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Hikashu: Uragoe
by Eyal Hareuveni
Hikashu is the main outfit of extraordinary Japanese vocal artist Koichi Makigami, whose career has covered over thirty years, countless personnel changes and equally inestimable collaborations with vocal improvisers and other free-spirited musicians across the States and Europe. Uragoe is an excellent representation of this unique quintet: it rocks, it improvises, and it is funny and ...
Phil Broadhurst Quartet: Delayed Reaction
by Florence Wetzel
For several decades now, pianist Phil Broadhurst has been one of New Zealand's most essential jazz musicians. In addition to his active performance schedule, he is head of the Jazz Studies department at the New Zealand School of Music in Auckland, he hosts a weekly nationwide broadcast called “The Art of Jazz," and he is co-author ...
Nate Radley: The Big Eyes
by Dan Bilawsky
Jazz musicians often emphasize the importance of having big ears when finding a place in the music, but big eyes are equally important. Tunnel vision and a general lack of ability to see the big picture have plagued many a musician, but guitarist Nate Radley needs no corrective musical lenses. Radley's panoramic outlook and long range ...
Jon DiFiore: Patience
by Daniel Lehner
Patience is typically defined as the capacity to tolerate delay without getting upset. This works quite well as a debut album title for New Jersey-born drummer Jon Di Fiore. Patience makes an excellent case for being unhurried, the same way a person might wait to speak to say something worthwhile. Di Fiore's compositions, fleshed out by ...
Jonas Kullhammar - Espen Aalberg - Torbjorn Zetterberg: Basement Sessions - Vol. 1
by AAJ Italy Staff
Curiosando tra le pagine del suo sito dalla grafica psichedelica si scopre che il sassofonista svedese Jonas Kullhammar ha partecipato a qualcosa come centoquaranta incisioni ed in patria è un vero e proprio idolo. Dalle nostre parti è pressoché sconosciuto ed è un peccato perché questo Basement Sessions - Vol. 1, registrato negli studi Moserobie di ...
Freddie Hubbard: Outpost
by AAJ Italy Staff
Outpost (1981) segnò il definitivo ritorno di Hubbard al jazz acustico, preceduto dalla chiamata nel gruppo V.S.O.P. dove aveva trovato i membri del secondo quintetto acustico di Miles. La sua spiccata originalità, nella quale confluivano Gillespie e Brown al fianco di Coltrane, gli permise di affrontare il difficile paragone con Davis evitando imitazioni sterili. Si completava, ...
Phil Grenadier / Bruno Raberg Duo: Plunge
by Chris Mosey
The inspiration for this album was saxophonist Ornette Coleman's “Lonely Woman." It gave Swedish bassist, Bruno Råberg, what he calls an “aural vision": “I 'heard' a rich, erratic, and busy soundscape in which the beautiful melody would live. I saw images of desolate streets and a lonely person's inner turmoil, conflicting emotions and despair."
Aram Shelton: Everything for Somebody
by Troy Collins
Currently based in Oakland, California, alto saxophonist Aram Shelton initially rose to prominence as a member of the fertile Chicago jazz scene, where he resided from 1999-2005. His tenure in the Windy City resulted in a number of lasting relationships; one of the most notable is his Quartet with tenor saxophonist Keefe Jackson, bassist Anton Hatwich ...
Joelle Leandre / Serge Teyssot-Gay: Trans
by Eyal Hareuveni
The first collaboration between prolific French double bass and free-improvisation master Joëlle Léandre and fellow countryman, guitarist Serge Teyssot-Gay--founder of French progressive bands Noir Désir and Interzone, and affiliated with the experimental and more arty side rock--may not seem a natural fit. But this live recording from a benefit concert for the Point Ephémère magazine demonstrates ...
Greg Lewis / Organ Monk: Uwo in the Black
by Dan Bilawsky
Many a jazz musician visits the territory of pianist Thelonious Monk for a short spell, but organist Greg Lewis seems to have signed up for an extended stay. His Organ Monk (Self Produced, 2010) proved to be a completely original and exciting take on the music of the man affectionately and reverently called the High Priest ...
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