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Argentieri Quatro: Soleil Brun
by AAJ Italy Staff
Soleil Brun è un viivace album di jazz moderno, con composizioni originali dinamicissime e ricche di liricità, interpretato da un bel quartetto di musicisti, forse poco noti ma affiatati e appassionati. Alla testa c'è il pianista (e organista) svizzero Damien Argentieri, swing e reminiscenze classiche (si ascolti il solo su “Alban," ma soprattutto l'elaborato sviluppo della ...
Dave Lindholm / Otto Donner: More Than 123
by Bruce Lindsay
The world is a heavy object: a very heavy object. And there are times on More Than 123 when the weight of the world seems to press down particularly heavily on the shoulders of Finnish singer and guitarist Dave Lindholm. Thankfully, Lindholm responds with a wealth of stories delivered with a gritty, bluesy, voice and backed ...
Simon H. Fell: Positions & Descriptions
by AAJ Italy Staff
Tra improvvisazioni collettive, parti rigorosamente scritte, musica elettronica, basi preregistrate e jazz orchestrale questo disco trova il pertugio per una propria indiscutibile originalità. Si tratta di un lavoro la cui genesi è stata particolarmente laboriosa: venne commissionato a Simon H. Fell dalla BBC e fu suonato dal vivo per la prima volta nel novembre del 2007 ...
Mozik: Mozik
by Dave Wayne
Co-led by Berklee graduates keyboardist Gilson Schachnik and drummer Mauricio Zottarelli (best-known for his work with pianist Hiromi Uehara), Mozik's self-titled debut CD features the sort of fusion-tinged Brazilian jazz made popular a couple of decades ago by artists such as Airto Moreira, Azymuth, and Egberto Gismonti. Playing a program comprised largely of classic Antonio Carlos ...
Emmet Cohen: In The Element
by Edward Blanco
At the ripe old age of 21, jazz piano prodigy Emmet Cohen has already racked up an impressive list of awards among them, Downbeat's Best Jazz Soloist and Best Jazz Combo (for the Emmet Cohen Trio), placed first in the Kathleen T. and Philip B. Phillip's Piano competition at University of West Florida and was selected ...
The Skopje Connection – Ernst Reijseger: The Skopje Connection meets Ernst Reijseger
by AAJ Italy Staff
Due musicisti macedoni e il nostro Luca Aquino compongono il trio Skopje Connection, che in questo notevole album, inciso nell'ottobre dell'anno scorso a Hilversum, ospita il grande violoncellista olandese Ernst Reijseger. Se aggiungiamo che l'etichetta che lo produce è norvegese, avremo chiara l'immagine di quanto il lavoro si presenti composito, eteroproveniente per input stilistico-espressivi, quanto ispirato ...
Phil Robson: The Immeasurable Code
by Bruce Lindsay
The chance to handpick a quintet of top-flight jazz musicians and then tailor-make an album's worth of tunes with their own particular styles and talents in mind doesn't come along every day. Guitarist and writer Phil Robson grabbed the chance on The Immeasurable Code, an album based on musical interpretations of communication methods. The result is ...
Bill O'Connell: Triple Play Plus Three
by Dan Bilawsky
Pianist Bill O'Connell's Triple Play (Savant, 2008) turned traditional notions of piano trio instrumentation on their head, and this album is a logical outgrowth and expansion of that particular project. While that outing had a consistent three man line-up that married O'Connell's piano with conga drummer/percussionist Richie Flores' engaging rhythm work and the fine flute playing ...
Sammy Figueroa & His Latin Jazz Explosion: Urban Nature
by Edward Blanco
Urban Nature blends elements of modern jazz fusion with percussive Latin jazz rhythms in a highly charged session from master percussionist Sammy Figueroa and his Latin Jazz Explosion. The two previous recordings with this very same group, The Magician (Savant, 2007) and And Sammy Walked In (Savant, 2005), both garnished Grammy nominations for the Best Latin ...
Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett, McCoy Tyner: Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett, McCoy Tyner
by Lawrence Peryer
Atlantic Records issued this collection 1976, featuring two tracks each from four of the most important pianists in the post-bop era. Excepting one piece, each pianist is represented here in trio format. The Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea offerings are from their own 1966 sessions as leaders. Jarrett contributes two original compositions and ...
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