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Nate Radley: The Big Eyes

Read "The Big Eyes" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
June 16, 2012

Guitarist Nate Radley has turned in some great sideman performances. On alto saxophonist Loren Stillman's Winter Fruits (Pirouet, 2009), he teamed with organist Gary Versace and drummer Ted Poor for one of that year's more unusual--and unusually fine--recordings; and in 2010, he joined another intrepid saxophonist, Marc Mommaas, on the modernistic Landmarc, a string-heavy set with ...

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Moritz Ecker: Die Mikronesische Mafia

Read "Die Mikronesische Mafia" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
June 16, 2012

Die Mikronesische Mafia is technically a single work divided into five movements, but each track possesses its own identity that allows it to stand on its own as part of this compelling release. German guitarist Moritz Ecker wrote and recorded this music for octet in 2009 while studying jazz at Folkwang University of The Arts in ...

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The Susan Krebs Band: Everything Must Change

Read "Everything Must Change" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
June 16, 2012

Baltimore native cum Angelino Susan Krebs is not exactly a wallflower. She has been hiding in plain sight for the past twenty years, being a Jill-of-all-trades in the entertainment arena. She has an impressive onstage (off-Broadway) and television presence in commercials and appearances on programmed cable that include Shameless and Mad Men. She has also made ...

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Ivo Perelman with Sirius String Quartet: The Passion According to G.H.

Read "The Passion According to G.H." reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
June 16, 2012

At times, it seems difficult to fathom that Brazilian saxophone titan Ivo Perelman's collaboration with the Sirius String Quartet is totally improvised. And while improvisation is a principle component of the saxophonist's extensive and variegated discography, an unusually high synergistic force amid the artists' underlying tenacity offers a template for success. As the album comprises intense, ...

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Niels Lyhne Lokkegaard: Vesper

by John Kelman
June 15, 2012

While people debate the recent re-emergence of vinyl as not just a viable hard media for music, but a better one sonically, few can argue the beauty of experiencing cover art, expanded from the 5"x5" limitation of a CD cover, to the glorious, now almost larger than life beauty of a 12"x12" long-player sleeve. If cover ...

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Hristo Vitchev and Liubomir Krastev: Rhodopa

by Dan Bilawsky
June 15, 2012

The duo format is nothing new for Hristo Vitchev, but his prior work in this arena focused exclusively on his playing relationship with pianist Weber Iago. In fact, all four of the Bay Area-based guitarist's prior albums--whether duo, quartet or quintet--featured Iago in the lineup; but everybody knows that nothing is forever. With the release of ...

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Malte Schiller’s Red Balloon: The Second Time Is Different

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 15, 2012

Il giovane polifiatista, compositore (nel caso specifico di tutti i brani, esclusi ovviamente “Giant Steps" e “Lush Life") e arrangiatore (dei succitati) berlinese Malte Schiller merita senza alcun dubbio tutta la nostra attenzione. In quest'ottimo album, dirige un ensemble di undici elementi (lui compreso) di “tiro" eloquentemente orchestrale, però con un intercalarsi fra pieni e vuoti ...

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Jimmy Lyons & Sunny Murray Trio: Jump Up

Read "Jump Up" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
June 15, 2012

Renowned Cecil Taylor trio alumni, alto saxophonist Jimmy Lyons and drummer Sunny Murray reunited in Switzerland and summoned young bass wunderkind John Lindberg for a tour de force captured live at Jazz Festival Willisau in August, 1980. Reissued and remastered, this release highlights the band's unbridled energy and resounding clarity, abetted by the crystalline audio. It ...

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Neil Cowley Trio: The Face of Mount Molehill

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 15, 2012

Non so se si possa parlare - o meglio se sia utile parlare - di un vero e proprio “filone" transnazionale (dalla Svezia degli E.S.T. agli Stati Uniti dei Bad Plus, fatti tutti i dovuti distinguo espressivi) di piano trio di matrice ritmica rock, ma sarà certamente utile a farsi capire inquadrare la musica del trio ...

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Ran Blake and Christine Correa: Down Here Below

Read "Down Here Below" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
June 15, 2012

Starting with the inimitable Jeanne Lee, pianist Ran Blake has been collaborating with adventurous vocalists for half a century. These are singers who are not satisfied by merely parroting the old repertoire in the same tried and true, but also musty and tired way. These are musicians whose vocal cords command close listening, as is the ...