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Moogg: Le ore i giorni gli anni

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 4, 2012

Una bella sorpresa questo quartetto bresciano nato nel 2003 e che, a parte un demo autoprodotto uscito nel 2007, arriva oggi finalmente all'opera prima. Finalmente, perché questi giovani appassionati di jazz rock e accomunati, come recita la loro biografia ufficiale, dall'amore per le sonorità anni Settanta, sono veramente in gamba. Per farsi un'idea del sound di ...

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Francois Carrier - Michel Lambert - Alexey Lapin: In Motion

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 4, 2012

Questo CD dal vivo è frutto di un tour russo degli affiatati canadesi Francois Carrier e Michel Lambert, nel corso del quale i due ebbero modo di incontrare il pianista Alexey Lapin, registrando assieme ben tre lavori, di cui questo - tratto da un concerto del 21 dicembre 2010 a San Pietroburgo - è l'ultimo dopo ...

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Joe Morris / William Parker / Gerald Cleaver: Altitude

by John Sharpe
September 4, 2012

Guitarist Joe Morris is on a roll. Hardly a month goes by without a new release featuring the Boston-based musician. Of course, he doubled his chances by adding acoustic bass to his armory alongside his six-stringed axe. It's the latter he wields on this trio date featuring bassist William Parker and drummer Gerald Cleaver, captured at ...

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LSD-3: Labyrinth

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 4, 2012

Nove originali compongono la scaletta di Labyrinth, album firmato dagli LSD-3, sigla lisergica dietro la quale troviamo il trio formato dal tastierista Marcel Thomi, Raffaele Lunardi al sax e Michel Barengo alla batteria. Band versatile, nella quale gioca un ruolo decisivo Marcel Thomi, capace di spostare il centro stilistico dei brani proponendosi ora all'organo Hammond B3, ...

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Joey DeFrancesco: Wonderful! Wonderful!

Read "Wonderful! Wonderful!" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
September 4, 2012

B-3 specialist Joey DeFrancesco has enjoyed a long and successful Career; so long, that Wonderful! Wonderful! is DeFrancesco's tenth HighNote release. With Tony Monaco his only real “traditional" jazz organ peer, DeFrancesco pretty well has the market cornered for greasy chitlin' circuit funk jazz cum Italian-American savoir faire. Joined by legends, guitarist Larry Coryell and drummer ...

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Nate Wooley / Christian Weber / Paul Lytton: Six Feet Under

Read "Six Feet Under" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
September 3, 2012

Having established a template with their eponymous 2007 Broken Research debut and Creak Above 33, (psi, 2010), avant trumpeter Nate Wooley and English drummer Paul Lytton have been looking to stretch the confines of their duo with the addition of impromptu guests. Accomplices on their 2008 American tour included guitarist Fred Frith, pianist Marilyn Crispell, bassist ...

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Jessica Pilnas: Norma Deloris Egstrom – A Tribute To Peggy Lee

Read "Norma Deloris Egstrom – A Tribute To Peggy Lee" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
September 3, 2012

Peggy Lee is not an artist who is usually associated with Sweden, but as Norma Deloris Egstrom--A Tribute To Peggy Lee indicates, her real name comes straight from her family's roots in that Scandinavian country. Singer Jessica Pilnäs is Swedish, although this link is of relatively little importance to the music on offer here. More vitally, ...

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Sophisticated Ladies: A True Story

Read "A True Story" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
September 3, 2012

Bordeaux-based Sophisticated Ladies joins an illustrious tradition of female jazz group that stretches back several decades to include International Sweethearts of Rhythm, Beryl Booker's Diva trio and its offshoot, Five Play, as well as Japan's Groovin' Girls trio. Elegant and understated interpretations of standards and chansons, often with Latin hints, make up the ...

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Sylvia Brooks: Restless

by Jim Olin
September 3, 2012

Part the curtains and turn on the Klieg lights for singer Sylvia Brooks, whose second album, Restless, has the widescreen scope and orchestral sweep of a theatrical production. In fact, the record has the overall feel of a soundtrack for a film yet to be made. However, the kind of Hollywood movie this music recalls is ...

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Trio VD: Fill It up with Ghosts

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 3, 2012

Sin dalle primissime note dell'iniziale “Returns" la musica impetuosa del Trio VD arriva subito alla gola e ci coglie di sorpresa. L'impatto è violento, aggressivo, con il sax di Christophe de Bezenac impegnato in colpi d'ancia ossessivi, oltre misura. Siamo dalla parti della musica creativa di avanguardia, a cavallo fra rock durissimo e trasgressivo e un ...