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Amanda Ruzza: This Is What Happened

Read "This Is What Happened" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
June 12, 2012

Brazilian-born Amanda Ruzza began playing bass guitar when she was 12 years old, developing a mastery for the instrument, moving to New York City and, since then, playing a variety of styles of music with such groups as Global Noize and the Chris Stover's Caetano Veloso Project. This Is What Happened is the young artist's debut, ...

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Claudio Cojaniz: Shadows of Colours

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 11, 2012

Due anni fa, nella basilica veneziana dei Frari, Claudio Cojaniz, oggi sessantenne, ha realizzato il sogno di una vita che in pratica ogni pianista cova dentro di sé: un concerto per solo organo (ovviamente a canne), per di più con tanto di riversamento discografico. E' nato così Shadows of Colours, suite in nove parti per organo ...

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Bill Evans (saxophone): Dragonfly

Read "Dragonfly" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
June 11, 2012

The music on saxophonist Bill Evans' Dragonfly plays like the sum total of his experiences distilled into a single disc. Evans has spent more than three decades playing with the cream of the crop, including jazz heavyweights like trumpeter Miles Davis and guitarist John McLaughlin, and smooth stars such as pianist Dave Grusin and guitarist Lee ...

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Spectrum Road: Spectrum Road

Read "Spectrum Road" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
June 11, 2012

Pure power takes precedence over finesse on Spectrum Road, but just barely. On this tribute to late drummer Tony Williams' groundbreaking fusion band Lifetime, guitarist Vernon Reid, keyboardist John Medeski, bassist/vocalist Jack Bruce and drummer Cindy Blackman Santana offer just enough respite from an otherwise nonstop sonic assault of just under an hour.“Vuelta Abajo" ...

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aljazZeera: aljazZeera

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 11, 2012

La sfinge che campeggia in copertina, custode di una antica civiltà che getta il suo sguardo perplesso sui simboli di quella moderna sfreccianti sotto i suoi occhi, e il nome del gruppo, gustoso gioco di parole, intreccio di musica e di mondi mediorientali, farebbe supporre un disco fortemente connotato dal punto di vista dei riferimenti stilistici ...

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Elin Larsson Group: Let You In

Read "Let You In" reviewed by James Pearse

by James Pearse
June 11, 2012

Darkness and light are two recurring themes of life in Sweden. In winter, it is a dark unforgiving land. When spring and summer finally arrive, Sweden blooms and bursts into life like few other countries can.Potentially a love letter to the joys of spring, the opener (and title track) of Let You In, the ...

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Neneh Cherry & The Thing: The Cherry Thing

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 11, 2012

A chi è abituato a muoversi nell'ombra, tra i vicoli angusti e gli scantinati bui dell'avant-jazz, non capita spesso di avere a che fare con una stella di prima grandezza. D'accordo, un po' fuori dal giro, e ferma, discograficamente parlando, a Man, anno di grazia 1996. Ma pur sempre un'artista capace di sfornare hit milionarie tipo ...

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Paul Buchanan: Mid Air

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 11, 2012

L'ultima volta che s'era fatto vivo era nel 2004. Una vita fa. Era in compagnia della sua meraviglia: i Blue Nile, band che stava al calendario discografico (4 dischi in 20 anni) come Godot stava alla puntualità. Non un anno qualunque il 2004. Quello dello tsunami nel sud dell'Asia, ma anche degli sconvolgimenti tellurici sul territorio ...

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Pixel: Reminder

Read "Reminder" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
June 11, 2012

When a band is described as a “powerhouse indie-jazz ensemble" it's a surprise when the first tune on its debut release is a gentle and rather moving solo performance by the band's vocalist and double bassist. “Prelude," the tune in question, demonstrates the more reflective side of Pixel, a Norwegian quartet whose approach certainly includes powerhouse ...

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Lajos Dudas Quartet: Jazz And The City

Read "Jazz And The City" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
June 10, 2012

Lajos Dudas' What's Up Neighbour? (JazzSick, 2011), was a collaboration with pianist Hubert Bergmann. An eminently enjoyable set of improvised tunes, the album highlighted the veteran clarinetist's love of and talent for improvisation. Jazz And The City showcases Dudas' skills in a more straight-ahead setting, leading a quartet through a set of standards and originals. The ...