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Edmar Castaneda: Double Portion
by Dan Bilawsky
There is probably a greater chance of winning the lottery and being struck by lightning than building a career as a successful, world-renowned jazz Colombian harpist. Fortunately, Edmar Castaneda was more interested in pursuing his vision than studying statistics and probability. The Colombian-born harp phenom, who arrived in the United States in 1994, didn't have the ...
Miles Davis: The Complete Recordings 1945-1960 (34 CD + 1 CDRom)
by AAJ Italy Staff
Alzi la mano chi pensa che sarebbe stato possibile riconoscere il genio del divino trombettista Miles Davis già dalle sue prime registrazioni di fine aprile 1945 con il gruppo di Herbie Fields e l'oscuro cantante Rubberlegs Williams. Il cantante era ruvido e anche non particolarmente intonato, eppure in quel sestetto erano presenti due musicisti piuttosto noti ...
Brian Charette: Music for Organ Sextette
by Mark F. Turner
While there've been a few exceptions, many jazz organ-based recordings deliver the same old grind of not deviating too far from the Jimmy Smith or Charles Earland grease and grits format. But not in the case of Brian Charette's Music for Organ Sextette , a release that balances harmonically complex ideas with catchy melodies.
Miles Davis with John Coltrane: The Legendary 1960 European Tour (Box 3 CD)
by AAJ Italy Staff
Fra la fine di marzo e gli inizi di aprile del 1960 il quintetto di Miles Davis era in Europa per un tour che segnava l'ultimo atto della collaborazione del trombettista con il saxofonista John Coltrane, stella nascente del firmamento jazzistico dell'epoca immediatamente successiva. Fu un tour che suscitò parecchio scalpore fra il pubblico e la ...
Lisa Marie Baratta: Summertime Jazz
by Hrayr Attarian
Multi-reed player Lisa Marie Baratta's second album as a leader, Summertime Jazz, is a collection of standards that sooth the soul like the languid days of summer. The laidback interpretation of these workhorses creates the relaxing ambience of vacation days at the beach, and although the improvisations are short and succinct-remaining close to ...
Arrigo Cappelletti - Giulio Martino Quartet: Mysterious
by AAJ Italy Staff
In Mysterious, titolo quanto mai appropriato, il mistero del fare musica, la bellezza e l'insondabilità del momento creativo che fissa su pentagramma e traduce pensieri, riflessioni, emozioni, sentimenti attraverso gli strumenti, emerge con prepotenza fin dalle prime battute. La scrittura di Cappelletti - se si eccettua “Wolkwiese" di Edvard Grieg tutte le tracce del disco portano ...
WA: Cross The Center
by Glenn Astarita
Led by prominent Seattle improvisers--drummer Gregg Keplinger and guitarist Simon Henneman--WA tenders a prime example of the regional avant-garde scene that is heavily influenced by rock and free-jazz. Spanning a few decades (give or take), Seattle's entrepreneurial spirit resides as the West Coast contingent of New York City's infamous Downtown Scene. Here, the bass-less quartet imparts ...
Egg Project: Urla
by AAJ Italy Staff
L'Egg Project nasce dall'unione di quattro musicisti e docenti della Fondazione Siena Jazz, che dal 2007 hanno condiviso eperienze e tracciato un percorso che li ha portati alla realizzazione di Urla, album nel quale riversano e sintetizzano la loro visione di jazz. Il lavoro prende il nome da un paese turco, situato a sud di Izmir, ...
Mike Levine: Thinking Of You
by Edward Blanco
Presenting his follow-up to the well-received debut, From The Heart (Rhombus Records, 2008), Miami-based pianist/composer Mike Levine offers a lively set of primarily original material on Thinking Of You, full of rich melodies and harmonies in a wonderful artful production of smooth jazz. A first-call and in-demand musician, Levine has performed with many jazz giants in ...
Gregoire Maret: Gregoire Maret
by Doug Collette
Gregoire Maret's first album under his own name is both more and less than a Music lover following the harmonicist's career might expect. After years of collaborating with the likes of guitarists Pat Metheny and Charlie Hunter, and vocalist Cassandra Wilson, Maret (mostly) wisely but ambitiously places his instrument in a variety of settings that highlight ...
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