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3 Cohens: Family

Read "Family" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Terza reunion discografica per i fratelli Cohen (di cui avevamo recensito Braid nel 2008) questa volta decisi a proporre una aggiornata rivisitazione della tradizione hardboppistica. In primo piano energiche sonorità nel segno del più classico mainstream, forgiate dalla straripante espressività dei tre fiati. Ben suonata oltre che energica, la musica proposta non guarda però oltre il ...

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Cathy Segal-Garcia and Yoonseung Cho: Bohemian

Read "Bohemian" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello

by Nicholas F. Mondello

The classic vocal-piano format can present itself in a myriad of ways, ranging from a more common singer-with-accompanist experience, with one melodically active and the other harmonically supportive, to a more cerebral, highly energized interplay and exploration of musical ideas. Bohemian, featuring vocalist Cathy Segal-Garcia and pianist Yoonseung Cho is an exquisite example of the latter. ...

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Gianluca Esposito: Biancoscuro

Read "Biancoscuro" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Sono passati un paio di anni dall´incontro con Steve Grossman, documentato su disco. Gianluca Esposito ne ha approfittato per continuae a crescere, per dimostare a sé stesso ed al pubblico che è arrivato ad un ottimo livello di tecnica strumentale e che le sue composizioni ed il modo in cui dirige il gruppo sono quelli di ...

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Danny Fox Trio: The One Constant

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Potremmo definire The One Costant album delle assenze. Dodici brani per un totale di quasi settanta minuti e, incredibile a dirsi, nemmeno l'ombra di uno standard, tanto più con una formazione, il piano trio, che spesso sugli standard ha costruito le proprie fortune. Così come manca un omaggio o un tributo più o meno esplicito a ...

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Steve Lehman: Dialect Fluorescent

Read "Dialect Fluorescent" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins

Currently a doctoral candidate in Music Composition at Columbia University, alto saxophonist Steve Lehman's previous releases for Pi Recordings include Travail, Transformation and Flow (2009), On Meaning (2007) and Demian as Post-Human (2005). On these cerebral endeavors, the former Fulbright scholar and Wesleyan graduate engaged his penchant for fusing vintage hard bop-style melodies with post-M-Base rhythmic ...

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e.s.t.: 301

Read "301" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay

Australia in January 2007, the height of summer, a time for relaxing on the beach and for taking it easy in the post-Christmas comedown--but not for the Esbjörn Svensson Trio. Hiring Sydney's Studio 301 for a couple of days, the band spent its time jamming and improvising, yielding what would seemingly be the groundbreaking trio's final ...

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The Duke Robillard Jazz Trio: Wobble Walkin'

Read "Wobble Walkin'" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

Guitarist Duke Robillard may be widely praised for his blues bona fides, but calling him a blues guitarist is a bit limiting. While his work with Roomful of Blues and his stint with the Fabulous Thunderbirds have earned him a large fan base and some well-deserved respect in the blues and guitar communities, he's proven himself ...

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Kate McGarry: Girl Talk

Read "Girl Talk" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

At a time when it seems that everyone is a jazz singer releasing new music in a male-female distribution of 1 to 10, what is it exactly that separates the merely good singers from the truly great ones. Because of the sheer number of singers and relative high quality of jazz singing today, it is brutally ...

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Franco Baggiani: Florentine Sessions

Read "Florentine Sessions" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Florentine Sessions è un lavoro registrato nel 2009 nel quale Franco Baggiani dà fondo alla sua ispirazione e alla sua vena compositva, in quanto si tratta di cinque brani (o meglio, di cinque sessioni) originali, ognuno suddiviso in più parti, nei quali sono coinvolti diversi musicisti. A rimanere impressa nella mente - dopo qualche ascolto - ...

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Houston Person: So Nice

Read "So Nice" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

È necessario premetterlo ad inizio recensione, per contestualizzare le riflessioni che seguono: So Nice è un ottimo disco. Meglio: a chi scrive è piaciuto. Anzi, a livello puramente emozionale, è piaciuto molto. L'organico è collaudato, la padronanza strumentale e quella della forma sono indubitabili. La scelta dei brani è congeniale al leader. In breve, la musica ...


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