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Peter Appleyard And The Jazz Giants: The Lost 1974 Sessions

Read "The Lost 1974 Sessions" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
February 16, 2012

While the aggregation of all-star jazz men featured on this previously unreleased, decades-old session may seem random at first glance, the great Benny Goodman is actually the musical tie that binds them all. In September of 1974, vibraphonist Peter Appleyard was part of a particularly strong Goodman sextet that appeared at Carnegie Hall. Appleyard had his ...

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Ido Bukelman's Cracked Song: Ido Bukelman’s Cracked Song

Read "Ido Bukelman’s Cracked Song" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
February 16, 2012

Looking back at gifted Israeli guitarist Ido Bukelman's discography-- his improvised solo album, The Door (Kadima) and Solo (OutNow, 2011) and his experimental electronic trio EFT (OutNow Recordings, 2012)-- his Cracked Song quartet is clearly more straight-ahead. Bukelman navigates this quartet in a musical journey after a song structure, within the framework and freedom of improvised ...

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Triosence with Sara Gazarek: Where Time Stands Still

Read "Where Time Stands Still" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello

by Nicholas F. Mondello
February 16, 2012

A commanding recording that delivers an itchy, irresistible attraction for repeated playing is rare, indeed, and Where Time Stands Still falls precisely into that category. Repeated renderings display additional highlights both instrumentally and vocally. It is very appealing--if not challenging--listening. Combining a trio of fine German musicians (Triosence) with an intriguing American (Sarah ...

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XL Target (KJ Dave Doran & Christy Doran): Nubtz Remix

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 15, 2012

I fratelli Doran, irlandesi di nascita ma trapiantati in Svizzera ormai da una vita, suonano assieme in questo bel progetto registrato interamente dal vivo, non perché devono rimarcare il loro legame biologico, ma semplicemente perché sentono la musica allo stesso modo, seppure da punti di vista influenzati dalla loro diversa età. Una vita che nel loro ...

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Nils Petter Molvær: Baboon Moon

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 15, 2012

La fase di transizione iniziata dal trombettista norvegese nel precedente Hamada prosegue con questo nuovo lavoro, realizzato ancora con la formula del trio, ma con nuovi partner. Al posto di Eivind Aarset, che ha accompagnato Molvær per oltre dieci anni, e Audun Kleive, troviamo infatti il chitarrista Stian Westerhus e il batterista Erland Dahlen, altri due ...

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Pascal Niggenkemper: Upcoming Hurricane

Read "Upcoming Hurricane" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
February 15, 2012

Since German/French bassist Pascal Niggenkemper moved to New York in 2005 he has become increasingly prominent on the contemporary scene. Alliances with Thomas Heberer’s Clarino on Klippe (Clean Feed, 2011), Joe Hertenstein’s HNH (Clean Feed, 2010), the cooperative polylemma (Red Toucan, 2011), and Jean Carla Rodea’s Azares, with whom he appeared at the 2010 Vision Festival, ...

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Dialogues Trio: Twinkle Twinkle

Read "Twinkle Twinkle" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
February 15, 2012

Pianist Bruno Heinen formed Dialogues Trio in 2005 with bassist Andrea Di Biase and drummer Jon Scott. The trio has played numerous live concerts in Italy and the UK since its inception, but the three players have also been involved in other projects--including Heinen's work with Palestinian singer Reem Kelani, Di Biase's membership in trumpeter Kenny ...

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Liguriani: Suoni dai mondi liguri

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 15, 2012

Quintetto ottimamente coeso, i Liguriani raccolgono in questo lavoro temi di diversa provenienza (la tradizione ligure, o meglio quella delle cosiddette “quattro province" - Genova, Alessandria, Pavia, Piacenza - e poi la Francia e composizioni originali), alternando il cantato (non di rado in genovese) allo strumentale (dove sembrano raggiungere i risultati più alti) in un corpus ...

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Monsters and Puppets: Monsters and Puppets

Read "Monsters and Puppets" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
February 15, 2012

Monsters and Puppets features two prolific and versatile musicians in the Norwegian jazz scene-- keyboardist Maria Kannegaard and drummer Thomas Strønen, both of whom have been playing together since 1997 in the Kannegaard Trio, with the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra and, recently, in vocalist Ingrid Lode's outfit Billy Fy. This new duo was formed after the two ...

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Aghe Clope Ensemble: Improvisations 1-4

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 15, 2012

Aghe Clope nasce come quartetto aperto a collaborazioni con altri musicisti e capace di trasformarsi in Aghe Clope Ensemble come nel caso di questo Improvisations 1-4, registrato dal vivo alla Scuola Popolare di Musica Ivan Ilich di Bologna. Musiche non convenzionali è il proclama dell'etichetta indipendente Setola di maiale e questo disco risponde pienamente a tale ...