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Joy Mover: Joy Mover

Read "Joy Mover" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
October 18, 2012

Making a sparkling entrance into the jazz vocal arena on her self-titled debut, Boston native Joy Mover turns a new page in her musical career from years of writing and producing to recording. The music business is a natural environment for the singer, in fact, as she hails from a distinguished musical family that includes her ...

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Chembo Corniel: Afro-Blue Monk

Read "Afro-Blue Monk" reviewed by Steve Bryant

by Steve Bryant
October 17, 2012

Nuyrican conguero Wilson “Chembo" Corniel is a member of the Afro-Latin New Wave, and has been making quite a name for himself as an accomplished composer and bandleader. Raised in Brooklyn, Corniel developed and honed his prodigious skills in the musically rich environs of the New York Latin scene. He performed with giants of Latin music ...

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Frank Kimbrough Trio: Live At Kitano

Read "Live At Kitano" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
October 17, 2012

Pianist Frank Kimbrough can't avoid the magnetic pull of the trio. His own discography contains fine solo, duo, quartet and quintet dates, but a good half of the releases under his name have been triangular affairs that focus on his flexible take on this time-tested format. Kimbrough keeps coming back to this scenario, not because he ...

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Floratone: Floratone II

Read "Floratone II" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 17, 2012

Il secondo capitolo del progetto Floratone, giunto a cinque anni di distanza dal precedente, ne conferma le linee generali, a cominciare dal processo di realizzazione che rappresenta tuttora la sua caratteristica principale. Anche qui il punto di partenza è costituito da una sessione di registrazione in studio che ha visto protagonisti Bill Frisell e il batterista ...

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George Cables: My Muse

by Greg Simmons
October 17, 2012

Pianist George Cables' relationship with the late Helen Wray must have been one joyous romance. Contrary to the expectations of an album dedicated to a departed loved one, My Muse is a collection of uplifting and, frankly, happy-sounding originals and standards. Take away the personal context and you'd swear Cables and company were just enjoying the ...

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Roberto Magris Quintet: Morgan Rewind: A Tribute to Lee Morgan, Vol. 1

Read "Morgan Rewind: A Tribute to Lee Morgan, Vol. 1" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 17, 2012

In un lavoro di rivisitazione come Morgan Rewind: A Tribute to Lee Morgan, Vol. 1 Roberto Magris sceglie di avvalersi di musicisti di grande personalità e capaci di mettere nella registrazione le proprie idee espressive. Un'idea funzionale, che dà i suoi buoni esiti in nove brani, nei quali la musica del leggendario Lee Morgan è affiancata ...

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Sandy Ewen / Damon Smith / Weasel Walter: Sandy Ewen / Damon Smith / Weasel Walter

Read "Sandy Ewen / Damon Smith / Weasel Walter" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
October 17, 2012

This uncompromising set of free improvisation challenges the very basic concepts of what music is. As seminal improvising guitarist Henry Kaiser writes in his illuminating liner notes: “forget about melody, harmony and rhythm for the moment and listen to everything else that you can hear going on." And there is much going on ...

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Tom Arthurs and Richard Fairhurst: Postcards from Pushkin

Read "Postcards from Pushkin" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 17, 2012

Mesmer, l'album di debutto del 2005, aveva destato parecchio interesse per il modo aperto e oltre i generi che contraddistingueva il dialogo tra la tromba/flicorno di Tom Arthurs ed il pianoforte di Richard Fairhurst. Postcards from Pushkin, la nuova uscita commissionata dalla Royal Philharmonic Society e ispirata all'opera del poeta russo d'inizio ottocento, riprende e sviluppa ...

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The Joe La Barbera Quintet: Silver Streams

Read "Silver Streams" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello

by Nicholas F. Mondello
October 17, 2012

If there is a stream of any kind that runs through Silver Streams by The Joe La Barbera Quintet, it is the flow of energy--intense to the point of ignition--that is tapped. No meandering “Old Man River," this team drinks from the source with gusto and unified creativity. That shouldn't be a surprise, since La Barbera ...

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Nick Millevoi: Black Figure of a Bird

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 17, 2012

La chitarra elettrica a 12 corde può diventare un arma pericolosa in mani sbagliate. Ma il chitarrista americano Nick Millevoi dimostra di saperla utilizzare bene in queste sei escursioni in territorio free che si caratterizzano per un approccio ben strutturato e consapevole della parte ritmica. Non mancano aree dove i pendii si fanno più scivolosi ed ...