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Bach Off Beat: Bach Off Beat

Read "Bach Off Beat" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Non è certo facile avvicinarsi a Bach in modo “non accademico": i rischi sono quelli della banalizzazione, della caduta nel kitsch o, forse ancor peggio, dell'inutilità. Ma gli artefici di questo Bach Off Beat sono o esperti autori di musica barocca e contemporanea che il Bach “originale" lo conoscono molto bene (Zoboli, Zamir e Delmastro), o ...

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Less Magnetic: Tricknology

Read "Tricknology" reviewed by Daniel Lehner

by Daniel Lehner

By now, making a jazz fusion record is like making a genre homage film: without in-depth knowledge of the medium's history, a strong original intention and talented people involved, it's going to come off derivative and what's worse, extraordinarily cheesy. Fortunately, Less Magnetic, who can say they sport members from multiple backgrounds like metal and Middle ...

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Doug Hammond: It's Now

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Registrato dal vivo al Jazz am Berg di Linz in Austria, It's Now presenta un quartetto atipico guidato dal batterista Doug Hammond (Rollins, Mingus, Nina Simone, James Blood Ulmer) e completato da tromba, sax e tuba. L'assenza del contrabbasso aumenta la libertà esecutiva dando la possibilità ai fiati di interagire ed esprimersi con maggior fluidità, tanto ...

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Oscar Castro-Neves: Live at Blue Note Tokyo

Read "Live at Blue Note Tokyo" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco

Live at Blue Note Tokyo is a celebration of Brazilian jazz played in one of the foremost jazz clubs in the world--a gathering of old friends and the discovery of new friends, all coming together for legendary guitarist Oscar Castro-Neves. A founding father of the bossa nova musical movement, Castro-Neves became a leading figure in the ...

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Doug Hammond: New Beginning

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by AAJ Italy Staff

New Beginning riunisce due differenti sedute di registrazione del batterista, percussionista compositore Doug Hammond. Una, dal vivo in Francia nell'ottobre del 2009, vede impegnato Hammond con il sassofonista transalpino Stephane Payen e, in due brani, Reggie Washington al basso elettrico. L'altra, l'anno successivo in uno studio austriaco, in solitaria con batteria, sanza o thumb piano - ...

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Piero Odorici: Cedar Walton Presents

Read "Cedar Walton Presents" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

Recording for the prominent modern jazz Savant record label with eminent pianist Cedar Walton and his trio should indicate a milestone in the career of Italian tenor saxophonist Piero Odorici. After performing with trumpeter Eddie Henderson and Latin jazz percussionist Ray Mantilla, and maintaining a balanced global recording and touring regimen, Odorici may garner some additional ...

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New Trio One: The Traveling Train

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Per il New Trio One si tratta del secondo album, a tre anni di distanza da High Energy, nel quale - attraverso un binario immaginario - indagano un repertorio fatto di celebri standard jazzistici, rivisitazioni di brani della popular music, come “Azzurro," e alcuni episodi originali. Il percorso intrapreso conosce momenti di ottima levatura, vedi il ...

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Carsten Lindholm: Tribute

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Il titolo Tribute è riferito alle persone - musicisti e non - che hanno influito nella vita di Carsten Lindholm, come Bill Laswell, Sting e molti altri. In questo lavoro, registrato tra Oslo e Copenhagen, il batterista e compositore danese coinvolge musicisti di varia estreazione stilistica per dar vita a un ottimo connubio di jazz - ...

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Todd Bishop Group: Little Played Little Bird

Read "Little Played Little Bird" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

In the twilight days of the compact disc as a sound storage device, the most compelling reason for keeping what still seems a “new" audio media (compared to wax cylinders and 78s) in the face of purely electronic media is “concept" or “thematic" releases. One such example was drummer Todd Bishop's Pop Art 4 album, 69 ...

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Biagio Coppa - Gabriele Orsi - Francesco Di Lenge feat. John Patitucci: Monk's Mind

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Un rodato trio italiano, denominato C.O.D dalle iniziali dei suoi componenti, in giro per gli States, un gigante del contrabbasso come John Patitucci, il richiamo irresistibile di New York, l'imminente trentennale della scomparsa di Thelonius Monk, e Monk's Mind è servito. Sei brani, tre firmati dal geniale pianista uno a testa dai componenti del trio piano- ...


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