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Bill Carrothers: Family Life

Read "Family Life" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
June 21, 2012

Minnesota-born pianist Bill Carrothers made the seemingly obligatory to pilgrimage to New York and spent five years there, doing the hustle and hang for work. That's how it's done in the jazz world. Or not. After five unhappy years in the Big Apple, Carrothers packed up his piano and moved to Michigan's Upper Peninsula--not exactly a ...

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Ben Tyree: Thoughtform Variations

Read "Thoughtform Variations" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
June 20, 2012

In stark contrast to the psychedelic funk rock of re: Vision (2010, Sonic Architectures), Brooklyn-based guitarist Ben Tyree eschews pyrotechnic effects and performs literally naked on his solo acoustic debut, Thoughtform Variations, showing enough imagination and finger-picking stylizations to satisfy both six-string enthusiasts and casual listeners. These original pieces were conceived eight years ...

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Delirium: Green Side Up

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 20, 2012

I Delirium sono un quartetto danese composto dal batterista Stefan Pasborg, dal sassofonista Mikko Innanen, dal trombettista Kasper Tramberg e dal bassista Jonas Westerggard. Innanen, 33 anni è l'unico a non avere natali danesi, ma finlandesi, ed è anche autore di 6 dei 10 pezzi contenuti in questo CD registrato a Copenaghen nel 2009. Anche se ...

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Bill Carrothers: Family Life

Read "Family Life" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
June 20, 2012

Nostalgia, if overused, can be a dangerous drug but, when the dosage is just right, it can serve as a wonderful gateway into an artist's personalized realm. Such is the case with pianist Bill Carrothers' Family Life. Carrothers broke his trio recording habit, which is well-documented on his prior Pirouet releases, and sat down all by ...

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Biagio Coppa: Antagonisti Androgeni

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 20, 2012

Biagio Coppa è un talentoso sassofonista, compositore e direttore d'orchestra milanese che opera tra l'Italia e gli Stati Uniti dove ha collaborato con Ralph Alessi, Drew Gress, Matt Mitchell, Shane Endsley (con i quali ha pubblicato Anastomosi), Tom Rainey e altri. In questi anni ha guidato vari organici, spaziando dalla sperimentazione d'avanguardia alla rivisitazione creativa della ...

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Sha's Feckel: Greatest Hits

Read "Greatest Hits" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
June 20, 2012

With Stoa (ECM, 2006), the world at large was introduced to Nik Bärtsch and his hypnotic, booty-shaking Zen Funk. But the Swiss pianist's rapid ascendance, thanks to the international reach and reputation of ECM Records, was only the tip of the iceberg. Not only had Bärtsch released six previous albums since 2001, on his own Ronin ...

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Jeff Hamilton Trio: Red Sparkle

Read "Red Sparkle" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 20, 2012

Frutto di una collaborazione decennale e di una straordinaria intesa musicale, Red Sparkle documenta il dialogo e l'interplay di tre musicisti e la loro intensa affinità con il jazz. La scaletta ben congegnata parte con un pezzo di facile ascolto dai toni blues “Ain't That a Peach," dedicato al trombettista Snooky Young, seguito da una “Bye ...

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The Harris Group: Choices

Read "Choices" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
June 20, 2012

Issues of health are a fact we will all deal with at some point in life, though the nature of a particular affliction may, for some, affect their lives, derail dreams and change their journey. For Chicago-based guitarist Ric Harris, a battle with a seizure disorder that began in his youth led to brain surgery thirty ...

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Jake Saslow: Crosby Street

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by AAJ Italy Staff
June 20, 2012

Per il suo debutto da leader Jake Saslow sceglie di avvalersi di una band di comprovata qualità, nella quale spiccano i nomi del chitarrista Mike Moreno e del robusto drummer Marcus Gilmore. E sceglie un percorso di brani originali - fatta eccezione per una morbida “Lovely Woman" di Horace Silver -, nei quali riesce a dare ...

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Blink: Twice

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 19, 2012

È quasi un assioma. Gran parte delle proposte new jazz più interessanti arrivano sistematicamente dalla terra d'Albione. Anche in questo caso dove Robin Fincker, trentaduenne sassofonista e clarinettista francese ma da oltre una decina d'anni stabilito a Londra e per lungo tempo collaboratore della pianista Alcyona Mick, “benedice" con la saggezza dei savi la nuova avventura ...