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Joe Morris/ William Parker/ Gerald Cleaver: Altitude

Read "Altitude" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Of all the possible combinations and permutations of modern improvising jazzmen, it's a wonder that the trio of guitarist Joe Morris, bassist William Parker and drummer Gerald Cleaver have never worked together as a unit. Luckily in 2011, at the urging of label chief Steven Joerg, the trio got together for two sets at The Stone ...

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Talking Cows: Almost Human

Read "Almost Human" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Dopo Bovinity e Dairy Tales, il quartetto olandese firma il suo terzo disco confermando la sua estetica di fondo: un'ispirato connubio tra stilemi di jazz moderno (con riferimenti anche pre-boppistici) e libera improvvisazione. Le foto in copertina con gli esseri umani dalla testa di bovino forse vogliono rappresentare questa convivenza di due aspetti molto diversi nella ...

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Gerald Albright and Norman Brown: 24/7

Read "24/7" reviewed by Jeff Winbush

by Jeff Winbush

No instruments dominate smooth jazz more than the guitar and saxophone, which is why Gerald Albright and Norman Brown, two of the genre's most dominant players, make such an inspired pairing. Both musicians are on the top of their game and while 24/7 breaks no new ground, it does provide perfect listening for warm summer nights ...

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Radar: In Sight

Read "In Sight" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Sono molto giovani i musicisti del quartetto Radar, ma suonano come dei veterani. E se questo può essere un bene dal punto di vista sia tecnico che espressivo, può rappresentare un limite sotto il profilo della sperimentazione, della novità. Il loro debutto In Sight è un buon disco: raffinato, suonato con dedizione, pieno di eleganze stilistiche ...

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4 Sided Triangle: 4 Sided Triangle

Read "4 Sided Triangle" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay

4 Sided Triangle offer up a set of tunes that mix jazz, rock, blues and funk on their eponymous debut album. It's an often-quirky set of tunes from an impressive quartet of British musicians led by Bristol-based saxophonist and composer Kevin Figes.Figes also leads the Kevin Figes Quartet, which has released two albums, but ...

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Michael Vlatkovich Ensemblio: An Autobiography of a Pronoun

Read "An Autobiography of a Pronoun" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Michael Vlatkovich è uno dei talenti più fulgidi della musica creativa della West Coast per l'ampiezza di vedute, per la sua curiosità che travalica i generi, per le qualità di strumentista, compositore e arrangiatore, per le svariate e stimolanti collaborazioni eccellenti, per la valenza artistica delle sue registrazioni. An Autobiography of a Pronoun non fa eccezione. ...

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Harris Eisenstadt: Canada Day III

Read "Canada Day III" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Harris Eisenstadt's Canada Day quintet is evidence that an ensemble can be both disciplined and chaotic. With Canada Day III, the drummer/composer presents eight original pieces that, but for his talented sidemen, probably could not exist elsewhere.As with his previous quintet dates, Canada Day (Clean Feed, 2009) and Canada Day II (Songlines, 2011) Eisenstadt's ...

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Humpty Duo: Acoustic Groove

Read "Acoustic Groove" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Il duo è, prima ancora che una formazione, un concetto sonoro, un feeling, uno scambio di umori all'occorrenza anche contrastanti. Una dimensione mai facile. Se poi a reagire sono due elementi giovani e ancora non forgiati attraverso esperienze consistenti il tutto può diventare rischioso, ma anche di notevole interesse. Come nel caso di Acoustic Groove, l'album ...

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Ryan Truesdell: Centennial - Newly Discovered Works Of Gil Evans

Read "Centennial - Newly Discovered Works Of Gil Evans" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco

Pianist, band leader and composer Ian Ernest Gilmore Green, or as he is better know, Gil Evans, played an instrumental role in the development of free, modal, fusion and most of all, cool jazz. Evans numbers extensive collaborations with the great Miles Davis and arranging duties for the Claude Thornhill Orchestra in the 1940s among his ...

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Emanuele Cisi Quartet: Homecoming

Read "Homecoming" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Negli ultimi anni Emanuele Cisi è impegnato in una serie di progetti diversissimi tra loro, per scopi, linguaggi e repertorio. Uno di questi è Homecoming, pubblicato dall'etichetta giapponese Albore Jazz. Qui il sassofonista torinese è alla guida di un quartetto italiano, in cui lo affiancano Luigi Bonafede al pianoforte, Rosario Bonaccorso al basso e Francesco Sotgiu ...


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