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Rob Garcia 4: The Drop and the Ocean

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 23, 2012

Rob Garcia è batterista dalle frequentazioni eccellenti (Joe Lovano, Myra Melford, Reggie Workman, etc), dal solido percorso di leader (il quartetto in questione con qualche cambio di formazione è alla sua quarta incisione), dalle idee chiare sulla promozione musicale e culturale (sua l'idea del Connection Works, organizzazione no- profit di musicisti di Brooklyn e dintorni) e, ...

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Michael Benedict & Bopitude featuring Gary Smulyan: Five and One

Read "Five and One" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
May 23, 2012

Diamond hard bop is alive and well and living in Michael Benedict & Bopitude's studio. The quintet's debut, Michael Benedict & Bopitude (Planet Arts, 2011), established the group as a premiere hard bop unit employing the classic trumpet-tenor quintet format used by Miles Davis, Art Blakey and various others. For this edition of Bopitude, drummer Benedict ...

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The Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble: Music of Georges I. Gurdjieff

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 23, 2012

Personaggio importantissimo per la rinascita mistico-spirituale nel ventesimo secolo, Georges Ivanovic Gurdjieff era presente nel catalogo ECM fin dal lontano 1980, quando Keith Jarrett incise la sua personale interpretazione di una selezione dei suoi inni sacri, composti a partire da melodie tradizionali raccolte nel corso di numerose peregrinazioni in medio oriente, e consegnate al mondo occidentale ...

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Karl Berger and Dom Minasi: Synchronicity

Read "Synchronicity" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
May 23, 2012

Pianist/vibraphonist Karl Berger and guitarist Dom Minasi are both forward-thinking and experienced composers, improvisers and educators, with discographies that goes back to the 1960s--including, in the case of Berger, collaborations with Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry and Carla Bley; and, with Minasi, 1970s work with Joe McPhee and Matthew Shipp. Synchronicity's twelve freely improvised ...

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Mike Osborne Trio: The Birmingham Jazz Concert

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 22, 2012

L'altosassofonista inglese Mike Osborne è stato uno degli interpreti principali di quella irripetibile stagione che ha visto crescere e svilupparsi il jazz inglese tra gli anni '60 e '70, in compagnia di tanti altri musicisti, molti dei quali ancora oggi calcano le scene con successo, come John Surman, Kenny Wheeler, John Taylor e Mike Westbrook, tanto ...

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Matthieu Marthouret Organ Quartet: Upbeats

by Dan Bilawsky
May 22, 2012

Necessity is not only the mother of invention, but also of direction. French pianist Matthieu Marthouret initially took on the task of mastering the organ because of problems finding bass players for rehearsals, but he found his own voice on the instrument and discovered a world of possibilities in the process. The debut album from his ...

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Joanna Wallfisch: Wild Swan

Read "Wild Swan" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
May 22, 2012

After immersing herself in the New York jazz scene, English singer/songwriter Joanna Wallfisch decided to return to the city in December 2011 to record her debut album, Wild Swan. A great decision—Wallfisch's soaring and expressive voice combines with superb playing from Big Apple musicians to create a fascinating and original set of songs. The ...

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Dan Blake: The Aquarian Suite

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 22, 2012

L'iniziale “The Whistler" ha tutte le carte in regola per essere il classico brano di presentazione di un brillante quartetto neo bop, con tromba e sax che all'unisono si muovono eleganti sul ritmo elastico di contrabbasso e batteria. Ma poi, in modo quasi impercettibile, il fraseggio si fa più obliquo, la front-line sembra imboccare sentieri meno ...

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Erik Johannessen: Inkblots

Read "Inkblots" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
May 22, 2012

Norwegian trombonist Erik Johannessen is a very busy musician: he is a member of the left-of-center Norwegian jazz outfits Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, Jaga Jazzist, Lord Kelvin and Magic Pocket, and contributes to recordings by artful songwriters such as Susanne Sundfør and Synne Sanden, so it is no surprise that he has only now released his first ...

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Roscoe Mitchell: Numbers

Read "Numbers" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 22, 2012

La carriera solista di Roscoe Mitchell senza l'Art Ensemble è stata prolifica sin dal 1966, quando esordì con l'album Sound. Proprio quel titolo sembra indicativo di un aspetto centrale nella storia di questo musicista complesso da decifrare: lo studio del suono e del sassofono indagato nelle sue molteplici possibilità. Una sorta di rovescio della stessa medaglia, ...