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Marco Tamburini: Contemporaneo immaginario

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 28, 2011

Non manca di portarsi appresso un minimo di sorpresa l'ascolto di questo CD, inciso (ottobre 2010) da un musicista di regola assai rispettoso di una sia pur allargata ortodossia post-bop. Tamburini vi fa infatti confluire una triplice vena ispirativa: la succitata, più una mise elettronica che non manca di rimandare qua e là all'indimenticato Miles (ovviamente ...

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Great Waitress: Lucid

by John Eyles
October 28, 2011

In January 2009, Berlin-based pianist Magda Mayas played with the Australian duo of accordionist Monika Brooks and clarinetist Laura Altman at Sydney's Now now Festival. At the start of 2011, the three came together--by now under the name Great Waitress--to again play the festival plus some other gigs before recording Lucid at Sydney's Linear recording studio, ...

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The Jeff Gauthier Goatette: Open Source

Read "Open Source" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
October 27, 2011

When two-thirds of a group has “effects" in their instrumental credits, it's a safe bet this ain't your granddaddy's jazz. When it's violinist Jeff Gauthier's Goatette, punctuating the quirky theme in the first moments of “40 Lashes (With Mascara)" with thundering drums and high-octane power chords, it's clear that Open Source is going to make plenty ...

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Joey DeFrancesco: 40

by Jack Bowers
October 27, 2011

With 40, Joey DeFrancesco--the world's foremost contemporary jazz organist--heralds his fortieth birthday by presiding over a trio session that is typically dexterous and engaging from start to finish. As good as it is, however, a DVD would be even more persuasive, as DeFrancesco's consummate mastery of his chosen instrument should really be seen as well as ...

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Yoko Miwa Trio: Live at Scullers Jazz Club

Read "Live at Scullers Jazz Club" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
October 27, 2011

Is live always better? Does the no second takes, out-on-a-limb aspect of playing in front of a live audience, and feeding off its energy result in the best recordings? It seems to work that way for Boston-based pianist Yoko Miwa on Live At Scullers Jazz Club, a mix of tunes from The Great American Songbook and ...

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Jonas Knutsson: Blaslatar

Read "Blaslatar" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
October 26, 2011

To the English-speaking world, the titles of Blaslatar's songs may be daunting to pronounce, but it's strongly advised to get over it because that is when the true majesty and breathtaking beauty of Jonas Knutsson's playing can be truly appreciated. The saxophonist was raised in Umea, Sweden by parents who hosted the annual jazz festival there. ...

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Mikrokolektyw: Revisit

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 26, 2011

C'è un sottile filo rosso (che poi tanto sottile non è) che collega la Polonia a Chicago. Non solo perché nella città nordamericana vi risiede la più numerosa comunità polacca al di fuori della nazione madre. O perché il duo denominato Mikrokolektyw con Revisit debutta su Delmark, primo gruppo europeo ad incidere per l'etichetta simbolo della ...

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Sao Paulo Underground: Tres Cabecas Loucuras

Read "Tres Cabecas Loucuras" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
October 26, 2011

Três Cabeças Loucuras (Portuguese for “three crazy heads") is the third release from São Paulo Underground to explore the furthest fringes of Brazil's revolutionary Tropicalia movement. Updating the renowned genre's patented psychedelia with free improvisation, laptop-driven electronica and musique concrete, the album unveils a spectrum of kaleidoscopic sound that pushes the bounds of each style to ...

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Ken Fowser and Behn Gillece: Duotone

Read "Duotone" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
October 26, 2011

The tenor and vibes partnership of Ken Fowser and Behn Gillece has already established its credentials as an imaginative and innovative creator of cool-swinging straight-ahead jazz. Duotone, the duo's third album, reinforces those credentials with a fresh set of original tunes. As with their previous Posi-Tone releases--Full View (2009) and Little Echo (2010)--Duotone ...

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Flora Faja: Dear George

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 26, 2011

Basta dare un'occhiata al booklet di questo CD, dove troviamo frasi senza mezze misure dedicate a George Gershwin come: «sei il mio passato, il mio presente e sarai sempre nel mio futuro...», per capire che Dear George è la dichiarazione d'amore di Flora Faja alla musica immortale del celebre compositore americano, tradotta nelle rivisitazione di dieci ...