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Tribal Tech: X

by Ian Patterson
April 20, 2012

According to guitarist Scott Henderson, Tribal Tech never broke up; the band's work simply halted in 2000 when bassist Gary Willis moved to Spain. Henderson, keyboardist Scott Kinsey and drummer Kirk Covington continued to play in each others' respective projects in the following years. The first whispers of reunion came in 2009, and subsequently gathered force. ...

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Ran Blake: Vilnius Noir

Read "Vilnius Noir" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
April 19, 2012

Although recorded in concert in a church in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius Noir has the feel of eavesdropping on a late night conversation between two old friends who don't need to say very much for the other to grasp the intended meaning. Although guitarist David Knife" Fabris hails from a different generation than pianist composer Ran ...

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Leszek Mozdzer: Komeda

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 19, 2012

Ha atteso due decenni, il pianista Leszek Mozdzer, prima di affrontare la prova del disco in solo. E nel farlo s'è ispirato a Krzysztof Komeda, il compositore più rilevante e il nume tutelare del jazz polacco. Un debutto che giunge dopo esperienze con prestigiosi connazionali come Zbigniew Namyslowski (Secretely & Confidentionally), Tomasz Stanko (A Farewell to ...

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Neil Welch: Sleeper

Read "Sleeper" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
April 19, 2012

Sleeper is a quality product from noted Seattle new music and jazz saxophonist Neil Welch, who composed the lone 28-minute title track based on an incident that occurred during the US presence in Iraq. Sans rhythm section, Welch paints a vivid storyline, interspersing microtonal extended notes with deft subtleties and touches upon contemporary classical frameworks. Since ...

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Jeff Lederer: Sunwatcher

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 19, 2012

Una nota fotografia di Elliot Landy che immortala Albert Ayler in Prospect Park (poi usata per la copertina di The Hilversum Sessions) è citata da Jeff Lederer, che la ripropone con se stesso al posto dell'eroe per questo Sunwatcher, raccolta di notevole bellezza, che propone il sassofonista newyorkese tra le voci meritevoli di conoscenza approfondita. L'attacco ...

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Gilad Hekselman: Hearts Wide Open

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 19, 2012

Gilad Hekselman è un chitarrista israeliano che, seguendo una prassi in voga presso molti suoi conterranei, dopo aver frequentato varie scuole in patria completa gli studi negli Stati Uniti, in questo caso, New York. Dove ha la possibilità di incontrare ed esibirsi con molti protagonisti di quella scena musicale. Proprio da uno di questi incontri nasce ...

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Sebastian Gille: Anthem

by Dan Bilawsky
April 19, 2012

Given that a picture can be worth a thousand words and that saxophonist Sebastian Gille only uses one to define this album, the album artwork may be the better descriptor here. The icy peaks that adorn the cover of Anthem can be seen as a visual representation of the wide open vistas that Gille explores and ...

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Charito: Heal the World

Read "Heal the World" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 19, 2012

Dopo la morte di Michael Jackson la sua figura è stata oggetto di diversi tributi più o meno riusciti (tra i migliori senz'altro quelli di Enrico Rava o di Vijay Iyer sul CD di imminente uscita Accelerando), più o meno convinti, ma legati tra di loro dalla bellezza formale ed espressiva che la musica del Re ...

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Natalia Calderon Quartet: Flor Azul

Read "Flor Azul" reviewed by James Nadal

by James Nadal
April 19, 2012

If one were to examine the proliferation of jazz on a global scale, Spain might be a good place to start. Though it is recognized that Spanish music, primarily flamenco, has achieved a strong foothold with jazz aficionados, there are numerous artists in Spain that are performing jazz on a regular basis and their ranks appear ...

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Paul Musso: Tonescapes

Read "Tonescapes" reviewed by Florence Wetzel

by Florence Wetzel
April 18, 2012

It's always an exciting moment when a musician decides to take the plunge and release a debut CD, and it's especially noteworthy when the musician in question is already mature and deeply seasoned. This is certainly the case with guitarist Paul Musso and Tonescapes. Over the past decades, Musso has played in a diverse range of ...