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T.K. Blue: Latin Bird

Read "Latin Bird" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki
November 25, 2011

Saxophonist Charlie Bird" Parker is primarily remembered as an incendiary, revolutionary, improvisatory soloist, but he often expressed his style through composition, and many of Parker's original tunes became part of the modern jazz canon. Latin Bird, saxophonist T.K. Blue's label debut for Motema, his ninth release as a leader, reworks eight of Parker's tunes in Afro-Cuban, ...

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Armando Sciommeri: L'attesa

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 25, 2011

L'attesa si riferisce a una seduta di registrazione del luglio 2008 capitanata dal batterista Armando Sciommeri, alla quale hanno preso parte, in due dei sei brani proposti, anche il pianista Alessandro Gwis e il saxofonista Daniele Tittarelli. Tutti originali firmati, o cofirmati, dal leader, tranne la conclusiva “Kary" autografata dal chitarrista Enrico Bracco, che rilasciano una ...

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Rudresh Mahanthappa - Bunky Green: Apex

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 24, 2011

Desiderate con tutta forza fare pace con voi stessi e riconciliarvi con la musica? Beh, allora non perdete tempo e andate a procurarvi una copia di questo disco che porta la firma di due mostri sacri del jazz contemporaneo, entrambi sassofonisti, come Bunky Green e Rudresh Mahanthappa. Gridare al capolavoro forse è esagerato, ma è certo ...

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Hal Galper Trio: Trip the Light Fantastic

Read "Trip the Light Fantastic" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
November 24, 2011

About eighty percent of the jazz piano players out there can fit into one of two schools: that of the introspective, harmonically rich Bill Evans mode; or the more percussive and gregarious Bud Powell bebop approach. There's also a small slice of the that pie that draws it primary inspiration from bright and splashy Art Tatum/Oscar ...

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Stefano Battaglia Trio: The River of Anyder

Read "The River of Anyder" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
November 24, 2011

After three ECM recordings that finally brought greater international attention to the eclectic breadth of Stefano Battaglia's nearly two-decade career, the Italian pianist turns to a format steeped in jazz orthodoxy for The River of Anyder . But those familiar with his career, if only his ECM dates--the freer terrain explored with two trios on Raccolto ...

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Pascal Niggenkemper: Upcoming Hurricane

Read "Upcoming Hurricane" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
November 24, 2011

Free jazz trios require an instigator--someone who will incite others to action, counteraction, or response. With the trio of double bassist Pascal Niggenkemper, Simon Nabatov, and Gerald Cleaver, there are three such instigators, and on Upcoming Hurricane, these the three musicians collaborate to create nearly a perfect storm.A relative newcomer, German-born Niggenkemper invited the ...

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Magos Herrera: México Azul

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 24, 2011

Non c'è dubbio: il biglietto da visita è la sua immagine. In ogni disco finora pubblicato (si contano dal 1997 sette album) Magos Herrera è sempre in primo piano. Ma è uno specchietto per le allodole che spiazza o intrappola la superficialità. Qui non si tratta solo del fascino né di una bellezza fine a se ...

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Hendrik Meurkens: Live at Bird's Eye

Read "Live at Bird's Eye" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
November 24, 2011

Considered, by many, to be the most important jazz harmonicist since Toots Thielmans, German-born/New York-based Hendrik Meurkens has long been a connoisseur of Brazilian jazz, with an impressive discography of bossa nova and samba-infused music. Live at Bird's Eye is an assemblage of Brazilian, American and Italian jazz standards recorded live on several sessions from 2008 ...

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ACUD Quartet: ACUD Quartet

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 24, 2011

La scaletta dell'omonimo album degli ACUD Quartet si compone di brani originali e riletture di pezzi di due tra i più controversi, creativi, erranti protagonisti della storia del rock: Syd Barrett e Jimi Hendrix. Lavoro dunque dalle premesse interessanti e dagli intenti lodevoli, che trova la sua ragione d'esistenza in diverse situazioni, come nel rifacimento di ...

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Bill Frisell: Sign of Life

Read "Sign of Life" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 23, 2011

Nato nel 2001 per dar forma sonora ad un ciclo di quadri astratti dell'artista tedesco Gerhard Richter, 858 Quartet ha trovato successivamente una propria ragion d'essere ed una propria autonomia diventando un quartetto “tutto corde" grazie all'avvicendamento tra la tromba di Ron Miles e il violino di Jenny Scheinman. Tant'è che Bill Frisell, titolare del progetto, ...