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Anderskov Accident: Full Circle

Read "Full Circle" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Full Circle è album registrato dal vivo al Christianshavns Beboerhus di Copenhagen nel febbraio del 2011 dall'Anderskov Accident, sestetto guidato dal pianista/compositore danese Jacob Anderskov sulle scene da oltre dieci anni e qui alla quarta testimonianza discografica. Diciamo subito che Full Circle è un gran album. Dell'esibizione live conserva energia, comunicatività e tensione narrativa magistralmente veicolate ...

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Lisa Marie Baratta: Summertime Jazz

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by Edward Blanco

Born in Ancon, Panama, Lisa Marie Baratta came from a naval family, growing up in many places but finding music to be that certain constant, no matter where she traveled to next. Attracted to the woodwinds at an early age, Baratta also gravitated to alto and soprano saxophones, but became equally comfortable on flute. She plays ...

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Moraine: Metamorphic Rock (Live at NEARfest)

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Il gruppo Moraine ruota attorno alle poliedriche doti del chitarrista americano Dennis Rea che ben sa come far scorrere la musica nei suoi vari progetti. In questo caso lo scenario prevalente è quello del rock progressivo che curiosamente li porta più dalle parti di gruppi un po' dimenticati come gli East of Eden che non nel ...

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Brenda Hopkins Miranda: Simple

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by James Nadal

The piano thoroughly lends itself to the emotional manifestations of the consummate and contemplative Brenda Hopkins Miranda. Simple channels her profound individuality, drawn from a private source of focused consciousness and performed with genuine grace and elegance.As a composer and producer, Hopkins Miranda is well-honed, and she is attuned to the album concept, as ...

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Animation: Agemo

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by AAJ Italy Staff

L'etichetta Rare Noise pubblica un doppio album che moltiplica l'esperienza sensoriale del precedente album Asiento. Il primo CD è un remix dell'album di Tim Hagans, Bob Belden e compagni, calibrato espressamente per un ascolto tridimensionale in cuffia. Una esperienza avvolgente e coinvolgente che ci proietta ancora di più dentro questa musica misteriosa che attualizza Bitches Brew ...

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Eraldo Bernocchi - Harold Budd - Robin Guthrie: Winter Garden

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Musica come cura o guarigione. Ascoltando le dieci tracce di questo raffinato album di ambient, viene il sospetto che le onde eteree generate dal trio Bernocchi - Budd - Guthrie possano addirittura avere un effetto taumaturgico sulla mente e la psiche dell'ascoltatore. Siamo, infatti, di fronte a un disco da manuale per eleganza, fascino e profondità. ...

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Elliott Sharp Trio: Aggregat

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by Troy Collins

Long revered for his innovative approach to the electric guitar, composer Elliott Sharp's laudable but lesser known skills as a saxophonist finally come to the fore on Aggregat. Accompanied by bassist Brad Jones and drummer Ches Smith, Sharp performs on soprano and tenor saxophones, in addition to his main axe. In light of Sharp's oeuvre, this ...

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Geoff Vidal: She Likes That

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by Dave Wayne

It's not often that a debut CD by a young artist brims with great playing, complex, soulful compositions, and exceptional group chemistry. But that's exactly what happens on Geoff Vidal 's She Likes That. Vidal is a young tenor saxophonist from New Orleans who--much like fellow Big Easy native Rob Wagner--wields a big, bluesy “bull tenor" ...

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Big Blue: Big Blue

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Sotto la sigla Big Blue si riuniscono quattro talenti del jazz finlandese che debuttano per “Cam Jazz Presents," collana dedicata alla valorizzazione di giovani musicisti. Anche se individualmente hanno già avuto modo di farsi conoscere sull'etichetta romana dando prova di indiscutibile valore, riuniti sotto la stessa bandiera sembrano dare il meglio di sé. Big Blue è ...

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Alan Rosenthal: Just Sayin'

Read "Just Sayin'" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian

There is an over abundance of piano trio albums in the annals of jazz, so recording one that stands head and shoulders above the rest is a challenge in and of itself. Alan Rosenthal and his colleagues, however, have met the challenge effortlessly, resulting in the stimulating Just Sayin'. Though classically trained, Rosenthal ...


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