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Zlatko Kaučič: Emigrants

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 10, 2011

Non nuovo ai dischi in solitudine, il percussionista sloveno Zlatko Kaučič mette in luce in questo lavoro tutta la sua anima libertaria e cosmopolita, omaggiando in spirito un fenomeno che egli conosce bene come l'emigrazione (ha a lungo girato per l'Europa, prima di tornare alla sua terra natale, come narra nell'intervista che ci ha rilasciato) ma ...

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Marilyn Mazur: Celestial Circle

Read "Celestial Circle" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
November 10, 2011

Celestial Circle might appear to be a conventional, piano trio-based vocal record on the surface, but it's an impression quickly dismissed with a closer look at its participants. Marilyn Mazur knows her way around a drum kit in no uncertain terms, but it's her more integrated approach, with an oft-times massive array of percussion--gongs, wood blocks, ...

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Marco Fumo: The Early Ragtime

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 10, 2011

Marco Fumo e il ragtime: un binomio ipercollaudato, che anche questo lavoro riconferma in toto. Ed è singolare - quanto doveroso - notare come un prodotto del genere si collochi all'interno di una forbice decisamente ampia tra l'ammirazione che desta una lettura tanto impeccabile, piena, magistrale, e, di converso, la pressoché totale (e del resto quasi ...

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Houston Person: So Nice

by Greg Simmons
November 10, 2011

Mom's meatloaf is wonderfully predictable. You always know what you're going to get, and after decades, you've come to rely on it. Why? Because there's something intimately reassuring about knowing that when you go back for more, it's the same as the last time. A recipe change would be simply unthinkable. It's comfort food. Oh, and ...

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Brad Goode: Tight Like This

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 10, 2011

È caratterizzato dal timbro pastoso del leader e dal grande affiatamento del suo quartetto questo Tight Like This, album apprezzabile sia sotto l'aspetto esecutivo che di espressione. Brad Goode propone una scaletta ben amalgamata tra originali e rivisitazioni di brani che per l'occasione vengono interpretati con grande unione d'intenti, come nel caso di “Changes" di Walter ...

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Tim Collins: Castles and Hilltops

Read "Castles and Hilltops" reviewed by William Grim

by William Grim
November 10, 2011

This is an excellent album by one of the finest vibraphonists on the scene today. Tim Collins combines the harmonic adventurousness of Gary Burton with a swinging style reminiscent of Milt Jackson and Bobby Hutcherson. Castles and Hilltops consists largely of original compositions that run a wide gamut of styles and expressive content. ...

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Nils Petter Molvaer: Baboon Moon

Read "Baboon Moon" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
November 9, 2011

While Nils Petter Molvær's last release--the first after breaking up his band of ten years--demonstrated plenty of change for the Norwegian trumpeter, he still relied on two of that group's most significant players: live sampler Jan Bang and, most importantly, guitarist Eivind Aarset, who contributed to eight of its ten tracks. Still, Hamada (Sula, 2009) began ...

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Rene Marie: Black Lace Freudian Slip

Read "Black Lace Freudian Slip" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
November 9, 2011

Budding jazz instrumentalists are often told that they need to find their own voice but, ironically, those who use their actual voices are often expected to adhere to the sonic standards of those who came before. Fans and press who value originality in jazz instrumentalists wring their hands in frustration when more John Coltrane clones come ...

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Sam Rivers: Fuchsia Swing Song

Read "Fuchsia Swing Song" reviewed by Greg Simmons

by Greg Simmons
November 9, 2011

The Music Matters reissue of saxophonist Sam Rivers' Fuchsia Swing Song is likely the finest pressing of this record ever produced. Remastered from the original two- track tapes, and pressed on two 180 gram 45 rpm LPs, this vinyl is dead quiet, and sonically stunning. The instruments are huge in the soundstage and the clarity blows ...

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EMJO: Live in Coimbra

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 9, 2011

Fa piacere notare come in giro per il mondo stiano emergendo diverse realtà orchestrali capaci di dire la loro fuori da cliché anche in quest'ambito spesso sovrabbondanti. Oggi tocca all'EMJO (European Movement Jazz Orchestra), organico cosmopolita (tedesco-sloveno-portoghese) sorto nel 2007 su basi di fatto istituzionali (le ambasciate dei tre Paesi) e forte di venti unità, di ...