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Michael Bates: Acrobat: Music For, And By, Dimitri Shostakovich
by Raul d'Gama Rose
To set the record straight: America has not taken a step closer to being more tolerant of any kind of musical rebel. It does not tolerate the one that conforms (for he or she too is a rebel), nor does it tolerate the one who is the objector. Like in every other aspect of life--other than ...
Enrico Blatti: Espresso 443
by AAJ Italy Staff
In equilibrio tra classica, tango, canzone e jazz, Espresso 443 è l'eclettico lavoro del compositore romano Enrico Blatti, musicista di formazione classica ma dalle frequentazioni diversificate, il cui precedente CD (Libertango - MSR - 2009) era un omaggio a Astor Piazzolla. E il Maestro argentino è non a caso molto presente in filigrana anche in questo ...
Mike Rood: The Desert and the City
by AAJ Italy Staff
La città e il deserto sono le due immagini - per certi versi opposte e contrastanti - che Mike Rood vuole proiettare nella musica del suo album d'esordio, composto da otto tracce originali suonate servendosi dell'intelaiatura ritmica costruita da Alex Spradling e Goh Izawa, e nelle quali trova una valido interlocutore nel saxofonista Mike Bjella. La ...
Metta Quintet: Big Drum / Small World
by John Kelman
While the old adage, “those that can, do; those that can't teach" once had meaning, its verisimilitude in a jazz world where artists are increasingly forced to turn to education as a means of steady income would appear to be in jeopardy. But there have always been artists deftly committed to both teaching and doing.
Lloyd Ryan Big Band: Drivin' Force
by Bruce Lindsay
A straight-ahead, drummer-led big band is one of the most stimulating ensemble formats in jazz. Buddy Rich's groups are perhaps the epitome of such an enterprise. The Lloyd Ryan Big Band, blasting through a selection of standards and pop classics on Drivin' Force, proudly carries on the tradition.Ryan, a British drummer, has been a ...
The Claudia Quintet + 1 featuring Kurt Elling and Theo Bleckmann: What Is the Beautiful?
by AAJ Italy Staff
La figura di Kenneth Patchen (1911-1972), poeta,autore di novelle e disegnatore americano, ha fornito l'ispirazione e gli spunti per What Is the Beautiful?. Il disco è stato scritto e concepito dal quintetto di Hollenbeck in occasione delle celebrazioni dei cento anni dalla nascita di questo particolarissimo esponente della cultura statunitense, organizzate dall'Università di Rochester nel settembre ...
Hiroshima: Departure
by Jeff Winbush
Departure isn't as much a radical departure as it is the next step in Hiroshima's evolution away from smooth jazz mainstay into a tight unit of skilled players making consistently solid music. The band is still built around multi-instrumentalist Dan Kuramoto and June Kuramoto}'s kinetic koto performances. James “Kimo" Cornwell's keyboard is an underrated strength, as ...
Jean-Michel Pilc: Essential
by AAJ Italy Staff
Jean-Michel Pilc è uno straordinario pianista, tutto sommato quasi ignorato da noi. Nel suo bagaglio ci sono tanto il dinamismo e la trasversalità di eredità monkiana, quanto la cerebralità sofisticata del cesellatore, anime contrapposte che Pilc tende a praticare in ambiti diversi: la prima in trio - le cui più recenti prove sono True Story, dello ...
Atkins/May Project: Serpents Kiss
by Glenn Astarita
Improvisation is an element that spans numerous musical genres. The ability to build an effective improvised storyline relies on an artist's creative spark, technical acumen, and communication skills through the looking glass of art. Here, eminent guitarist and producer Paul May displays an authoritative voice and highly imaginative improvisational skills during his summit with vocalist Al ...
AYCH / Jim Hobbs / Mary Halvorson / Taylor Ho Bynum: As The Crow Flies
by Mark Corroto
Improvising confederates agree to collaborate to create music out of thin air, right? Well, yes. Except when they don't. AYCH features three of the finest improvisers working today: saxophonist Jim Hobbs; guitarist Mary Halvorson; and cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum. All three come with stellar pedigrees and experience in guitarist/bassist Joe Morris' ensembles, plus Halvorson ...
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