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Andrea Pozza European Quintet: Gull's Flight

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 19, 2012

L'album realizzato dal quintetto guidato da Andrea Pozza trova nel dialogo tra i due fiati presenti in line-up - Christian Brewer al sax alto e Dick de Graaf al tenore e soprano - il suo motivo di maggiore appeal. È questa una peculiarità che si dipana attraverso i dieci brani in programma, che rilasciano una musica ...

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Elly Hoyt: Elly Hoyt

Read "Elly Hoyt" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
January 19, 2012

Tasmanian-born Elly Hoyt's self-titled debut catapulted her into the forefront of the jazz scene Down Under, winning the coveted Bell Award for Best Australian Jazz Vocal Album in 2011. Australian jazz is perhaps stronger than ever, with a veritable wealth of young musicians emerging and festivals popping up like 'roos, and this award serves meaningful notice ...

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David Bennett Thomas: Jazz Portrait

Read "Jazz Portrait" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
January 19, 2012

One of America's top literary voices in crime fiction, T. Jefferson Parker says that after he finishes reading a good book he feels nourished. A sense of nourishment can also come from listening to a good piece of music, regardless of genre. Pianist David Bennett Thomas, who may be better known for his classical compositions--his Piano ...

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Patty Ascher: Bossa, Jazz 'n' Samba

Read "Bossa, Jazz 'n' Samba" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 19, 2012

Patty Ascher ha studiato letteratura all'Universitá di Sao Paulo, poi la musica l'ha coinvolta ed eccola qui al suo secondo album. Il primo Bacharach Bossa Club, che ha avuto un notevole successo commerciale in patria, era stato dedicato a Burt Bacharach, le cui composizioni erano state riviste in versione bossa. Ora firma un album più internazionale ...

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Scott Fields: Moersbow/OZZO

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 19, 2012

Scott Fields lascia da parte la chitarra e si concentra nella conduzione di questo ampio ensemble di musicisti, principalmente tedeschi, alle prese con alcune sue composizioni. La musica è stata registrata dal vivo in un piccolo locale di Colonia, il 25 gennaio del 2009. Il primo brano è dedicato ad un compositore di musica elettronica giapponese ...

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Tolvan Big Band: Tarantula Suite

Read "Tarantula Suite" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
January 19, 2012

The Tolvan Big Band is one of Scandinavia's most experienced big bands. Located in Malmö, in southern Sweden, this orchestra has been working since 1979 and, under saxophonist/musical director Helge Albin, has collaborated with notable Americans such as Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Liebman and Michael Brecker, British composer Mike Westbrook and Danish saxophonist Lars Møller; the band ...

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Wadada Leo Smith’s Mbira: Dark Lady of the Sonnets

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 18, 2012

È un triangolo magico quello tracciato da Wadada Leo Smith con Min Xiao-Fen e Pheeroan akLaff: nonostante il nome del gruppo rimandi a uno strumento africano, di questo strumento non c'è traccia e l'elemento straniante è fornito dal pipa della Xiao-Fen [splendida specialista di questo liuto cinese, già collaboratrice di Zorn o Björk]. Questo triangolo magico ...

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Charlie Haden / Hank Jones: Come Sunday

Read "Come Sunday" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
January 18, 2012

Come Sunday continues the dialog between two jazz masters--bassist Charlie Haden and pianist Hank Jones--that began with 1995's Steal Away (Verve). The topic of discussion concerns hymns, spirituals, and beloved tunes which are, without a doubt, personal and familiar to both musicians. Jones (the elder sibling of jazz luminaries Elvin Jones and Thad Jones) was the ...

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Dario Bruna - Karsten Lipp: To Song

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 18, 2012

Ventitré nomi di donna (venti per la precisione perché Vale compare tre volte e Teresa due volte), ventitré ritratti di donna, ventitré istantanee, spesso sotto i due minuti di durata, racchiuse tra gli estremi di “Vale 1," sedici secondi forieri di dolcezze infinite, e di “Barbara," quasi sei minuti di affresco sonoro dallo sviluppo decisamente cinematografico. ...

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B3 Conspiracy: Sleeping Lions

Read "Sleeping Lions" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello

by Nicholas F. Mondello
January 18, 2012

There's something magnificently earthy and earth-moving about the sounds emanating from a Hammond B3 organ, especially when it's in great hands. Marvelous players such as Jimmy Smith, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Richard Groove" Holmes and Joey DeFrancesco lead the B3 parade. B3 Conspiracy's Sleeping Lions is a doubly delicious dose of organ-driven jazz: not only is there ...