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Eddie Gomez: Per Sempre
by Dan Bilawsky
Bassist Eddie Gomez has never received the attention he deserves as a leader. While that's largely due to the fact that he spends so much time making other people sound better, the reason isn't important; it's an injustice, regardless of the cause. His pliant and flexible bass has been the binding agent and rhythmic-melodic-harmonic go-between responsible ...
Francesco D'Auria - Beppe Caruso: Pensieri con le ali
by AAJ Italy Staff
In Pensieri con le ali vi è un duo, batteria e percussioni da una parte, trombone, tuba e flauto dall'altra, o, meglio, insieme. Il duo si trasforma di frequente in trio grazie ad una voce, in un brano, e alla chitarra elettrica o acustica, in quattro brani. Quello che non cambia è la ricchezza espressiva che ...
Lorenzo Feliciati: Frequent Flyer
by Glenn Astarita
Like countless modern-era bassists, Italy's Lorenzo Feliciati derives influence from Jaco Pastorius. Possessing formidable chops and gaining a reputation as a session bassist of choice, Feliciati struts his stuff on his third release, featuring Naked Truth band-mate/trumpeter Cuong Vu, saxophonist Bob Mintzer, King Crimson drummer Pat Mastelotto, and many others who lend their wares to this ...
Jack Davies' Flea Circus: Jack Davies' Flea Circus
by Bruce Lindsay
It's a pity that James Brown has already laid claim to the title of Hardest Working Man In Show Business, because Jack Davies surely fits the bill to a “T." The young London-based trumpeter and writer runs his own record label, V & V, and leads three ensembles. In April 2012, he released his first three ...
Dan Tepfer: Goldberg Variations / Variations
by AAJ Italy Staff
Trent'anni, newyorchese nato e cresciuto a Parigi da genitori americani, Dan Tepfer ha una formazione classica, collaborazioni con jazzisti di prim'ordine e già vari dischi a proprio nome (tra i quali Duos with Lee in duo con Lee Konitz e Five Pedals Deep). Qui il pianista si rimette alla prova con un progetto singolare, affrontando le ...
Dominic Miller: 5th House
by AAJ Italy Staff
Per il suo quinto lavoro solista Dominic Miller sceglie di avvalersi di un autentico dream team, capace di mostrare sia qualità espressive che tecniche di livello assoluto, in dieci brani originali racchiusi in quaranta minuti preziosi e coinvolgenti. Il titolo 5th House rimanda alla quinta casa astrologica, che solitamente viene definita come la casa del piacere. ...
Orrin Evans: Flip The Script
by Bruce Lindsay
In the wrong hands, the contemporary piano trio can sound like a retread of piano trios since the dawn of popular music. In the right hands it remains a potent force: exciting, engaging, full of imagination and capable of flights of invention. The hands of Orrin Evans are the right hands. The Philadelphia-born pianist is approaching ...
Enzo Rocco: Spaghetti Jazz
by AAJ Italy Staff
Trio decisamente aperto, quello riunito dal chitarrista cremasco in questo live realizzato tre anni or sono in quel di Buenos Aires accanto a due improvvisatori autoctoni. Lavoro felicemente poco tornito, a tratti quasi grezzo, obliquo e dinoccolato, Spaghetti Jazz riunisce nove pagine di Rocco che i tre musicisti attraversano con sano senso dissacratorio, non ponendosi troppe ...
Karl Berger / Dom Minasi: Synchronicity
by Dan Bilawsky
The two men responsible for Synchronicity are known as bold risk-takers, well-informed free spirits and beyond-the-norm sculptors of sound, and these potential epithets are rightly reflected in the music they make together. Vibraphonist/pianist/wearer-of-many-hats Karl Berger and guitarist Dom Minasi met approximately a decade before this project came to pass and, while they periodically discussed the idea ...
Indra: In Between
by Jakob Baekgaard
It's always a pleasure when an artist writes about the music on a record and takes the time to describe and dissect the thoughts that lie behind the sounds. However, it is rare to be treated to the kind of elaborated story that is unfolded in the notes to In Between, the second album by Danish-American ...
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