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Tim Hagans: The Moon is Waiting

Read "The Moon is Waiting" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
October 21, 2011

Trumpeter Tim Hagans shares a couple of things in common with Miles Davis. One is his absolute belief that his instrument shares something visceral with keeping fundamentally correct time--and therefore, on The Moon is Waiting, with drummer Jukkis Uotila. The other is his dalliances with the notes he plays; it is not that he always plays ...

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Le Boeuf Brothers: In Praise of Shadows

Read "In Praise of Shadows" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
October 20, 2011

Projects such as the Le Boeuf Brothers' In Praise of Shadows should help quiet the debate on whether or not jazz is stagnating. The twins--keyboardist Pascal and saxophonist/clarinetist Remy--are talented musicians and award-winning composers who are a part of the new breed of young artists, like trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, pianist John Escreet and bassist Esperanza Spalding, ...

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Tim Trevor Briscoe - Nicola Guazzaloca - Szilárd Mezei: Underflow

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 20, 2011

Il collaudato duo dell'inglese Tim Trevor-Briscoe e del nostro Nicola Guazzaloca ha collaborato per la prima volta nel 2009 col violinista Szilárd Mezei, prima in Ungheria e poco dopo in Serbia, al Kanjiza Jazz Festival. La speciale affinità espressiva ha portato a questo disco, registrato in Italia nell'aprile 2010 sia in studio che dal vivo. Tutti ...

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FAB Trio: History of Jazz In Reverse

Read "History of Jazz In Reverse" reviewed by Dave Wayne

by Dave Wayne
October 20, 2011

Jazz violin, for some, is an acquired taste. Perhaps this has more to do with the instrument's dominant role in Western classical music, more than anything else, but there's something very naked and vocal about the sound of a violin--much like the saxophone, it calls forth all sorts of intense emotions. Billy Bang, who died in ...

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Derek Nash: Joyriding

Read "Joyriding" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
October 20, 2011

One of the strengths of the current British jazz scene comes from its core of mainstream, straight-ahead musicians, who focus their creative abilities on drawing fresh nuances from established musical styles; saxophonist Derek Nash is one of them. Joyriding features what he refers to as his “regular quartet," although that phrase does scant justice to the ...

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Tran(ce)formation Quartet: Entrance

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 20, 2011

Cosa può succedere se su un'etichetta come Leo Records, che proprio convenzionale non è, si incontrano Mediterraneo, India e Nord Europa? Può uscirne un disco come questo Entrance, che non sarà epocale né rivoluzionario, ma presenta più di uno spunto interessante. Dell'India troviamo, oltre allo strumento per eccellenza, la tabla, l'incedere ipnotico, reiterativo di certe sequenze ...

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Lars Fiil: Reconsideration

Read "Reconsideration" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 19, 2011

Fa sempre piacere imbattersi in musicisti nuovi, giovani, interessanti. Vincitore dello Young Jazz Comets Denmark nel 2010, il ventiquattrenne pianista danese Lars Fiil è qui al suo disco d'esordio, alla testa di un quartetto di coetanei (il più giovane è il bassista, ventiduenne; la più anziana - per così dire - è la sassofonista, ventiseienne). Sottolineiamo ...

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Vince Mendoza: Nights on Earth

Read "Nights on Earth" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
October 19, 2011

It's been 13 years since Vince Mendoza last released an album of all-original music with Epiphany (Zebra, 1999); but it's not as if he hasn't been busy. He's a first-call arranger for high profile jazzers, working on guitarist John Scofield's 54 (EmArcy, 2010), now-deceased keyboard giant Joe Zawinul's Brown Street (Heads Up, 2007), and über-trumpeter Randy ...

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Aaron Staebell: Bending & Breaking

Read "Bending & Breaking" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
October 19, 2011

Bending And Breaking is percussionist and composer Aaron Staebell's debut as a bandleader; a debut filled with energy, enthusiasm, and invention, signaling the appearance of yet another talented newcomer on the scene. As a composer, Staebell's work takes inspiration from and shares qualities with a wide range of styles and sources. “Nobody Reads ...

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Robert Kusiolek: Nuntium

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 19, 2011

Una lunga, unica improvvisazione (oltre quarantasette minuti) suddivisa in sette capitoli che la connotano dal punto di vista del climax ma che non ne scalfiscono l'organicità. Inizia con il silenzio Nuntium, i primi venti secondi sono pressoché impercettibili, e prosegue come un'invocazione, un violino dolente e il salmodiare della voce che procedono all'unisono. Poi, quasi che ...