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Geoff Vidal: She Likes That

Read "She Likes That" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 7, 2012

A rendere She Likes That un gran bel disco è la tensione sviluppata dalla chitarra di Joe Hundertmark, il flusso melodico generato da Geoff Vidal, la tenuta ritmica dei tamburi di Makaya McCraven, coadiuvato dalle spesse corde di Michal O'Brien, e gli smussamenti del trombettista Tatum Greenblatt. Jazz solido e mutevole. Suonato in maniera diretta, senza ...

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Eric Vloeimans / Florian Weber: Live at The Concertgebouw

Read "Live at The Concertgebouw" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
March 7, 2012

In a career spanning the intimate chamber jazz of Fugimundi to the electrified Gatecrash, Eric Vloeimans has emerged as a trumpeter with uncommon instincts, relentless lyricism and an astute ear for musical partnerships. It's been three years since his last recording as a leader--Heavens Above (Challenge, 2009)--but in the interim there's been an expansive five-CD career ...

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Mike Moreno: Another Way

Read "Another Way" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
March 7, 2012

Though it's difficult to stand out in a climate where new names appear almost daily, Mike Moreno has proven to be one of the more identifiable young jazz guitarists in recent years. At home in a number of settings, his fluid style has been found in the abstract hip hop styling of Q-Tip's The Renaissance (Universal ...

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Upper Left Trio: Ulternative

Read "Ulternative" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
March 7, 2012

Portland, Oregon's Upper Left Trio has been together nearly a decade. The group began its recording journey on Origin Records in 2003 with Cycling. Ulternative is the trio's fourth recording for the label, and continues to push its music forward.The piano trio has, since pianist Bill Evans' late 1950s/early 1960s recordings with bassist Scott ...

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In Transit: Shifting Moods

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by AAJ Italy Staff
March 7, 2012

Nata dall'incontro tra il pianista statunitense Michael Jefry Stevens e tre musicisti svizzeri, questa formazione presenta il suo secondo lavoro, dopo il debutto di Moving Stills (Unit Records). Quel disco pubblicava con qualche anno di ritardo una session del 2004 e la stessa cosa accade oggi per questo Shifting Moods, registrato dal vivo il 26 ottobre ...

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Tommy Igoe and the Birdland Big Band: Eleven

by Edward Blanco
March 7, 2012

Led by East Coast drumming icon Tommy Igoe, the Birdland Big Band delivers powerful performances each Friday night at New York's renowned Birdland jazz club. Eleven captures Igoe and some of the city's finest jazz musicians playing in the same hard-driving fashion on eleven signature arrangements of funk, Latin and contemporary jazz. This high-octane orchestra is ...

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Leonardo La Peruta Quartet: The Emotional Touch

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 7, 2012

Non è molto conosciuto da noi perché per anni ha preferito viaggiare e suonare all'estero, ma Leonardo La Peruta è un nostro artista, casertano doc! E' stata soprattutto la Spagna il luogo dove questo sassofonista ha vissuto negli ultimi anni e ha consolidato il suo percorso musicale: e di strada ne ha fatta tanta. Dai primi ...

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Philippe El Hage: Flying with Elephants

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 7, 2012

Un jazz orchestrale di facile ascolto, quasi pop. Potremmo definire così le musiche contenute in Flying with Elephants, recente fatica del pianista-compositore di origine libanese Philippe El Hage. Si tratta del terzo disco di El Hage che qui è a capo di un ensemble di una decina di elementi tra musicisti francesi, svizzeri, libanesi e siriani, ...

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Marc Copland David Liebman Duo: Impressions

Read "Impressions" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
March 7, 2012

There is no telling what an imaginative musician such as saxophonist Dave Liebman might do if he were given the kind of room to maneuver--to let his soul soar free--as pianist Marc Copland affords him on Impressions. It is as if the pianist gifted the saxophonist with a very large and empty canvas for Liebman to ...

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EAOrchestra: Likeidos

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 6, 2012

Likeidos è disco sontuoso. Non tanto per l'affollata e prestigiosa formazione messa insieme da Alessio Pisani e Mirio Casottini che hanno pensato bene di rimpolpare adeguatamente il nocciolo duro dell'ElettroAcusticSilence, ma per il livello di eccellenza e l'ampio respiro del risultato ottenuto. L'inconfondibile voce del soprano di Gianni Mimmo - mente e patron dell'Amirani Records - ...