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Dafnis Prieto Proverb Trio: Proverb Trio
by Dan Bilawsky
It has long been said that “there's nothing new under the sun," but this record counters that particular proverb's proclamation. Drummer/composer Dafnis Prieto has birthed an album unlike anything else in his own discography--or anywhere else, for that matter. The self-titled debut from Prieto's Proverb Trio is a triumphantly trippy album that's built ...
Duke Ellington Legacy: Single Petal of a Rose
by Edward Blanco
The great Duke Ellington would be proud of the way his family has decided to keep his memory and music alive and kicking for newer generations to enjoy. In 2003, his grandchildren, guitarist Edward Kennedy Ellington II and sister Gaye Ellington, formed The Duke Ellington Legacy, a nine-piece jazz ensemble dedicated to performing the music of ...
Nicky Schrire: Freedom Flight
by Dan Bilawsky
Breaking into the jazz vocal world is no easy feat. Aspiring singers often find themselves angling for crumbs of attention in this overcrowded field, and having a pleasant voice doesn't count for much anymore. Originality in approach, a proclivity for picking songs that stretch the definition of jazz and an elastic understanding of the voice's role ...
Bruce Kaphan Quartet: Bruce Kaphan Quartet
by Hrayr Attarian
What can be more American than jazz played on pedal steel guitar? After all, both are United States' cultural products. Yet pedal steel guitarists are rarely found outside the different sub-genres of country music. Enter Bruce Kaphan, a virtuoso of this instrument and a talented composer who peppers Bruce Kaphan Quartet with abundant jazzy sensibilities.
Roberto Magris: One Night In With Hope And More...Vol.1
by Edward Blanco
Italian composer and pianist Roberto Magris is an internationally renowned artist reminiscent of piano masters like Kenny Drew, McCoy Tyner and the legendary Bill Evans. A veteran jazz musician, Magris has recorded eighteen albums in a career that has spanned over three decades and, with One Night In With Hope And More...Vol. 1, continues his collaboration ...
Rich Halley: Back From Beyond
by Hrayr Attarian
Over a half a century after saxophonist Ornette Coleman launched the free jazz movement the genre is going strong thanks to such individualistic practitioners as tenor saxophonist Rich Halley. Halley's sound has matured and crystallized over the course of dozen or so albums, all critically acclaimed. On his fourteenth release as a leader, ...
Harris Eisenstadt: Canada Day III
by Glenn Astarita
Drummer Harris Eisenstadt has gained steam on the progressive jazz front, largely due to his complex and harmonically variant compositions amid glittering support from like-minded musicians who often lead solo careers as well. His Canada Day band reemerges with a strong program, seeded in multidimensional jazz-tinged spinoffs, featuring free form segments, intricately executed structural components and ...
Berthet, Vonlanthen, Bondi: Silo
by Glenn Astarita
Experimental guitarist Vinz Vonlanthen shares equal billing with a motivated team on Silo, set upon asymmetrical pulses, bustling movements, and passages shaded with inquisitive-like thematic constructions all enhanced by a superb audio engineering process. Essentially, the trio goes on a journey to seek those often-elusive answers via enthusiastic interplay amid a few torrential downpours.Vonlanthen's ...
Arturo O'Farrill: The Noguchi Sessions
by Dan Bilawsky
Pianist Arturo O'Farrill has been around the block a few times and is rightly respected for his role in elevating the Latin big band genre, but he has shied away from the idea of recording a solo piano album for a long time. In the fall of 2011, O'Farrill found himself sitting behind a Steinway piano ...
Alessandro Fedrigo: Solitario
by AAJ Italy Staff
Specialista della chitarra basso acustica, Alessandro Fedrigo è musicista eclettico che si muove nelle aree più diverse, dalla sperimentazione alla musica etnica, dall'improvvisazione al jazz più tradizionale. Delle sue diverse frequentazioni ci siamo più volte occupati su queste pagine, in particolare delle collaborazioni con l'etichetta nBn (come 5053 del Chladni Experiment Trio, o Ball Gag con ...
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