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Keith Jarrett: Rio
by John Kelman
If music is a reflection of where we live, it must also be a reflection of where we are at any given moment. As much as the undercurrent redolent of an artist's home can often be heard, a live performance can equally draw inspiration from where it is, especially if it's a place with its own ...
Jane Bunnett - Hilario Duran: Cuban Rhapsody
by AAJ Italy Staff
Cuban Rhapsody documenta un incontro musicale cubano-canadese all'insegna di amore, passione e creatività. In un continuo susseguirsi di brillanti soluzioni, (ri)emerge un lungo filo che tra matrice africana e mondo classico accomuna jazz e musiche cubane. Sax e pianoforte si incrociano mirabilmente per dar luogo ad un progetto colto e raffinato che dà vita ad una ...
Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet: Apparent Distance
by Mark Corroto
It is nearly impossible to stand far enough away from Taylor Ho Bynum's four-part suite, Apparent Distance, to take the entire piece in. It is both a thoroughly composed and an improvisational undertaking that swings as a conventional jazz sextet but challenges like a multi-directional chamber ensemble. Like Bynum himself, the music is not easily pigeonholed.
Griffith-Stevens Quartet: Only Love
by AAJ Italy Staff
Miles Griffith è un vocalist afro-americano, oggi docente al Queens College, che opera professionalmente dalla fine degli anni settanta ed ha all'attivo alcuni dischi e numerose collaborazioni (la più nota è la partecipazione nel 1994 al progetto di Wynton Marsalis Blood on the Fields). Attenti a non equivocare. Griffith non è affatto un tradizionalista e mostra ...
Jay Patten: Crystal Nights
by Nicholas F. Mondello
There's an anecdote that surfaces every now and then about the legendary Buddy Rich. The ever hip and irascible drummer/bandleader was once asked, during a hospital stay, if he had any medical allergies. “Country music," he wisecracked. Well, Rich, ever the master showman, might reconsider upon hearing this most enjoyable, highly eclectic release from the incredibly ...
Claudio Fasoli Four: Avenir
by AAJ Italy Staff
L'Emerald Quartet cambia pelle. Dopo tre dischi il quartetto di Claudio Fasoli sostituisce componenti e strumentazione. Non più il pianoforte ma la chitarra elettrica con l'aggiunta significativa dell'elettronica. E, naturalmente, cambia anche la musica. Meno definita e strutturata, aperta nei ritmi, sfumata nei colori, dilatata nelle ambientazioni. Perché la chitarra di Michele Calgaro evita l'esibizione per ...
Chris Donnelly: Metamorphosis
by Bruce Lindsay
Toronto pianist/composer Chris Donnelly gained much critical acclaim for his first album, Solo (Alma Records, 2008), which mixed his own originals with fresh takes on some classic tunes. His follow-up, the riskier and more ambitious Metamorphosis, is an outstanding recording from an outstanding artist. Metamorphosis is inspired by visual artist M. C. Escher's ...
Tommy Meier Root Down: The Master and the Rain
by AAJ Italy Staff
Se nello specchietto retrovisore si stagliano le sagome di Fela Kuti e Chris McGregor, se prima si tira in ballo l'Andrew Hill di Compulsion e poi si chiamano a raccolta i Masters Musicians of Jajouka, è chiaro che si sta parlando d'Africa. L'Africa vista dalla Svizzera, e raccontata dai Root Down, ovvero l'orchestra varata nel 2004 ...
Terri Lyne Carrington: The Mosaic Project
by Mark F. Turner
Historically, female artists have not gotten the props they've deserved in jazz's male-dominated environment. Though imperfect, things have improved, thanks in part to the efforts of Billie Holiday, Mary Lou Williams, Marian McPartland, and other matriarchs who helped pave the way for a current generation of stellar voices as assembled in drummer/composer Terri Lyne Carrington's exceptional ...
John Escreet: Exception To The Rule
by Mark Corroto
The highest compliment that might be paid to pianist John Escreet is that he has a restless mind. It is not that the music on Exception To The Rule is troubled or uptight; it's just that his modus operandi is one of extreme opposites. He composes tight counterpoint and swift changing intervals for his bands to ...
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