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Mahogany Frog: Senna
by Mark Redlefsen
Mahogany Frog's Senna is named after the late Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna da Silva, who was also the recent focus of the British 2010 documentary film, Senna. The racing engine on the cover of the CD may be best-reflected in the energy of the music within. On its sixth CD, this four-man group based in ...
Michael Formanek: Small Places
by John Kelman
It's no secret that pathological fans view every artist discovered as a new branch on an endlessly growing musical tree. It should come as no surprise, then, that labels--at least, those run by folks as pathological as the fans they hope to attract--operate with the same eye to discovery and expansion. ECM has, in its forty-plus ...
Matteo Fraboni Quintet: This is My Music
by Alex Franquelli
There is a fragile red line separating the concept of revolution from history. While the latter is strictly connected with time, the former is an exception to it: it is a nihilist diversion aimed at rebuilding our perspectives and ultimately our history. This is My Music is an intriguing challenge to the known canons of jazz. ...
Jeff Coffin And The Mu'tet: Into The Air
by Bruce Lindsay
Jeff Coffin has held down jobs with two of the highest-profile bands in contemporary American music, with Béla Fleck = 6 733 and The Flecktones from 1997 to 2010, and with the Dave Matthews Band since 2009. High profile bands have busy schedules, but the saxophonist has also found the time to run his Mu'tet since ...
Michael Gibbs and the NDR Bigband: Back in the Days
by AAJ Italy Staff
Michael Gibbs è il decano degli arrangiatori moderni per big band e rimane saldamente al primo posto anche per la sua fantasia nell'inventare soluzioni che sembrano in apparenza semplicissime ma che nascondono una vivace arguzia e un grandissimo mestiere abbinati ad un'anima appassionata e pura, degna di un artista vero che ha attraversato la storia del ...
Thollem McDonas - William Parker - Nels Cline: The Gowanus Session
by AAJ Italy Staff
Da quando ha iniziato a frequentare assiduamente il giro newyorchese, complice il matrimonio con l'ex Cibo Matto Yuka Honda, Nels Cline ha riscoperto il gusto di mettersi in gioco. Intendiamoci: non che prima fosse totalmente estraneo a rischi e relazioni pericolose; il vizio di tastare il polso alla propria creatività, il chitarrista degli Wilco, ce l'ha ...
Boi Akih: Circles in a Square Society
by Ian Patterson
The soul of Boi Akih--a duo, sextet, and all configurations in between-- is Monica Akihary's soulful voice and guitarist Niels Brouwer's jazz/world-inflected acoustic guitar. Boi Akih has always experimented; Lagu Lagu (Bromo, 2005)--an exquisite meeting between jazz, blues and Indonesian folk--was sung in the almost extinct Haruku language of Akihary's ancestors. With Indian percussionist Sandip Bhattcharya, ...
Jeff Coffin Mu'tet: Into the Air
by Mark F. Turner
Emmy Award-winning saxophonist Jeff Coffin is a venerable road warrior who's probably more recognized for his work in the high profile bands of banjoist Béla Fleck and singer/songwriter Dave Matthews , playing to stadiums of 30,000 screaming fans. But he's also at home performing in venues that hold 300 appreciative enthusiasts with his Mu'tet--a longtime ensemble ...
Igor Lumpert Trio: Innertextures Live
by Glenn Astarita
Slovenia-reared tenor saxophonist Igor Lumpert hurdles and leaps onto the progressive jazz radar with his inaugural solo effort for Portugal's highly respected and progressive record label, Clean Feed Records. This live release, featuring a prominent New York City-based rhythm section, highlights the leader's sophisticated outgrowths via the bustling frameworks, often designed with ascending cadences, brisk bop ...
Simone Zanchini: My Accordion Concept
by AAJ Italy Staff
Simone Zanchini è da tempo uno dei più apprezzati fisarmonicisti nel panorama internazionale, grazie all'assoluta padronanza tecnica dello strumento e al suo stile fortemente personale. Da sempre, unisce l'amore per la fisarmonica col desiderio di strapparla al recinto dei generi di nicchia (il folklore, il tango, la musette) in cui è stata per lo più confinata, ...
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