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Greg Diamond: Conduit

Read "Conduit" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco

New York guitarist Greg Diamond follows up his well-received debut, Dancando Com Ale (Self Produced, 2008), with the equally impressive Conduit--a session of contemporary modern jazz infused with Latin rhythms and elements of jazz-rock fusion, funk, bebop and a touch of the blues. The music is a hodgepodge of different influences, melding nicely into one superb ...

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AA.VV.: Sensacional Soul - Vol. 3

Read "Sensacional Soul - Vol. 3" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Filone piuttosto prolifico e irresistibile quello del soul spagnolo tra gli anni Sessanta e Settanta, tanto che la sempre solerte Vampi Soul ci ha già costruito una serie di volumi doppi [in CD o in vinile] di cui con questo si giunge al numero tre. Vero è che la Spagna è stata tra le nazioni più ...

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Baloni: Fremdenzimmer

Read "Fremdenzimmer" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Il trio è cosmopolita (Frantz Loriot è nippo-francese, Joachim Badenhorst è belga, Pascal Niggenkemper è franco-tedesco) ma è di stanza a New York. Dettaglio non trascurabile, forse decisivo, nel definire le coordinate di Fremdenzimmer. Perché in questa ostica, aggrovigliata ma stimolante incisione si fondono in maniera decisamente originale, e con passione quasi selvaggia, le pulsazioni uniche ...

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Wayne Krantz: Howie 61

Read "Howie 61" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

It's rarely been the norm to talk about guitarist Wayne Krantz's singing, as the focus of his music has long been instrumental. That began to change with the sizzling Krantz, Carlock, Lefebvre (Abstract Logix, 2009), where Krantz sang on a third of the tracks. On Howie 61 Krantz sings on eight of the ten numbers. The ...

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Dan Moretti & Piccola Orchestra La Viola: The Journey

Read "The Journey" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

La Piccola Orchestra La Viola è un ensemble “povero," perlopiù composto da organetti che coronano la voce di Antonella Costanzo, sostenuti da un basso elettrico e delle percussioni. Il tutto diretto da Alessandro Parente, per mettere in scena solitamente una elegante world music che pesca nella tradizione per guardare al presente e al futuro. In questo ...

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Tom Soloveitzik / Korhan Erel / Kevin Davis: Three States of Freedom

Read "Three States of Freedom" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni

These three experimental musicians-- Israeli saxophonist Tom Soloveitzik, Turkish electronics player Korhan Erel (founding member of the Turkey's pioneering free improvisation group, Islak Köpek), and American expat cellist Kevin Davis met in Istanbul in 2009. This album was recorded a year later, in June 2010, following a short Israeli tour, conducted during troubled political times, both ...

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Bebo Ferra: Specs People

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Specs People è il nuovo lavoro di Bebo Ferra che in questa occasione sceglie di avvalersi di un trio completato da Maxx Furian alla batteria e Gianluca Di Ienno all'organo Hammond per dar vita a un percorso fatto di originali, ma anche di sconfinamenti in ambito rock, con la cover di “Satisfaction," e della musica da ...

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Vox Arcana: Aerial Age

Read "Aerial Age" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Vox Arcana è una delle tante e stimolanti formazioni in cui è attivo il percussionista di Chicago Tim Daisy che include altri due importanti protagonisti della scena improvvisativa di Chicago, il clarinettista James Falzone e il violoncellista Fred Lonberg-Holm. Formato nel 2008, questo trio si propone di espolare “la dinamica tra materiale tematico scritto e improvvisazione ...

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John Law / Yuri Goloubev / Asaf Sirkis: Three Leaps of the Gazelle

Read "Three Leaps of the Gazelle" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard

by Jakob Baekgaard

Making changes in a trio can be risky a thing. If there's a special chemistry in a group, the slightest change in the lineup could spoil the magic of the music. For years, pianist John Law has had an effective formula with his Art of Sound Trio, with drummer Asaf Sirkis and bassist Sam Burgess, but ...

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Herbie Hancock: Empyrean Isles

Read "Empyrean Isles" reviewed by Greg Simmons

by Greg Simmons

As a member of Miles Davis' second quintet during the 1960s, pianist Herbie Hancock rarely performed live under his own leadership, but he did take the time to record. Hancock's 1964 effort, Empyrean Isles, remains one of the most diverse and often challenging records of the pianist's tenure with Blue Note Records. It's a rare jazz ...


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