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Jan Klare - Jeff Platz - Meinrad Kneer - Bill Elgart: Modern Primitive

Read "Modern Primitive" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Questo disco dal titolo piacevolmente ossimorico, pubblicato dalla Evil Rabbit, documenta una live session di improvvisazioni, tenutasi a Bielefeld, Germania, nel 2010. Il quartetto che ne è autore ha natura composita, sia per provenienza geografica, essendo per una metà tedesco e per l'altra statunitense, sia per le eterogenee esperienze musicali che vi confluiscono. Si va dal ...

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Tarana: After The Disquiet

Read "After The Disquiet" reviewed by Lawrence Peryer

by Lawrence Peryer

After the Disquiet is a beguiling EP from Tarana, a duo consisting of drummer Ravish Momin and violinist Trina Basu. Recorded live in March 2011, After the Disquiet finds Momin laying down a variety of acoustic drum beats while adding his own real-time electronic manipulations. Over this, Basu adds Eastern-themed improvisations. The sound quality is not ...

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Yotam: Brasil

Read "Brasil" reviewed by Larry Taylor

by Larry Taylor

Two reviews of Israeli-born guitarist Yotam's Brasil appeared recently in All About Jazz, and the reviewers had major differences. Lawrence Peryer had a negative view, summed up by: “Yotam take his place on the list between Yanni and Zamfir, offering a denatured version of a musical form that has already proven itself accessible ...

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Oscar Peñas: From Now On

Read "From Now On" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Oscar Peñas è nato a Barcellona, ma risiede negli Stati Uniti da parecchio tempo. Sull'asse Spagna-America si è sviluppata la sua carriera e anche la sua musica ne ha risentito positivamente. Il suo primo viaggio verso gli States è stato per diplomarsi alla Berklee School, poi il ritorno a Barcellona per cominciare la sua vera carriera ...

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Marbin: Breaking the Cycle

Read "Breaking the Cycle" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki

At its jazz-rock core, Marbin is the Israeli duo of guitarist Dani Rabin and saxophonist Danny Markovitch, sort of a Israeli version of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, the essence of Steely Dan. Bassist Steve Rodby and drummer Paul Wertico, who cumulatively won 18 Grammy Awards as members of the Pat Metheny Group, provide the rhythm ...

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Sei Miguel - Pedro Gomes: Turbina Anthem

Read "Turbina Anthem" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Il dialogo fra i portoghesi Miguel e Gomes si svolge più su un sostanziale contrasto dinamico e timbrico che sull'integrazione fra voci complementari. La pocket trumpet di Miguel possiede una sonorità incerta e smorzata (forse derivata da certe inflessioni di Bill Dixon), che potrebbe nascondere un suo lirismo reticente, ma si basa, almeno in queste incisioni, ...

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Equilibrium: Walking Voices

Read "Walking Voices" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Sissel Vera Pettersen, norvegese, pensa che la musica degli Equilibrium debba essere, né più né meno, rappresentata da un prisma. Magari bucato da un raggio bianco che si trasforma in mille colori e in cui l'ascoltatore potrà scegliere di immergersi. Forse, migliore definizione della musica del trio non si poteva dare. La cantante-sassofonista ha gironzolato con ...

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Barrel: Gratuitous Abuse

Read "Gratuitous Abuse" reviewed by John Eyles

by John Eyles

The release of Gratuitous Abuse by Barrel--the trio of violinist Alison Blunt, violinist/violist Ivor Kallin and cellist Hannah Marshall--is a welcome continuation of two ongoing trends in improvised music. First, it adds to the impressive series of Emanem CDs by ensembles consisting solely of improvising string players, joining an illustrious list that already includes Arc (2009), ...

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Rosario Bonaccorso Travel Notes Quartet: In cammino

Read "In cammino" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Per il suo nuovo lavoro da leader Rosario Bonaccorso ha scelto di avvalersi dei suoi più fidati compagni di ventura (Bosso, Pozza, Angelucci), proprio perché In cammino - sia dal punto musicale che ideologico - rappresenta una sorta di viaggio all'interno di se stessi e verso nuove avventure di vita, artistica e non. Si tratta di ...

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Mike Melito: The Right Time

Read "The Right Time" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

When the word “predictable" shows up in music reviews, it's often wrongly viewed as the kiss of death. Somewhere along the way, “defying expectations" or “charting new territory" have become the quickest way to gain recognition, but the tried-and-true shouldn't be sold short. On The Right Time, veteran drummer Mike Melito and his band deliver a ...


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