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Jack Phillips: Cafe Nights In New York

Read "Cafe Nights In New York" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
July 29, 2012

New York is, and always has been, a study in contrasts when it comes to the jazz it presents. The Big Apple has a reputation as the place to be for those looking to hear, explore and partake in all that's modern in this music, but it also plays home to certain venues that serve as ...

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Luis Perdomo: The Infancia Project

Read "The Infancia Project" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
July 29, 2012

Pianist Luis Perdomo's presence is marked by attributes that include lyricism, depth and adaptability. The onetime member of saxophonist Ravi Coltrane's quartet has worked on many releases for artists like trombonist Steve Turre and saxophonist Miguel Zenón. His visibility is coming more into focus with The Infancia Project, which the New York-based pianist avoided making for ...

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Amina Figarova: Twelve

Read "Twelve" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
July 29, 2012

Calling Amina Figarova merely a jazz impressionist does injustice to the full breadth of the pianist's vision and does not reflect the uniqueness of her artistry. That said, most of her compositions do have an impressionistic bent. The nocturnal “Shut Eyes, Sea Waves...," for instance, on Twelve (her twelfth release as a leader), uses her cascading ...

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Tommaso Starace: Simply Marvellous

Read "Simply Marvellous" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
July 28, 2012

Saxophonist Tommaso Starace is not a man to keep his influences hidden, nor does he simply take inspiration from the saxophone greats. The tunes on Plays The Music Of Elliott Erwitt (Frame, 2006) were inspired by a series of pictures from one great photographer; another, Robert Capa, inspired the title track of Blood And Champagne (Music ...

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Donald Vega: Spiritual Nature

Read "Spiritual Nature" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
July 28, 2012

Some musicians willingly praise anybody who simply picks up an instrument, but bassist Ron Carter isn't known to be one of them. The legendary bass master has incredibly high standards and a reputation for telling it like it is, so an endorsement from Carter really means something. The fact that he hails Donald Vega as “the ...

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Maya Dunietz / John Edwards / Steve Noble: Cousin It

Read "Cousin It" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
July 28, 2012

This freely improvised meeting brings together Israeli pianist Maya Dunietz and British master free players, bassist John Edwards and Steve Noble--an experienced and powerful rhythm section. The trio celebrated the release of this recording at a live concert at Cafe OTO in London in December, 2011. Dunietz is one of the leading voices ...

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Paul Hubweber: Loverman

by John Eyles
July 27, 2012

Studio-recorded in July 2010, Loverman features nearly 41 minutes of solo trombone from Paul Hubweber across eleven tracks. As the album title hints, the focus of the album is on Charlie Parker, with five of those eleven tracks being Bird compositions, in addition to “Lover Man," made famous by the alto saxophonist. Despite those tracks, this ...

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Wolfram Trio: Wolfram

Read "Wolfram" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
July 27, 2012

Wolfram Trio is a new Norwegian outfit that adds its own version to the existing European mix of acoustic free jazz and free improvisation. The trio claims its roots in the pioneering work of saxophonists Peter Brötzmann and Evan Parker, as well as bassist Barry Guy--saxophonist Albert Ayler, even--but does not demonstrate any overt reverence to ...

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Stefan Schmid: ExTENded

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 27, 2012

"Jazz Thing-next generation" è una collana discografica nata dalla collaborazione tra la rivista Jazz Thing stampata a Colonia e l'etichetta Double Moon Records attiva sempre nella città tedesca. Obiettivo dichiarato quello di dare a giovani talenti desiderosi di promuovere la propria musica la possibilità di incidere per una etichetta senza preclusioni stilistiche e attenta a cogliere ...

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Natalie Cressman and Secret Garden: Unfolding

Read "Unfolding" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
July 27, 2012

If John the Baptist was supposed to be the reincarnation of the prophet Elijah, then Natalie Cressman is certainly the same for Jack Teagarden. Both sing and play trombone, and that is all that's required for a spiritual connection. Cressman's debut, Unfolding, sports a crazy “Honeysuckle Rose" and a slew of fine originals. Equally capable as ...