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Arts & Sciences: New You

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Il leader del quartetto Arts & Sciences (attivo a Oackland, California) è il tastierista Michael Coleman, non a caso autore di tutto il materiale tematico contenuto in questo interessante CD, la cui peculiarità principale sembra risiedere in un diffuso eclettismo, che nello specifico non è però, fortunatamente, in alcun modo sinonimo di genericità (come spesso accade). ...

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Evan Parker - Zlatko Kaučič: Round About One O'Clock

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Round About One O'Clock documenta la performance che i due grandi esponenti della musica improvvisata europea hanno dato il 4 luglio 2009 in occasione del cinquantesimo anniversario del festival jazz di Lubiana. L'incontro è dedicato alla memoria dello sfortunato sassofonista Mike “Ozzie" Osborne che condivise con Parker alcuni capitoli della scena musicale britannica (il più noto ...

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Kyle Bruckmann's Wrack: Cracked Refraction

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Kyle Bruckmann è attivo nella Bay Area come specialista di oboe, compositore raffinato in bilico tra jazz, avanguardia da camera, elettronica, improvvisatore a 360 gradi. È a fianco del trombettista Ernst Karel nel duo EKG, componente del quartetto Lozenge, ma soprattutto leader di questo agguerrito Wrack, quintetto ad alta intensità jazzistica dallo spettro timbrico molto definito ...

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Sumi Tonooka: NOW: Solo Live at the Howland Cultural Center

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by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

There are some jazz players who suffer an unusually large gap between their credentials and their renown. Pianist Sumi Tonooka is a case in point. She studied with Mary Lou Williams, made her recording début with Detroit trumpeter Marcus Belgrave (of Motown/Tribe Records fame), and was part of Philly Joe Jones's band. Two especially strong albums--Long ...

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Spill: Stockholm Syndrome

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Stockholm Syndrome è un disco registrato dal vivo in due differenti esibizioni datate 2010 da Spill, duo formato da Magda Mayas al pianoforte e Tony Buck batteria. Due soli i brani, “Helsinki" ventitre minuti abbondanti, “Oslo" quasi trentacinque minuti. Il tutto racchiuso in un packaging di carta riciclata, in edizione limitata di cinquecento copie, di un'etichetta ...

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Art Bailey: Quiet As A Bone

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by Mark Corroto

In a classic Monty Python comedy sketch, John Cleese, a self-defense instructor, teaches various techniques to disarm an attacker who comes at his victims armed with a piece of fruit. The students dissent, but Cleese runs down a list of lethal weapons including grapes, apples, grapefruit (whole and segments), pomegranates, etc. The pupils bored refrain, “we ...

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Brian Bromberg: Compared to That

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by Larry Taylor

Ever sit back dreamily listening to an album, letting the music wash over you when all of a sudden, you hear a number that snaps you to attention? Such is the experience when listening to Brian Bromberg's Compared to That. The noteworthy number here: “Hayride," an original by Bromberg. Earlier tracks are hard-edged smooth ...

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David Liebman - Ellery Eskelin: Non Sequiturs

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Dopo Different but the Same e Renewal, Non Sequiturs è il terzo CD (di nuovo per la Hatology) di questo gruppo guidato da Dave Liebman ed Ellery Eskelin, che si conferma quindi stabile e affiatato, ma certo non logorato dalla routine. Una formazione con due sax tenori tutto sommato non è frequente nella storia del jazz. ...

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Bill Evans: Live at Art D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate

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by AAJ Italy Staff

D'Lugoff's non è certo un nome facile da pronunciare per un italiano, eppure merita un piccolo sforzo, perché si tratta di un locale notevole. Era il club posto un piano sopra il più celebre Village Gate e per questo soprannominato “Top of the Gate". Accoglieva artisti dello stesso calibro e capitava spesso che il trio di ...

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David Liebman & Ellery Eskelin: Non Sequiturs

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by Troy Collins

Non Sequiturs is the third Hatology release from the cooperative quartet co-led by saxophonist's David Liebman and Ellery Eskelin, following 2008's Renewal and their 2005 debut, Different But The Same. Although the pairing initially seemed surprising (Liebman is Eskelin's former teacher), the two tenors have since demonstrated an innate kinship; each is a fearless improviser, well-versed ...


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