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Nick Moran: No Time Like Now

Read "No Time Like Now" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
February 20, 2012

Part of the appeal of the traditional organ trio--Hammond B3 organ, guitar and drums--is the juxtaposition of the guitar's succinct phrasing slicing through the blurry winter breeze of the B3. Another part is the music's straight-up funkiness. This is music of the city, pioneered by organist Jimmy Smith and guitarists Wes Montgomery and Grant Green. The ...

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Andrea Lombardini Trio: ALT 88

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 20, 2012

In ALT 88 troviamo il trio capitanato dal bassista elettrico Andrea Lombardini - lodato da Steve Swallow nelle note di copertina - che, con due colleghi americani, suona una musica che spazia da temi monkiani ad altri legati ad un mainstream elegante e raffinato o - quando Leo Genovese è al sintetizzatore - ad un jazz ...

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Carlos Jimenez & Mambo Dulcet: Red Tailed Hawk

Read "Red Tailed Hawk" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
February 20, 2012

Lively danceable Latin music comes alive on flautist Carlos Jimenez and his Mambo Dulcet band's Red Tailed Hawk, presenting six originals and four covers on a landscape of hot Afro-Cuban rhythms. Jimenez and his group navigate through the high flying winds of the genre, incorporating elements of salsa and jazz in a decidedly shoulder-moving session of ...

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Iskra 1903: Goldsmiths

Read "Goldsmiths" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
February 19, 2012

Iskra is the name of a group comprised of ingenious British improvising musicians on the very edge what is idiomatically modern. Iskra is Russian for “spark," and also happens to have been the name of the paper that Lenin edited before the Russian Revolution. Add to the equation Goldsmiths, a venue for their breathless, expressive music. ...

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Michael Lington: Pure

by Jeff Winbush
February 19, 2012

Here is a disclaimer: Michael Lington plays alto and tenor saxophone, and the saxophone is the dominant instrument of the smooth jazz genre, every bit as much the electric guitar is the dominant instrument of rock 'n' roll. This means Lington is trying to stand out in an extremely crowded field.So what is it ...

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Grateful Dead: Dave's Picks Vol. 1

Read "Dave's Picks Vol. 1" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
February 19, 2012

Though it's graphic design and packaging is markedly different than its immediate predecessor of Grateful Dead archive releases, the initial release in Dave's Picks follows proudly in the tradition of the recently concluded Road Trips (as well as the original series to which this one's title refers, Dick's Picks). Overseen by David Lemieux, chief archivist and ...

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Undivided: Moves Between Clouds: Live in Warsaw

Read "Moves Between Clouds: Live in Warsaw" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
February 18, 2012

Polish composer/clarinetist Wacław Zimpel is one of the most promising musicians from the European continent. He leads the pan-European-American quintet Undivided, collaborates regularly with key musicians from the Chicago scene such as Ken Vandermark, Tim Daisy and Dave Rempis, and is a member of other local outfits. On Univided's Moves Between Clouds: Live ...

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Vito Di Modugno: East Side

Read "East Side" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
February 18, 2012

Italian organist Vito Di Modugno has made a solid name for himself with several well-received Red Records releases that include, Organ Trio Plus Guests (2007), Organ Grooves (2008), Organ Trio, Volume 2 (2009), and now the delightfully swinging East Side. Di Modugno is first among a progressive group of B3 specialists who are charging mainstream jazz ...

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The Who: Quadrophenia

Read "Quadrophenia" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
February 18, 2012

Tommy (MCA, 1969) brought The Who to a mainstream audience and Who's Next (MCA, 1971) solidified its position in the pantheon of 1960's-1970's artists. But it is Quadrophenia (MCA, 1973) that has grown exponentially in importance--not only in the history of the band, but in the history of rock. Quadrophenia is the second rock ...

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Gianluigi Trovesi - Gianni Coscia: Frère Jacques. Round About Offenbach

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 17, 2012

Dice bene Umberto Eco, nelle note di questo ultimo lavoro della premiata coppia Trovesi-Coscia: Frère Jacques. Round About Offenbach è una vera “meditazione musicale," condotta in coppia da due amici che prendono spunto da un autore classico, ma soprattutto da un protagonista della cultura nella quale hanno ricevuto la loro educazione musicale, per divagare dialogando negli ...