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John Raymond: Strength & Song

Read "Strength & Song" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
March 2, 2012

When trumpet giant Jon Faddis gives his stamp of approval to another trumpeter and climbs aboard to co-produce his debut, it's probably a safe bet that he has something special going on. Such is the case with John Raymond, who delivers the goods again and again during this original-heavy program. Raymond, a native ...

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Steve Lacy: Avignon and After - 1

Read "Avignon and After - 1" reviewed by John Eyles

by John Eyles
March 2, 2012

Emanem and Steve Lacy have been entwined since the label was born with the release of the saxophonist's LP Solo (1974). The first eight tracks of this CD hold the contents of that album, recorded at two August, 1972 concerts in Avignon--significantly, Lacy's very first solo concerts. Ever since, the label has championed the music of ...

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Tim Hagans: The Moon Is Waiting

Read "The Moon Is Waiting" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 2, 2012

Il trombettista Tim Hagans abbandona l'abituale compagno di strada Bob Belden e si avventura in una escursione in territorio jazz elettrico profumato di rock, alla testa di un quartetto che lo asseconda bene. Sono con lui il chitarrista Vic Juris (che ricordiamo anche alla corte di Dave Liebman), il bassista Rufus Reid e il batterista finlandese ...

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Lucid: So Oder So

Read "So Oder So" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
March 2, 2012

Lydia Schiller, Sevi Krieger and Florian Leuschner met not long ago as members of one of Germany's several superb youth jazz orchestras (yes, that is a good idea; a pity it hasn't surfaced on this side of the Atlantic) and decided to form a working trio built around Schiller's lucid vocal talents, which include flawless diction, ...

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Meeco: Meeco: Beauty of the Night

Read "Meeco: Beauty of the Night" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
March 2, 2012

Extraordinary songwriter/producer Meeco's Beauty Of The Night comes with a hidden cautionary note which is not visible or audible until the first strains of the music is heard. It is an elementally sad album and a box of Kleenex may be de rigueur. However, this is not to say that the album is not beautiful. After ...

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Faden Piano Trio: Mehr Als Leben

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 2, 2012

Il Faden Piano trio produce un suono fresco e vivo, in bilico tra tradizione e attualità, schemi rigorosi e libera fantasia, tra serio e faceto. Questo è quanto emerge dopo diversi ascolti del loro Mehr Als Leben , composto da sette brani originali. I brani del disco beneficiano in maniera decisiva della propulsione ritmica del fretless ...

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Michael Campagna: Moments

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 2, 2012

Moments rappresenta per l'autore, il sassofonista e flautista Michael Campagna, una sorta di viaggio musicale nel quale sono testimoniati alcuni momenti di particolare intensità e creatività che hanno contraddistinto il suo percorso artistico ed esistenziale. Ci troviamo così di fronte ad un album piuttosto variegato nelle atmosfere, diversificato nel suo andamento ritmico, dagli arrangiamenti variopinti e ...

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Peter Appleyard And The Jazz Giants: The Lost 1974 Sessions

Read "The Lost 1974 Sessions" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
March 2, 2012

Canadian vibraphonist, percussionist and composer Peter Appleyard has spent most of his professional career in Toronto. He has hosted his own radio and television programs, and was made an Officer of The Order of Canada in recognition of his musical accomplishments. He drew international acclaim as a member of Benny Goodman's jazz sextet during the early ...

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Marty Ehrlich's Rites Quartet: Frog Leg Logic

Read "Frog Leg Logic" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 1, 2012

Un inizio dolce e soave, leggermente bucolico e cameristico, fa presagire paesaggi sonori celestiali e meditativi. Inaspettatamente al minuto uno e quarantadue irrompe il violoncello pizzicato di Hank Roberts che dà il via ad un blues torrido, cadenzato e sensuale. Sembra di sentirlo addosso il caldo umido del Delta, i profumi e gli odori intensi della ...

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Dave Brubeck Quartet: Their Last Time Out 1967

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 1, 2012

26 dicembre 1967. È una data storica, che segna l'ultimo concerto di un quartetto tra i più popolari di tutto il jazz. Più che un concerto, è un viaggio a ritroso nella memoria musicale di una formazione che ha attraversato imperiosamente la scena musicale americana tra gli anni '50 e '60. Si è detto già ogni ...