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Chick Corea - Stefano Bollani: Orvieto

Read "Orvieto" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Questo CD, registrato ad Orvieto il 30 dicembre 2010 nell'ambito di Umbria Jazz Winter, ci riporta un duo senza dubbio indovinato e un concerto memorabile. Non so a chi sia da attribuire l'idea di far suonare assieme Bollani e Corea (e quello umbro non è stato il loro unico incontro); sta di fatto che se l'operazione ...

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Giovanni Palombo: La melodia segreta

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Era da molto tempo che il chitarrista romano non realizzava un disco di sola chitarra acustica, pur riservando sempre nei suoi lavori un certo spazio per brani non accompagnati, e naturalmente proseguendo un'intensa attività concertistica in solo. Questo lavoro non si discosta dalla sua poetica abituale, ma la mancanza di interlocutori e/o altri sostegni strumentali lo ...

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Vijay Iyer Trio: Accelerando

Read "Accelerando" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins

On the surface, Accelerando follows the same basic format as Historicity (ACT Music, 2009), the debut of pianist Vijay Iyer's working trio with bassist Stephan Crump and drummer Marcus Gilmore. Though once again divided between Iyer's complex originals and some surprising covers, this eclectic sophomore session attains an even greater sense of cohesion than its predecessor, ...

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Novox: Hollywood Is on Fire

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Ci piace perché fila via dalla prima all'ultima traccia senza farci smettere di tenere il tempo, perché è pieno di funk, profuma di jazz ma spesso ci si trova ad ascoltare musica che può solo essere hip-hop. Sono francesi e si chiamano Novox, il loro album Hollywood Is on Fire è un concentrato di stili squisitamente ...

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Bob James / Keiko Matsui: Altair & Vega

Read "Altair & Vega" reviewed by Jeff Winbush

by Jeff Winbush

In a culture inundated with movies that go unseen, books that go unread and music that goes unheard, it's easy for worthy art to slip through the cracks. That was the sad and undeserved fate of the 2011 Bob James and Keiko Matsui four-hand piano collaboration, Altair & Vega. Solo recordings are a standard for jazz ...

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Borgo Ensemble: 'Ngracalate Osci

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Borgagne è un paese della provincia di Lecce, “Ngracalati “ è il soprannome dei suoi abitanti, “Ngracalate" quelle delle cantatrici di storie, di leggende, di amori, di chi, della propria terra, coglie i frutti attraverso una vita di duro lavoro, di fatiche e di gioie condivise. In questo bel CD pubblicato da Dodicilune - etichetta da ...

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Magos Herrera: Mexico Azul

Read "Mexico Azul" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose

The sultry contralto cracks through the silence and a relatively new voce is discovered streaking across the skies of North America. This is the dark, sensuous voice of Magos Herrera, an outstanding young vocalist from Mexico. The constraints of singing in that register appear not to hold Herrera back for she often lets her voice soar ...

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Gary Husband: Dirty & Beautiful Volume 2

Read "Dirty & Beautiful Volume 2" reviewed by Johanna McKenna

by Johanna McKenna

Multitalented drummer, keyboardist, composer, and arranger Gary Husband continues to raise the bar with each successive release, and 2012's Dirty & Beautiful Volume 2 is no exception. Volume 2's collection of originals and fusion classics follows Dirty & Beautiful Volume 1 (Abstract Logix, 2010), featuring many of the same collaborators, but with some additional powerhouse guitarists ...

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Beata Pater: Blue

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by AAJ Italy Staff

La vocalist polacca Beate Pater ha scelto di ispirarsi ai colori per i titoli dei suoi CD. Dopo il nero dell'esordio ecco ora il blu, cui faranno seguito CD dedicati al verde, al rosso e al bianco. Un modo di esprimersi che non può non riportare alla memoria i tre emozionanti film del regista suo connazionale ...

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Todd Clouser's A Love Electric: 20th Century Folk Selections

Read "20th Century Folk Selections" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

More than rock musicians and more than blues artists, jazz musicians carry the greatest burden of musical legacy. There are not stories about a contemporary rock musician who dedicates his career to mastering The Beatles catalog, or of the one who's playing is paralyzed because she cannot deal with Jimi Hendrix's solos. Nope. Only in jazz ...


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