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Keith Jarrett: Rio
by Orlando Bird
Keith Jarrett's first solo piano album, Facing You (ECM, 1972), came out nearly forty years ago; since then he's become the high priest of piano improvisation, famed for his ability to walk onstage and, as a bemused Vladimir Ashkenazy put it, “play all the right notes" on the spot. Koln Concert (ECM, 1975) has sold almost ...
Yamandu Costa - Hamilton de Holanda: Live!
by AAJ Italy Staff
Questa incisione live ben documenta il valore della nuova scena musicale brasiliana. Violao (chitarra a sette corde) e mandolino a 10 corde si intrecciano a meraviglia per una ricognizione lucida quanto efficace del vasto patrimonio musicale del Brasile. Giganteggiano le composizioni originali del duo, che godono di un palpitante respiro melodico ancorché esaltate da perfetti equilibri ...
Yotam: Brasil
by Lawrence Peryer
Brazilian music is tricky. It must be approached carefully as its mellow understatement can be vulnerable to sterility in production and blandness in execution. Brasil, by Israeli guitarist Yotam Silberstein (now known solely as “Yotam") is plagued by both attributes. It is quite difficult to appreciate the competency of the players with whom ...
Richard Nelson Large Ensemble: Pursuit
by AAJ Italy Staff
La sovrabbondante produzione discografica di oggi fa sì che tesori nascosti rimangano ai margini dell'attenzione generale. Totalmente autoprodotto dall'autore, Pursuit è un disco che documenta una visione musicale fervida ed audace, che antepone la progettualità alla logica commerciale. Lo firma Richard Nelson, valente chitarrista ed apprezzato docente alla Università del Maine. Un largo ensemble di quattordici ...
Josh Nelson: Discoveries
by Dan Bilawsky
Nothing fuels the creative impulses like the art of discovery. A new chord voicing can unlock a door to a different world, and different rhythmic permutations can prove to be an endless source of inspiration, but discovering these things and utilizing them to good effect are two different things. Few artists can see the world through ...
Girls in Airports: Migration
by Jakob Baekgaard
The view of the world is not greater than the eyes of the beholder and it is easy to remain bound to a particular culture and musical tradition, trying to find safety in familiar sounds. Beauty, however, is often found in the unexpected and unknown and like true musical travelers; Danish group Girls in Airports has ...
Orchestre National de Jazz - Daniel Yvinec - John Hollenbeck: Shut Up and Dance
by AAJ Italy Staff
Chi è l'autore di questo prog-jazz in salsa elettronica? Qualche talento esordiente scandinavo? No. E' il batterista quarantunenne John Hollenbeck, noto per le sue frequentazioni sulla nuova scena jazz statunitense e soprattutto come leader del Claudia Quintet. In effetti rispetto alla sua band dal nome femminile le analogie non mancano: non solo per un'interpretazione della parola ...
Robin Taylor - Taylor's Free Universe: Two-Pack
by Glenn Astarita
Danish progressive-rock denizen Robin Taylor employs a green approach with the packaging of this double mini-disc set, packed in small cardboard sleeves. However, the minimalist product design is offset by several ferocious works, spanning the prog element and free-floating jazz improvisation. Taylor has been carrying the prog torch since 1991 and is a mainstay ...
Zubatto Syndicate: Zubatto Syndicate
by AAJ Italy Staff
Divertente la copertina di Franco Brambilla, tra i principali illustratori di Urania e Urania Collezione, raccolta cult per gli amanti della sci-fi. Una ridente località turistica italiana degli anni cinquanta (a giudicare dalla foggia degli abiti e dalle autovetture immortalate) è invasa da strani extraterrestri con tanto di bizzarri dischi volanti. E divertente la musica. Leggera, ...
Mario Adnet: More Jobim Jazz
by Edward Blanco
With More Jobim Jazz, Brazilian guitarist Mario Adnet continues his tribute to fellow countryman and songwriter Antonio Carlos Jobim. The second volume of music from the legend's songbook, this installment includes some familiar songs like “Wave," and “Bonita," among thirteen superb selections, and follows the same recipe used on Jobim Jazz (Adventure Music, 2007), originally inspired ...
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