vestire in maniera ideale i diversi scenari proposti. Un entusiasmo e una freschezza di linguaggio che si avverte già nei ...
Stefano De Bonis & Clan Atlantico: 74 D
by AAJ Italy Staff
Due brasiliani, Joana Queiroz ai clarinetti e Sergio Krakowski al pandeiro, e due italiani, il pianista Stefano De Bonis e la cantante Cristina Renzetti. È questa la composizione dell'ensemble denominato Clan Atlantico che, proprio le sponde dei due continenti che si affacciano sull'oceano, cerca di collegare in un ideale viaggio musicale. Renzetti il Brasile lo conosce ...
The Royal Improvisers Orchestra: Live at the Bimhuis
by AAJ Italy Staff
La Royal Improvisers Orchestra, qui registrata dal vivo nel 2008 al Bimhuis di Amsterdam è una formazione fondata da Yedo Gibson, comprendente una ventina di elementi provenienti da diverse nazioni europee, ma prevalentemente dall'Olanda, e da diversi ambiti musicali. Partito dalla conduction di Butch Morris, il collettivo ha poi sperimentato un proprio metodo di elaborazione musicale, ...
Caroline Davis: Live Work & Play
by Mark F. Turner
It's easy to become jaded in an ocean of music where many recordings sound so much alike. But every now and then something piques even great curiosity, as is the case with Live Work and Play , the captivating debut by saxophonist/composer Caroline Davis. Her abilities as a musician and leader signal not just another new ...
Fredrik Nordstrom: String
by James Pearse
On his tenth leader recording, String, adventurous Swedish saxophonist Fredrik Nordstrom pairs his jazz trio (sax, bass, drums) with a string trio (violin, viola, cello) in an attempt to tackle ten of his original compositions and arrangements.As well as writing and arranging albums under his own name, Nordstrom is an experienced co-leader and sideman, ...
David Virelles: Continuum
by John Sharpe
Pianist David Virelles adopts an unusual strategy for his second album and first on Pi Recordings. Eschewing the piano pyrotechnics which illuminated his debut, Motion (Justin Time, 2008), he opts for an exploration of Cuban folklore and its manifestation through poetry, storytelling and art. Inspired by Afro-Cuban religious practice, Virelles has created a set of episodic ...
Selvhenter: Frk. B. Fricka
by Eyal Hareuveni
The Danish all-women Selvhenter quintet (often a quartet in live performance) may be the most exciting outfit to emerge from Scandinavia in recent years. This band, part of the art collective eget værelse and the alternative scene of Copenhagen, has alreadt been active for five years, performing with influential outfits like the Swedish-Norwegian trio The Thing ...
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