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Rom-Schaerer-Eberle: Please Don't Feed the Model

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 17, 2012

Please Don't Feed the Model è disco di bellezza rilucente in economia di mezzi, stimolante per soluzioni cercate, intrigante per esiti ottenuti, inusuale per strumentazione. Perché un trio voce/chitarra/tromba rischia la brutta figura se non possiede attributi e fantasia, può scivolare nel cattivo gusto se non ha consapevolezza e idee chiare, cadere nell'anonimato senza la giusta ...

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Tessa Souter: Beyond The Blue

Read "Beyond The Blue" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
May 17, 2012

The mere mention of jazz-classical hybridization may draw scowls from jazz fans who've encountered more than their fare share of ill-conceived projects that trade in on this idea, but vocalist Tessa Souter avoids all the usual pitfalls. Beyond The Blue isn't about joining these worlds at the hip; it's about using the frameworks and melodies of ...

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Jack Davies Big Band: The Jack Davies Big Band

Read "The Jack Davies Big Band" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
May 17, 2012

Composer/trumpeter Jack Davies is nothing if not eclectic. His current catalog of releases includes the unusually configured chamber quartet, Flea Circus, featuring bass clarinet and accordion. Simultaneously, Davies has released a contemporary quintet collection that channels Miles Davis by way of more modern influences. While both of these recordings are stellar, Davies' crowning achievement of the ...

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Jazz Soul Seven: Impressions of Curtis Mayfield

Read "Impressions of Curtis Mayfield" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
May 17, 2012

Curtis Mayfield's solo work and his work with the Impressions are highwater marks in popular music, representing the Chicago soul music constituency popular in the 1960s and '70s. His influence is yet to be fully realized or understood today, making his creative corpus a very tantalizing source of material for modern players. Jazz Soul Seven, an ...

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Cinque: Catch a Corner

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 17, 2012

Catch a Corner raccoglie in otto tracce la tecnica, l'esperienza e l'alto valore espressivo di cinque grandi musicisti, capaci di produrre musica di ottimo livello qualititativo, di derivazione mainstream. Tra di loro il saxofonista John Johnson, in forma olimpica e capace di imprimere soli dal carattere deciso, al quale si affianca in prima linea l'organo Hammond ...

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AA.VV.: Musica Improvvisa

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 16, 2012

L'operazione è tanto lodevole quanto coraggiosa. Perché ci vogliono fegato e orecchie ben aperte per addentrarsi in quel vasto e inesplorato territorio che sta nella terra di mezzo, tra le “accademie," l'improvvisazione radicale e l'elettronica. Addentrarsi, guardarsi intorno, scegliere e sfornare un cofanetto che ha tutta l'aria di essere un monumento. Nulla di esaustivo, per carità. ...

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Marianne Solivan: Prisoner of Love

Read "Prisoner of Love" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 16, 2012

Prisoner of Love è l'album di debutto per Marianne Solivan. L'artista newyorchese ci propone 11 brani di cui 10 standards e uno inedito di sua composizione. Il disco si apre con “Bliss" in cui la voce della cantante si appoggia alla chitarra di Pete Bernstein, mentre in brani come “All or Nothing At All" e “Day ...

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Scott Tixier: Brooklyn Bazaar

Read "Brooklyn Bazaar" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
May 16, 2012

Violinist Scott Tixier is like a young fledgling poised to take off. This is a wondrous sight: arms (the wings) painfully outstretched, neck and, indeed, the whole body arched and on tip-toes, his bow swinging wildly as he flies off into the azure unknown. He is awkward at first; then sure that he will soar and ...

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Florian Hoefner: Songs Without Words

Read "Songs Without Words" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
May 16, 2012

A youthful quartet led by German pianist Florian Hoefner offers a modern jazz effort that is by no means a game-changer, yet boasts a diverse track mix. Now residing in New York, Hoefner is a two-time recipient of the ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award. Featuring his original compositions, the quartet on Songs Without Words displays verve ...

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Tomas Fujiwara & The Hook Up: The Air Is Different

Read "The Air Is Different" reviewed by Robert Bush

by Robert Bush
May 16, 2012

Boston-born and Brooklyn-based drummer Tomas Fujiwara has been stirring things up in the New York City creative music scene for some time now, working with a wide variety of players including cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum and guitarist Mary Halvorson.His working ensemble, Tomas Fujiwara & The Hook Up, features Halvorson--one of the brightest voices in ...