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Rita Marcotulli: Viariazioni su tema

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 23, 2012

Della “nuova linea italiana del jazz" oggi molto si parla: promossa con continuità ed efficacia essa si regge su indubbie ed originali costanti stilistiche e sta ottenendo un notevole apprezzamento anche all'estero. Rita Marcotulli non solo appartiene a questa corrente, ma ne è stata una delle anticipatrici. La pianista romana ha sempre mantenuto fede ad un ...

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Chris Connor: Sings Gentle Bossa Nova

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 23, 2012

La Justin Time, emerita casa discografica canadese, ha tirato fuori dagli archivi un album della cantante Chris Connor, pubblicato nel 1965 dalla ABC-Paramount e prodotto allora da Ken Greenglass. Lei, bionda platinata e dalla voce irresistibilmente “cool," era uscita nel 1962 dalla scuderia Atlantic e dopo due album con la FM, codiretta dal suo manager Monte ...

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The Soul Rebels: Unlock Your Mind

Read "Unlock Your Mind" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
February 23, 2012

The Soul Rebels trumpet a post-hurricane Katrina sense of optimism and get the party going in full swing on Unlock Your Mind. This New Orleans-based octet implies good cheer via its up-tempo ambiance. Marked by tight horn arrangements, loosely paralleling the likes of Tower of Power or vintage James Brown, the band imparts New Orleans second-line ...

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Carmen Spatafora: Fotografia

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 23, 2012

Prende il nome da un brano di Jobim l'album firmato dalla vocalist Carmen Spatafora, quel “Fotografia" che chiude una scaletta di dieci tracce - arrangiate con estrema cura stilistica da Giovanni Mazzarino - cantate e interpretate con classe autentica e suonate con altrettanta generosità espressiva da una band di ottimo livello. Il lavoro, nel quale si ...

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Ronnie Cuber: Infra-Rae: Ronnie Cuber Meets The Beets Brothers

Read "Infra-Rae: Ronnie Cuber Meets The Beets Brothers" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
February 23, 2012

It is easy to forget an elder statesman such as the magisterial Ronnie Cuber, who continues to give commanding performances on his baritone saxophone. The absence of a sense of history clouds successive generations, who will honor young masters like Brian Landrus but forget the ancestors. The great tones from the bass end of the saxophone ...

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Matthew Shipp Trio: Elastic Aspects

Read "Elastic Aspects" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
February 23, 2012

When speaking of the development of the piano trio, talk inevitably turns to its different lineups, such a the evolution of Bill Evans' trio before and after the Scott LaFaro, or the differing approaches of drummers Paul Motian and Joe La Barbera. For Matthew Shipp, his latest company signals a sort of turning point--perhaps even a ...

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Hristo Vitchev / Weber Iago: Heartmony

Read "Heartmony" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
February 23, 2012

The meeting between two artists can represent an exchange of ideas and disciplines, as well as a sense of fellowship. Both are evinced in Heartmony, the second duo release from guitarist Hristo Vitchev and pianist Weber Iago; a collaborative follow up to 2009's The Secrets of an Angel on Vitchev's First Orbit Sounds label.

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NuvoleIncanto: La 500 gialla

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 23, 2012

Bastano gli ottanta secondi scarsi del prologo a “Gioia e rivoluzione" in cui il tenore di Francesco Bearzatti dialoga da par suo col piano di Piero Mortara a elevare un onesto album di cover a musica d'arte, nonché a giustificarne una recensione su queste colonne, pur virtuali? Verosimilmente no, ma ritenendoci sufficientemente aperti anche a ciò ...

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Rino Arbore Quartet: Sweet Wind

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 22, 2012

Una bellissima copertina ci introduce all'ascolto di Sweet Wind, album firmato dal quartetto di Rino Arbore, che ci offre nove sue composizioni capaci di mantenere le attese chiaroscurali preannunciate nella foto di Alex Pensini. Ci si addentra in una penombra sonora ben descritta nell'iniziale “A New Spring," nella quale alla chitarra del leader si intreccia il ...

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Erik Deutsch: Demonio Teclado

Read "Demonio Teclado" reviewed by Florence Wetzel

by Florence Wetzel
February 22, 2012

The title of Erik Deutsch's Demonio Teclado means “Keyboard Demon"--and indeed he is. Raised in Washington, DC and Nashville, Deutsch spent ten years in Colorado honing his craft, receiving a degree from the University of Colorado in piano performance, plus studying and playing with pianist Art Lande and gigging with trumpeter Ron Miles. In the mid-2000s ...