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Celano - Baggiani Group: Alienology

Read "Alienology" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Una scaletta di nove brani originali compone Alienology, l'interessante album licenziato dal Celano Baggiani Group, un quintetto pronto nel percorrere fuori-pista stilistici dal sapore free, ma anche in grado di sviluppare un suono d'insieme coerente e ben delineato. Tracce dal carattere vivo e dallo sviluppo imprevedibile, che sanno di germinazione spontanea ("El cortito") dalla quale fioriscono ...

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New World Jazz Composers Octet: Breaking News

Read "Breaking News" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian

Established in 2000, in the spirit of the Mingus Jazz Workshop, the New World Jazz Composer's Octet sounds more like an orchestra than a group of eight musicians. On its third release, Breaking News, the octet showcases six contemporary composers affiliated with the ensemble. The music is intricate and well-constructed, with hints of ...

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Pilc - Moutin - Hoenig: Threedom

Read "Threedom" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Il titolo del CD è quanto mai appropriato nell'indicare la libera interazione tra i tre musicisti, che va dalla composizione al sound di gruppo. Questo nuovo progetto è forse l'esito più avvincente di una liaison musicale intrapresa nel 1995 dove Pilc opera una originale opera di sintesi tra il proprio sostrato culturale legato all'Europa ed il ...

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Lisa Mezzacappa & Nightshade: Cosmic Rift

Read "Cosmic Rift" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins

Since relocating to San Francisco ten years ago, Staten Island-born bassist Lisa Mezzacappa has established herself as a commanding presence in the vibrant West Coast scene. Mezzacappa's pliant bass lines have provided a stalwart foundation for some of the Bay Area's most dynamic projects, ranging from the visceral excursions of her riotous garage jazz band Bait ...

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Hakon Kornstad: Symphonies In My Head

Read "Symphonies In My Head" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni

The third consecutive solo album from Håkon Kornstad is an exemplary, creative work. The Norwegian saxophonist expands an already remarkable palette of sounds and technique from Single Engine (Jazzland, 2007) and Dwell Time (Jazzland, 2009) with musical references that continue to grow and surprise. As before, he manages to turn his improvisations into small symphonies, arresting ...

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Jon Balke Batagraf: Say and Play

Read "Say and Play" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

La recente ricerca ritmica di Jon Balke tenta di far convivere il linguaggio percussivo africano occidentale, il minimalismo elettronico nordico, la forma canzone malinconica. Non sono territori inesplorati, tuttavia Balke trova una sua misura, una piccola alchimia, che forse non arriva a soddisfare le ambizioni di partenza ma semina suoni per le tappe future. All'interno di ...

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Malcolm Hunter: Nostalgia in My Square Head

Read "Nostalgia in My Square Head" reviewed by Gina Vodegel

by Gina Vodegel

Every once in a while an album emerges that, in its final form, only seems to touch briefly on the full story behind its inception. Nostalgia in My Square Head is one of those albums. Songwriter/keyboardist Malcolm Hunter may not be known to the public at large as a musician and blues poet, but he has ...

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Raffaele Genovese: Freeway

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Freeway prende il nome da una composizione inedita di Salvatore Bonafede, una lunga ballata densa di sentimento. Le altre otto tracce in programma sono firmate dal pianista Raffaele Genovese, leader del progetto. Tracce intense, dalle grandi melodie, dal respiro espressivo ampio e ben delineato. Temi levigati, fedeli a un certo rigore formale, ma capaci allo stesso ...

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Mark Weinstein: El Cumbanchero

Read "El Cumbanchero" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

Exploring music with the intellect of an ethnomusicologist, the imagination of an artist, and the technical savvy and musical know-how to combine the two is no easy feat, but Mark Weinstein is more than capable of pulling it off. For the flautist's latest Latin feast, he turned his attention toward a fusion of jazz and charanga ...

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Spirale: Live Inside

Read "Live Inside" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Pochi se li ricorderanno gli Spirale, gruppo romano di jazz rock che negli Settanta, precisamente nel 1974, firmò un album omonimo con una bella copertina optical che oggi è diventato un vinile ricercatissimo dai collezionisti. Facevano parte di quel movimento di musicisti e band che volevano fertilizzare l'idioma jazz con nuove musiche. Una missione condivisa non ...


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