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Opus 5: Introducing Opus 5
by Dan Bilawsky
Collectively delivered jazz albums almost always fall into one of three categories: some are outings from neophytes looking to pool their resources, while trying to build a fan base from the ground floor up; others marry the musical skills of seasoned musicians who've crossed paths in various situations and/or share a commonality in approach; and the ...
Mike Wofford / Holly Hofmann Quintet: Turn Signal
by Dan McClenaghan
Down in out-of-the-way San Diego, California (that's out-of-the-way in a New York-centric jazz world), flautist Holly Hofmann and pianist Mike Wofford have been steadily making world-class jazz for a couple of decades. Wofford--who has spent much of his career in supporting roles, backing vocalists Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald, saxophonists Zoot Sims and Benny Carter, and ...
Davide Scagno: Countdown
by AAJ Italy Staff
Quarantadue anni, piemontese, formazione classica, studi jazzistici (anche con Franco D'Andrea), esperienze diverse (tra le quali la musica per film), Davide Scagno arriva al lavoro per piano solo dopo due CD, uno in trio e l'altro in duo (About Us, con il sax di Antonello Monni). E ci arriva con la giusta maturità per realizzare un ...
The Jack DeJohnette Group: Live at Yoshi's 2010
by John Kelman
In the text file accompanying his digital download-only Live at Yoshi's 2010, Jack DeJohnette is quoted, ..."Each piece is different every time we play it." Fans of this veteran drummer--for whom a precise count of all the artists he's worked with (let alone all the recordings he's appeared on) would be an exercise in futility--would have ...
Indigo Trio and Michel Edelin: The Ethiopian Princess Meets The Tantric Priest
by John Sharpe
Given the paucity of flute trios in the normal course of events, and the appearance of two almost simultaneously on the same label, it was only a matter of time before the Paris-based Rogue Art imprint brought the two main protagonists together. The Ethiopian Princess Meets The Tantric Priest represents the fruits of the union of ...
Nicola Dal Bo: Trio.Org
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il nocciolo della questione è tutto nel suono dell'organo Hammond: se lo amate - e dunque con tutta probabilità lo amerete per sempre - allora un disco come Trio.Org potrebbe andarvi a genio; in caso contrario, cioè se proprio non avete mai digerito quelle note dal sapore vintage, come si usa dire oggi, meglio rimanerne alla ...
Jimmy Owens: The Monk Project
by Edward Blanco
With a career spanning over 45 years, legendary trumpeter Jimmy Owens has had the privilege of performing with many giants of jazz, including trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, pianist Billy Taylor, bassist Charles Mingus, drummer Max Roach and the incomparable pianist Duke Ellington. Though he never had the opportunity to record with pianist Thelonious Monk, he did know ...
Jack DeJohnette: Sound Travels
by John Kelman
Turning 70 and being awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowship would be enough to make 2012 a special year for Jack DeJohnette, but Sound Travels transcends mere celebration of the veteran drummer/pianist/bandleader's broad swath of accomplishments since emerging, in the mid-1960s, with saxophonist Charles Lloyd's massively successful quartet. His ...
Jamie Dubberly And Orquesta Dharma: Road Warrior
by Dan Bilawsky
When trombonist Jamie Dubberly moved from New York to northern California in 2003, he immediately became ensconced in the burgeoning Bay Area Latin jazz scene. While he sharpened his performance skills by playing in bands like Avance and Louie Romero's Mazacote, these groups also inspired him to put pen to paper and explore the lexicon of ...
Maria Pia De Vito - Huw Warren: 'O pata pata
by AAJ Italy Staff
Due accompagnatori eclettici e di grande spessore - Huw Warren e Ralph Towner - e un repertorio diversificato ma perfettamente adatto alle sue doti vocali e interpretative, ed ecco che Maria Pia De Vito ci offre un lavoro suggestivo e gustoso, dalle molte sfaccettature. I brani in programma hanno le più diverse provenienze - alcuni originali, ...

