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Sinikka Langeland: The Land That Is Not

Read "The Land That Is Not" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
November 23, 2011

Four years after her relentlessly beautiful ECM debut, Sinikka Langeland returns with the equally breathtaking The Land That Is Not. Following Starflowers (2007), the Norwegian singer/kantele player took a detour with Maria's Song (ECM, 2009), an intimate recording of folk songs and compositions by J.S. Bach that expanded upon territory visited on Påsketona (Nordic Sound, 2004). ...

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Jon Lundbom and Big Five Chord: Quavers! Quavers! Quavers! Quavers!

Read "Quavers! Quavers! Quavers! Quavers!" reviewed by Dave Wayne

by Dave Wayne
November 23, 2011

Hot Cup Records has quickly established a reputation for documenting some of the most adventurous and quirky modern jazz around today. The label's flagship band, Mostly Other People Do The Killing (MOPDTK), is an incredibly energetic collective whose members seem to be popping up on all sorts of recordings these days. Half of MOPDTK, saxophonist Jon ...

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Marcus Strickland: Triumph of the Heavy

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 23, 2011

Strickland è cresciuto molto nella statura da leader, qui proposta attraverso un duplice percorso che dalla sala di incisione porta al palco. Le composizioni proposte in Triumph of the Heavy costituiscono una stimolante riflessione sullo stato dell'arte del jazz contemporaneo. Oltre ad una invidiabile dose di intensità e coinvolgimento chiaramente percepibili nelle 17 tracce, Strickland si ...

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Sean McGowan: Sphere

by David Rickert
November 23, 2011

Those who seek to create a tribute album of Thelonious Monk music face one big obstacle: how do you capture Monk's idiosyncratic style without sounding like a pale imitation? You could just record cover versions of his songs and leave it at that, but the end result wouldn't really capture the pianist's oddball genius, so what ...

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Ira Sullivan and Stu Katz: A Family Affair

Read "A Family Affair" reviewed by William Carey

by William Carey
November 23, 2011

Some numbers to ponder. Saxophonist/trumpeter Ira Sullivan is 80 years old; vibraphonist Stu Katz is 74. 57 years. That is how long Ira Sullivan and Stu Katz have been making music together. 64 years. The number of years that Joe Segal's the Jazz Showcase has been featuring great jazz. In 1954, the year Bill Haley and ...

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Paolo Bernardi Quartet: Fahrenheit Project

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 23, 2011

L'album di Paolo Bernardi è ispirato al romanzo di Ray Bradbury dal titolo Fahrenheit 451, e ha come obiettivo principale quello di tradurre in musica il fascino e il senso di alcune opere letterarie, come Luna di pomeriggio di Italo Calvino. Ambizione non da poco, che dà vita a un buon lavoro svolto con un quartetto ...

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Chris Parrello: Things I Wonder

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 22, 2011

Jazz? No è il suono di New York. Things I Wonder, la prima uscita a nome del chitarrista Chris Parrello è un'opera che, un filo sotto la leggerezza della quale si ammanta, nasconde domande che metterebbero ogni appassionato di musica in soggezione. «Cosa è il jazz?» si chiede nemmeno troppo velatamente Parrello, nel tentativo di definire ...

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Malcolm Braff: Inside

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 22, 2011

Nato a Rio de Janeiro, cresciuto tra Capo Verde e Senegal, residente in Svizzera, ammaliato dall'India, formazione musicale classica, studi in filosofia, musicologia ed ebraico antico, Malcolm Braff si può considerare a buon diritto cittadino del mondo. La sua musica non può che rispecchiare il suo insolito percorso culturale e geografico, in un sabba di influenze ...

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Greg Burk Trio: The Path Here

Read "The Path Here" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
November 22, 2011

The Path Here, pianist Greg Burk's fifth release for the adventurous 482 Music label, finds the Rome-based American expatriate revisiting and reinterpreting some of the most engaging compositions of his youthful career, aided by old friends Jonathan Robinson (bass) and Gerald Cleaver (drums). Previously heard together with tenor saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi on Burk's 2004 quartet release ...

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Samo Salamon Bassless Trios: Duality

by Dan Bilawsky
November 22, 2011

By splitting the program between two different bass-less trios connected to opposite sides of the Atlantic, Slovenian guitarist Samo Salamon has managed to bridge the continental divide on Duality. This project could turn into a compare-and-contrast session on the music made by the two groups, alternately dubbed the “US Trio" and “European Trio," and that line ...