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Masabumi Kikuchi Trio: Sunrise
by AAJ Italy Staff
Ad un primo ascolto di Sunrise ci si potrebbe domandare quanto in questa musica diafana, reticente e sospesa sia dovuto alla scrittura e quanto all'improvvisazione. Poi, anche leggendo le informazioni del libretto, si comprende che si tratta di improvvisazione collettiva, ma sempre indirizzata dal leader verso un pensoso e malinconico progredire, verso un ascolto reciproco quasi ...
Don Preston: Filters, Oscillators & Envelopes 1967-1982
by AAJ Italy Staff
Molte figure di session men, specialmente nei decenni passati, possono vantare prestigiose collaborazioni, ma per alcuni musicisti l'essere stati in quel posto in quel determinato momento è assai più di una casualità professionale. È certamente il caso del tastierista Don Preston, principalmente associato alle Mothers of Invention di Frank Zappa, ma anche attivo in ambito jazz ...
Ravi Coltrane: Spirit Fiction
by Greg Simmons
It's easy to imagine the double-takes that must have occurred when introductions were being made around New York in the early 1990s. “What'd you say your last name is, son?" Let's face it, if you're walking around with the name of a God, your last name is Coltrane and your first name is not John, and ...
Curtis Fuller: Down Home
by Edward Blanco
Legendary trombonist Curtis Fuller was 22 years old when he played on John Coltrane's landmark Blue Train (Blue Note, 1957), and the saxophonist remained best friends with Fuller during the 1950s and '60s. In 2005, the trombonist met saxophonist Keith Oxman, and has since developed a friendship leading to Fuller's favorable comparison of his new friend ...
Matt Ulery: By a Little Light
by AAJ Italy Staff
Da qualche tempo a questa parte si va affermando una generazione di musicisti dalla prospettiva musicale decisamente indirizzata verso l'aspetto compositivo/organizzativo del fare musica. Che avvenga attraverso ensemble di stampo jazzistico (lo splendido Overseas IV di Eivind Opsvik ne è una recente testimonianza) o con formazioni dalle caratteristiche più vicine alla musica classica e contemporanea (è ...
Eivind Opsvik: Overseas IV
by AAJ Italy Staff
Overseas è il nome della band che il contrabbassista e compositore norvegese Eivind Opsvik fondò nel lontano 2002. Nel corso di dieci anni e quattro pubblicazioni Opsvik ha dato ampia testimonianza della sua evoluzione artistica e della sua capacità di coagulare attorno a questo progetto prestigiosi esponenti della scena prog-jazz newyorchese, esaltandone peculiarità non sempre esibite ...
Eple Trio: In the Clearing / In the Cavern
by John Kelman
With all the controversy over what jazz is--and, more to the point, what it isn't--proprietary ownership often seems more about seemingly insurmountable cultural concerns. It's difficult for those living in the relative hustle and bustle of North American cities to appreciate a different pace, a different vibe--the effect, for example, of winters where daylight diminishes to ...
Federico Ughi: Songs For Four Cities
by Florence Wetzel
Drummer Federico Ughi's Songs for Four Cities is a poetic meditation on inner and outer geography that's filled with deliciously lyrical tunes. Ughi lived in Italy until age 21, and then spent almost a decade in London before moving to his current home in New York City in 2000. The eight compositions on the CD explore ...
Rosa Ena Campos: The Moon In Me
by Jerry D'Souza
Singer Rosa Ena Campos does not let musical boundaries confine her vision. She goes beyond the obvious to meld style and genres to hone her vocal and interpretive skills.Campos's first foray into music came through learning classical clarinet. That boundary was usurped by improvisational singing into which she wove jazz, bossa nova and Indian ...
Joel Harrison & Lorenzo Feliciati: Holy Abyss
by Glenn Astarita
With his stylistic approach to jazz guitar, Joel Harrison imparts a mark of authenticity on whatever genre-busting activities he approaches. Whether tackling drummer Paul Motian's compositions with a folk-jazz, chamber slant on The Music of Paul Motian (Sunnyside, 2011), or morphing country, blues, and jazz on So Long 2nd Street (ACT, 2004), the guitarist often injects ...
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