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Fabrizio D´Alisera Quintet: Mr. Jobhopper

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 9, 2012

Leggendo le elogiative note di copertina di questo disco, scritte dal sassofonista Max Ionata, si potrebbe facilmente sospettare di trovarsi di fronte all'ennesimo esempio di auto-promozione svolta per interposta persona (Ionata è stato uno dei maestri del leader di questo quintetto, il giovane sassofonista Fabrizio D'Alisera). Tuttavia, basta ascoltare il primo brano, un ottimo esempio di ...

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Rebecca Sullivan & Mike Allemana: This Way, This Time

Read "This Way, This Time" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
July 9, 2012

The great composers of the jazz standard repertoire had lesser-known contemporaries whose work although of quality, inevitably did not garner the same attention. This body of somewhat unknown jazz compositions offers the up-and-coming jazz artist a wealth of material to choose from when trying to assemble that most important debut recording. Chicago-native vocalist ...

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Graham Collier: Relook

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 9, 2012

Graham Collier, compositore britannico scomparso in Grecia nel settembre 2011, non è mai stato un personaggio facile. Anticonvenzionale per natura, è sempre stato nemico degli stereotipi, dei luoghi comuni - e nel jazz ce ne sono ancora moltissimi - e del cosiddetto establishment. Basterebbe leggere il suo ultimo saggio “The Jazz Composer, Moving the Music off ...

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The Black Butterflies: Rainbows For Ramon

Read "Rainbows For Ramon" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza
July 9, 2012

When passion turns into art the effect can be stunning. Saxophonist Mercedes Figueras proves this in her masterful blend of jazz including Latin music, African rhythms and a high-energy dollop of free jazz. What makes it all the more tantalizing is the way in which she and her band scope and enlarge the composition. Figureas plays ...

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Elton Dean's Ninesense: The 100 Club Concert 1979

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 9, 2012

Con la pubblicazione del doppio CD The 100 Club Concert 1979 viene finalmente resa disponibile la registrazione di un concerto tenuto nel marzo del 1979, al celebre 100 Club di Londra, dai Ninesense di Elton Dean. I nastri della serata appartengono alla collezione privata di Riccardo Bergerone, un piemontese indomito che aveva già organizzato in Italia ...

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Maria Neckam: Unison

Read "Unison" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
July 8, 2012

Vienna native and New York-based vocalist, composer and lyricist Maria Neckam is one of those rare artists whose work is accessible without being ordinary, and cerebral without being abstruse. Her third release as a leader, Unison, has both artistic originality and commercial appeal and may be the magnum opus of her short career so far.

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kandodo: kandodo

Read "kandodo" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
July 8, 2012

Multi-instrumentalist Simon Price offers shades of vintage Brian Eno ambient-electronica, with psychedelic hooks and minimalist terrestrial planes, via his one-man solo effort, bearing the group moniker kandodo. He also intersperses an off-center new age vibe into the grand mix via oscillating guitar parts, thought-provoking textural components and tasteful themes sprinkled throughout. “Lord Hyena, ...

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Wendy K: Just For a Thrill

Read "Just For a Thrill" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
July 8, 2012

A professional actress with a long successful career on the other side of the camera as a film and television casting director (running her own firm and collaborating with many talented directors), Wendy Kurtzman (as Wendy K) now focuses on what she's always loved the most: singing. On Just For a Thrill, K expands her horizons, ...

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Manuel Valera: New Cuban Express

Read "New Cuban Express" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
July 7, 2012

Pianist Manuel Valera has been liberally mixing and melding Cuban forms with modern jazz ideals since his first record--Forma Nueva (Mavo Music, 2004)--put him on the map, but his methods have changed and evolved. He expanded his aural framework by working a woodwind quintet into the musical fabric of Vientos (Anzic Records, 2007), which showed glimpses ...

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Mikkel Mark Trio: Mikkel Mark Trio featuring Luther Thomas

Read "Mikkel Mark Trio featuring Luther Thomas" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza
July 7, 2012

Alto-saxophonist Luther Thomas joined pianist Mikkel Mark for this concert at the Christiana Jazz Club in Copenhagen on December 1, 2007. The program of standards on the resultant Mikkel Mark Trio featuring Luther Thomas works well, profiling the free jazz approach of Thomas with the more structured improvisations of Mark.Thomas and Mark are both ...