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Amir ElSaffar Two Rivers Ensemble: Inana

Read "Inana" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 22, 2012

Il fatto che l'intestatario del disco si chiami Amir ElSaffar, il suo stesso titolo (Inana è un'antica divinità sumera) e il nome del gruppo che l'ha realizzato potrebbero far pensare a un CD molto spinto sul pedale dell'etnico. Il che non è, almeno non in maniera prevalente: dati umori sono di fatto circoscritti alle timbriche (su ...

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Albatrosh: Yonkers

by John Kelman
February 22, 2012

2012 seems to be a year of change for many artists. Not so for Norway's Albatrosh, the duo first heard while still in school and before they'd made a record at an overnight stop in Rosendal, as part of the 2008 JazzNorway in a Nutshell junket. Paring back to the core duo that first released Seagull ...

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Anne Mette Iversen Quartet: Milo Songs

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 22, 2012

Alla base di Milo Songs ci sono un bambino, Milo per l'appunto, ed una semplice melodia che il bambino stesso canta ripetutamente, come fosse un mantra. Anne Mette Iversen, la mamma di Milo, pensa che sia possibile costruire attorno ad essa un intero album nel quale raccontare la bellezza del mondo visto con gli occhi dell'infanzia. ...

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Cloning Americana: For Which It Stands

Read "For Which It Stands" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
February 22, 2012

What are the color and the tone and texture of the music of protest and rebellion? Not red, it appears, but red white and tinged with the blues. At least this is what is posited by Cloning Americana, the ensemble that comprises saxophonist/clarinetist Billy Drewes, pianist Gary Versace bassist Scott Lee and drummer Jeff Hirshfield. Their ...

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Grupo Falso Baiano: Simplicidade - Live at Yoshi's

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 22, 2012

Il Grupo Falso Baiano è attivo nell'area di San Francisco con la missione di far meglio conoscere fuori dal Brasile il choro, una musica popolare espressiva e verace che risale alla fine dell'ottocento. I musicisti si muovono con grande passione fra queste composizioni che profumano di energia popolare, andando meno a toccare le atmosfere raffinate e ...

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Johnathan Blake: The Eleventh Hour

Read "The Eleventh Hour" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
February 22, 2012

Jazz violinist John Blake, Jr.'s son, drummer Johnathan Blake, makes his debut on Sunnyside Records with The Eleventh Hour. While the leader, this recording does not have any of the hallmarks of a drummer-led date. Blake is careful not to crowd his band, making his mark as solid understatement, a seasoning that imparts just the right ...

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Wayne Shorter: The Complete Columbia Albums Collection

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 21, 2012

Ci sono operazioni discografiche che, al di là dello stretto valore musicale, raccontano assai bene una fetta della nostra storia, più o meno recente. Un buon esempio viene dalla Complete Columbia Albums Collection di Wayne Shorter, cofanetto contenente sei CD che spaziano dall'esordio dei Weather Report al disco Joy Rider del 1988 che chiude il trittico ...

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Wes Montgomery: Echoes of Indiana Avenue

Read "Echoes of Indiana Avenue" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
February 21, 2012

Not since the discovery of the Voice of America tapes of the 1957 Carnegie Hall concert by Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane has there been an event as exciting as the surfacing of this rare first recording by guitar-maestro Wes Montgomery. The Echoes of Indiana Avenue masters, procured by Montgomery fan Jim Greeninger, were offered to ...

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Shift: Frank Gratkowski - Thomas Lehn - Philip Zoubek - Dieter Mander-Scheid - Martin Blume: Songs from Aipotu

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 21, 2012

Una nuova importante perla da casa Leo, “benedetta" da quel sant'uomo che risponde al nome di Hans Falb, vale a dire uno dei più illuminati direttori artistici del vecchio continente, mente pensante del festival Konfrontationen che da almeno trenta anni a Nickelsdorf (piccolo paesino austriaco di poco più di 1500 anime a un tiro di schioppo ...

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Matthew Shipp: Elastic Aspects

Read "Elastic Aspects" reviewed by Chris Rich

by Chris Rich
February 21, 2012

Elasticity is expressed throughout this Matthew Shipp trio release in the deftness of transitions, the focused investigations of central elements in music and a selection structure that has its own striking cohesion. The piano gets its elaborate discovery expedition with corresponding investigations from bassist Michael Bisio and drummer Whit Dickey. Recorded in July ...