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Andre Canniere Group: Forward Space
by Bruce Lindsay
Although the United States may still lay claim to be the home of jazz and its largest commercial market, there are still plenty of musicians from that country who choose to leave for pastures new. Trumpeter Andre Canniere is one such: a young player and composer from the US who is now based in London. As ...
Three Lower Colours: First Take
by AAJ Italy Staff
Messo a punto nel 2010 come sonorizzazione di uno dei cult movie del cinema muto, Sangue e arena (Blood and Sand), diretto nel 1922 da Fred Niblo con protagonista Rodolfo Valentino e di cui ricordiamo almeno due celebri remake, nel '41 a firma Rouben Mamoulian con Tyrone Power e Rita Hayworth, e nell'89 con Javier Elorrieta ...
Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga: Stroke by Stroke
by John Eyles
Zither player Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga's Stroke by Stroke is initially intriguing for the circumstances of its recording. As Lazaridou-Chatzigoga writes in her sleeve notes, “All the recordings were made at home in Athens between June 2010 and April 2011... Ambient noise from several parallel events taking place in Greece at the time of the recording has deliberately ...
Rudresh Mahanthappa: Samdhi
by AAJ Italy Staff
La prima volta che Rudresh Mahanthappa mise piede su un palcoscenico in Italia fu a Verona, nel maggio del 1999. Faceva parte del quartetto del suo amico Vijay Iyer. Nel loro concerto si intravedevano notevole bagliori e il sassofonista (allora un emerito sconosciuto) si fece notare soprattutto per il suono oggi rinomato. Col tempo Mahanthappa ha ...
Patrick Battstone and Richard Poole: Mystic Nights
by Hrayr Attarian
Pianist Pat Battstone and vibraphonist Richard Poole's Mystic Nights follows a small but illustrious tradition duo recordings including Gary Burton and Chick Corea's Crystal Silence (ECM, 1972) and Visions (Steeplechase, 1979), from Sun Ra and Walt Dickerson. Also a pianist, Poole shows significant musical sympathy with Battstone who, having studied with Burton, also ...
Livio Minafra: Surprise!!!
by AAJ Italy Staff
Livio Minafra ha da tempo dimostrato d'avere ricche e personali doti creative. La cosa è stata evidenziata dalla critica italiana nel 2009 quando l'ha votato miglior nuovo talento nel Top Jazz 2008 e si ripete nell'edizione 2011, che lo vede al primo posto tra le formazioni italiane (ex aequo col quartetto di Franco D'Andrea, che è ...
Rani Singam: Contentment
by Ian Patterson
Singer Rani Singam has been a leading figure on the Singapore jazz scene for a number of years, specializing in the jazz standards of yore. Her strong vocals and fine interpretive skills have also made her sought after at festivals in the region, so it is something of a bold move to break the mold and ...
Keith Rowe / John Tilbury: E.E.Tension and Circumstance
by Mark Corroto
If it weren't for the sound of one hand clapping, we would have no resonance at all.That snarky summation might best describe this hour-long duo performance by former AMM ensemble band mates Keith Rowe and John Tilbury. Like the zen koan “one hand clapping," this music evokes an almost instantaneous meditation.Recorded just ...
Chico Buarque de Hollanda: Ciao ragazzo
by AAJ Italy Staff
Come si ricorderà, il Tenco 2011 aveva per sottotitolo Robe di Amilcare, in riferimento al fondatore del club omonimo, Amilcare Rambaldi, a cento anni dalla sua nascita. Nella circostanza, è uscito questo ghiotto doppio CD, che si affianca a Sulle labbra di un altro, dedicato allo stesso Tenco, rimandandoci i riflessi di quel 7 dicembre 1996 ...
Fattigfolket: Park
by Anthony Shaw
While its previous work has been described as both middle-of-the-road and avant-garde, Park sees the Norwegian-Swedish quartet Fattigfolket offering a selection of tunes that again straddles the middle ground of contemporary, instrumental Nordic jazz. Saxophonist Halvard Godal's pieces--which make up the majority of the 11 tracks included here--feature melodies that tend to be ...
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