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Raoul Björkenheim - Bill Laswell - Morgan Ågren: Blixt
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il chitarrista Raoul Björkenheim è ingiustamente sottovalutato e la casa discografica Cuneiform sta facendo di tutto per dargli quella visibilità che merita da oltre vent'anni. Questo ottimo Blixt potrebbe essere la giusta occasione per farlo entrare definitivamente nel firmamento dei migliori interpreti dello strumento e consacrarlo come punto di riferimento nel panorama piuttosto ristretto dei chitarristi ...
Johnathan Blake: The Eleventh Hour
by Troy Collins
Some debut recordings encapsulate all of an aspiring artist's diverse interests; others are less ambitious, and merely document a particular ensemble or performance. The Eleventh Hour, an expansive tour de force by rising drummer Johnathan Blake, is a prime example of the former. Blake's successful merger of styles should come as no surprise; in addition to ...
Kaze: Rafale
by AAJ Italy Staff
Registrato dal vivo a Cracovia nel novembre 2010, Rafale è la felice testimonianza dell'incontro tra l'affiatata coppia (in musica e nella vita) composta dal trombettista Natsuki Tamura e dalla pianista Satoko Fujii, con il batterista Peter Orins e il trombettista Christian Pruvost, entrambi francesi ed entrambi attivi protagonisti della musica improvvisata d'oltralpe. Anomalo questo quartetto denominato ...
Andrea Veneziani Trio: Oltreoceano
by Dan McClenaghan
Since the advent of pianist Bill Evans' groundbreaking late 1950s/early 1960s group with drummer Paul Motian and bassist Scott LaFaro, piano trios have been largely focused on interplay. On his debut, Oltreoceano, Italian-born bassist Andrea Veneziani employs a trio very much in the Evans fashion, with pianist Kenny Werner (with whom Veneziani studied in the NYU ...
Gabriel Guerrero: Feyas
by James Nadal
The mere mention of bop piano icon Bud Powell as an inspiration and major influence should be a justifiable motivation to pay attention to Gabriel Guerrero. The energetic pianist's Feyas displays a recognized reverence to Powell while also exhibiting self-assurance, technical expedience, and compositional proficiency. Guerrero draws deep from the jazz piano idiom ...
Wadada Leo Smith's Mbira: Dark Lady of the Sonnets
by Raul d'Gama Rose
In the epic narratives and gorgeous elegies of trumpeter and composer Wadada Leo Smith lies a heart immersed in the spirituality of the blues. His music drinks from an ancient well that predates organized worship and actually resides in one that celebrates the Creator in his awesome glory. This is why Smith is able to make ...
Teagan Taylor: Wonderland
by Dan McClenaghan
Vocalist/trumpeter/cornetist Teagan Taylor displayed a definite influence of vocalist Norah Jones on her debut, I Can't Explain (Jazzomaniac Records, 2010). As a Blue Note Records artist who leans heavily toward popular music with forays into the jazz realm, Jones is an engaging and popular singer/pianist and a very good role model for the young Taylor, who ...
Nakatani Tiner Drake: Ritual Inscription
by Eyal Hareuveni
Epigraph Records first release, Ritual Inscription, documents live, improvised creative music in Bakersfield, California, Epigraph's home base. Renowned Japanese percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani meets two local comrades, trumpeter Kris Tiner (the founder of the label) and guitarist Jeremy Drake for two intense improvisations.Chaotic sounds of gongs and assorted percussion merge with serene lines from the ...
Carter Calvert and the Roger Cohen Trio: Carter Calvert and the Roger Cohen Trio
by C. Michael Bailey
Broadway/jazz vocalist Carter Calvert possesses an impressive set of pipes, fine-tuned by performances in Cats, Ain't Nothing But the Blues and Always Patsy Cline. Her capability goes well beyond the stage, where Calvert displays a certain facility for rubbing some old songs in just the right way, making them catch fire. Closing out ...
Adam Kromelow Trio: Youngblood
by Dan Bilawsky
Adam Kromelow's group is a jazz piano trio in instrumentation, but not intent. Kromelow, who originally hails from Illinois and now resides in New York, takes his cues and inspiration from a variety of sources, such as modern classical music, rock sounds and, of course, jazz. All of these influences merge on Youngblood. ...
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