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Zanussi 13: Live
by Mark Corroto
Don't let anyone tell you that size doesn't matter. It does. For a large jazz ensemble, size often dictates sound: its suppleness or lack of. This is not a problem for the malleable Zanussi 13. This live recording from a 2001 performance in Oslo displays an unpretentious big band that deals with size by exploiting its ...
Leslie Lewis: Midnight Sun
by C. Michael Bailey
Jazz singing does not so much require an obedient voice as a directed but free-spirited one. There are few vocalists who can pull off the elastic fireworks of a Betty Carter, Lisa Sokolov or Tierney Sutton and fewer still who should even try. East Coast-West Coast vocalist Leslie Lewis has a beautifully perfect alto voice for ...
Bertil "Jonas" Jonasson: Jonas Plays Gullin
by Chris Mosey
Long after his death in 1976, Lars Gullin still casts a long shadow over the Scandinavian jazz scene. The baritone saxophonist was the first Swede to be accorded international recognition. He was one of Zoot Sims' Five Brothers in 1950, played with James Moody, Stan Getz, and Leonard Feather's Swinging Swedes. He won the 1954 Downbeat ...
Taylor's Universe: Kind of Red
by Mark Redlefsen
Leader of the band Taylor's Universe, multi- instrumentalist, composer, producer, and record label owner Robin Taylor hails from Denmark. With the title of his 30th release, Kind Of Red, Taylor cleverly tips a hat to the iconic album Kind of Blue (Sony, 1959) by trumpeter Miles Davis, and possibly also to King Crimson's Red (Atlantic, 1974). ...
Paul Booth: Trilateral
by Bruce Lindsay
For some people the Big 4-0 is the key, for others it's the Big 5-0 or 6-0 or 7-0. For saxophonist Paul Booth it was his forthcoming 33rd birthday that proved to be a cause for reflection. As the day loomed in 2010, Booth was already thinking about a trio record with bass and drums. The ...
Darren Johnston's Gone to Chicago: The Big Lift
by AAJ Italy Staff
The Big Lift testimonia l'incontro del californiano Darren Johnston con un gruppo di amici musicisti tra i più attivi e creativi della scena jazzistica di Chicago. Ne risulta un disco delizioso in mirabile equilibrio tra ebrezza dell'improvvisazione e attrazione per la forma compiuta. Non è un caso quindi se i due standard presenti sul disco portano ...
Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker, Yim Yames: New Multitudes
by Doug Collette
New Multitudes arises from a distinctly unusual multi-faceted collaboration. The initial entry in the centennial celebration of Woody Guthrie's birthday began as a Gob Iron project helmed, as was Death Songs for The Living (Transmit Sound/Legacy Recordings, 2006) by Jay Farrar and Anders Parker. Given access to the Guthrie archives by Woody's daughter Nora, the duo ...
Emanuele Maniscalco: From Time to Time
by AAJ Italy Staff
Sa di malinconia diffusa, di ricordi passati, di album fotografici polverosi questo From Time to Time, lavoro firmato da Emanuele Maniscalco, che in questa occasione si siede davanti alla tastiera del pianoforte anziché dietro i tamburi della batteria, come accade nel progetto Slow Band, l'altra incarnazione dell'anima poliedrica del performer bresciano. Insieme a lui, in questo ...
Erik Charlston JazzBrasil: Essentially Hermeto
by Matt Cibula
Erik Charlston is not shy about revealing his main influence. Not only did he title this album Essentially Hermeto after the Brazilian multi-instrumentalist/composer/mystic Hermeto Pascoal, he even starts the first track with the kind of rustling ambient sound that Pascoal loves so much. Unlike Pascoal himself, who might use that sound for a few minutes or ...
The Landrus Kaleidoscope: Capsule
by AAJ Italy Staff
Forward del 2007 ci aveva fatto conoscere il talentuoso multistrumentista Brian Landrus in compagnia di musicisti affermati (suoi ex insegnanti) quali George Garzone, John Lockwood, Bob Moses. Forward era album ben suonato ma ancora troppo legato ad una concezione scolastica del pensiero musicale. Da allora il ragazzo è cresciuto, ha registrato altri CD (tra i quali ...
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