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Simetrio: Simetrio
by Eyal Hareuveni
The debut release from Chilean piano trio Simetrío has its own fresh aesthetic. This trio does not want to be cornered as another Latin jazz outfit but seeks to create its own repertoire free of any genre boundaries. The trio have been working since 2009 but bassist Marcelo Córdova and pianist Lautaro Quevedo, ...
Henry Threadgill: Tomorrow Sunny / The Revelry, Spp
by Troy Collins
Now into its twelfth consecutive year, Zooid can finally lay claim as Henry Threadgill's longest running ensemble, having superseded the tenures of the venerable composer's most celebrated lineups, including Air, Sextett and Very Very Circus. Tomorrow Sunny / The Revelry, Spp is the idiosyncratic chamber group's fourth release for Pi Recordings, which was founded in 2001 ...
Peter Appleyard: Sophisticated Ladies
by Dan Bilawsky
Peter Appleyard seems to have a way with the ladies. The octogenarian vibraphonist brings his virile mallet work to bear while escorting a dozen lovely songbirds through some smartly arranged standards on this, his second release the span of a few months. Appleyard started off the year by looking toward the past, issuing a previously unreleased ...
"A" Trio: Music to Ours Ears
by AAJ Italy Staff
Ascoltando Music to Our Ears si fatica a credere quanto scritto sul retro di una copertina sobria e senza note, ossia che la musica contenuta nel CD non presenta nessun tipo di montaggio, di overdubbing, né di elettronica. “Textural Swings" sembra contraddire in pieno questa affermazione. Il lungo brano iniziale (trentatré minuti!) è un viaggio oltre ...
Positive Catastrophe: Dibrujo, Dibrujo, Dibrujo...
by Glenn Astarita
Creative juices must have been bouncing off the studio walls during the recording process of this band's sophomore album. The ten-piece unit includes several progressive-jazz notables, such as cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum and saxophonists Matt Bauder and Michael Attias. The perspicacious group-centric focus enlivens a wild Latin Jazz jamboree, where rules are most certainly meant to ...
Simon Rose: Schmetterling
by AAJ Italy Staff
Abbiamo già ascoltato Simon Rose in diversi contesti, dal trio al solo di sassofono contralto. Eppure, come si addice ad ogni improvvisatore di razza, riesce sempre a sorprenderci, ad esempio con quest'ultimo disco, inciso in solo al sax baritono. Schmetterling è un lavoro singolare anche per il luogo di registrazione, e cioè una sala dall'ampio soffitto ...
Joe Alterman: Give Me The Simple Life
by C. Michael Bailey
Bruce Lindsey, in his review of Joe Alterman's Give Me The Simple Life, notes that the young pianist has..."the feel of a musician who's been immersed in his chosen music for decades." Citing Errol Garner, Oscar Peterson and Red Garland as influences, Altman betrays influences that further give bona fides to his experience beyond youth. Chief ...
Aidoru: Zodiaco Elettrico
by AAJ Italy Staff
Se quello delle avanguardie del Novecento è, per diversi aspetti, un territorio ancora alla ricerca di confini ben visibili, quella di Karlheinz Stockhausen è, di certo, una delle figure imprescindibili di una corrente di pensiero - ancor prima che musicale - che ha sparigliato le carte sul tavolo della composizione. E la musica del meastro di ...
Santana: Shape Shifter
by Jeff Winbush
The sticker plastered to Shape Shifter proclaims this is the Santana album 20 years in the making. Actually, it's the first album in 13 years where the guitarist doesn't just seem like a sideman on his own records. Nobody is more deserving of a career-reviving success story than Mexican-born Santana who was rewarded after years of ...
Virginia Mayhew Quartet: Mary Lou Williams: The Next 100 Years
by Edward Blanco
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth date of pianist, composer and arranger Mary Lou Williams, the Virginia Mayhew Quartet pays homage to one of the most unheralded, yet most important jazz figures of all time on Mary Lou Williams--The Next 100 Years. Presenting new arrangements of eight Williams compositions and two original blues charts, Mayhew ...
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