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Julius Hemphill: Dogon A.D.

Read "Dogon A.D." reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
October 25, 2011

Dogon A.D. has long been revered as a classic among jazz connoisseurs; Julius Hemphill's relatively obscure but highly influential debut is widely considered the missing link between the avant-garde and populist forms such as blues, funk and soul. The 1972 recording session for this historic masterpiece originally produced four unique compositions, but Hemphill only issued three ...

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Claudio Filippini Trio: The Enchanted Garden

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 25, 2011

Che Claudio Filippini fosse un talento straordinario del panorama jazzistico italiano ne erano certi in molti, ma che potesse realizzare un album di tale intensità e varietà di soluzioni espressive come The Enchanted Garden forse qualcuno poteva metterlo in dubbio. Questo perché sono molti i musicisti preparati sotto l'aspetto tecnico e con un bagaglio teorico notevole, ...

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Carol Morgan: Blue Glass Music

Read "Blue Glass Music" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
October 25, 2011

Trumpeter Carol Morgan's Blue Bamboo debut, Opening (2010) was received uniformly, with accolades from all quarters. The Texas-native cum Manhattan-ite exploded out of Julliard following the tutelage of trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, and seemed to be everywhere at once. Morgan has been a constant in the DIVA Jazz Orchestra (with Sharel Cassity), and fronting her quintet, Carol ...

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John Stein: Hi Fly

by Edward Blanco
October 25, 2011

With HI Fly, renowned jazz guitarist John Stein takes flight, leading his high-flying quartet on another top-flight set. The album is a follow-up to his recent Raising The Roof (Whaling City Sound, 2010), and features new band mate, pianist Jake Sherman, replacing keyboardist Koichi Sato, who appeared on the Stein's last two recordings. Sherman is a ...

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Dave Sharp: Dave Sharp's Secret Seven

Read "Dave Sharp's Secret Seven" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 25, 2011

Ecco un disco davvero 'tutto attorno al jazz.' Dave Sharp è un bassista e contrabbassista nato nel Michigan, dove ha mosso i primi passi nel mondo della musica prima di trasferirsi a San Francisco e specializzarsi sotto la guida di Herbie Lewis (già al fianco di McCoy Tyner, Cannonball Adderly, Les McCann). L'esperienza in tour accanto ...

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Red Trio + John Butcher: Empire

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 24, 2011

Empire è stato stampato solamente in formato long playing e in tiratura limitata di quattrocento copie. Una scelta coraggiosa, di nicchia, effettuata, pensiamo, con il pudore e la consapevolezza che quella proposta in Empire non è musica popolare, di facile accesso, accattivante, modaiola, una strizzatina d'occhio al grande pubblico ed una al critico militante. Niente affatto, ...

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Vinny Golia Quartet: featuring Bobby Bradford, Ken Filiano and Alex Cline: Take Your Time

Read "Take Your Time" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
October 24, 2011

The third recording by this venerable Southern California ensemble yields an abundance of rewarding factors. First, it's a superbly recorded audio engineering process that adds to the depth and nuances of the program. Second, multi-woodwind artist Vinny Golia and his band mates hit their stride in prismatic fashion. Unbound by borders, the musicians' have ...

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Gerry Hemingway: Riptide

Read "Riptide" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 24, 2011

Ventiquattro anni di vita, nove dischi all'attivo, diciotto musicisti coinvolti nel progetto: da Michael Moore a Don Byron, da Mark Dresser a Walter Wierbos, passando per Ray Anderson, Frank Gratkowski, Ernst Reijseger e Palle Danielsson. Ne ha fatta di strada il quintetto di Gerry Hemingway dal 1987, anno in cui Outerbridge Crossing, uscito per la Sound ...

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RED Trio + John Butcher: Empire

by John Eyles
October 24, 2011

It is an interesting comment on the state of improvised music across Europe that Empire is performed by a Portuguese trio joined by an English saxophonist, released on a Lithuanian record label, pressed in Germany. Studio-recorded in Lisbon in April 2010, Empire has been released on 12" vinyl in a limited edition, housed in a very ...

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Hocus Pocus Lab Orchestra with William Parker: What Shall We Do (Without You)

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 24, 2011

Quanto sarebbe stato preferibile ascoltare questa musica dal vivo! Non ci troviamo di fronte ad un mirato progetto discografico e nemmeno ad un normale concerto (anche se il CD riporta l'esibizione tenutasi nella chiesa di San Pietro a Monopoli il 10 Febbraio 2010). Si tratta piuttosto di un evento unico, orgiastico e ipnotico, di uno di ...