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Ivano Fossati: Decadancing

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 11, 2011

E' indubbio - e quasi inevitabile - che quest'ultimo lavoro di Ivano Fossati venga soppesato sulla scorta dell'annuncio che l'ha accompagnato: sarà l'ultimo, e pure il tour che parte a novembre è destinato a non avere un seguito, visto che all'indomani il cantautore ligure si ritirerà dalla professione, continuando a far musica per suo conto, ma ...

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Nicole Mitchell: Awakening

Read "Awakening" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza
October 11, 2011

Flautist Nicole Mitchell is visionary. Her music clasps a wide panorama of styles and sounds in a constant quest for the new, as she opens up a sonic spectrum that moves from quiet interludes to scintillating rhythmic motifs. Mitchell brings the flute up front on this CD, working with a quartet rather than the ...

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Stefano Pastor - Ari Poutiainen: North South Dial

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 10, 2011

Ancora per la SLAM Stefano Pastor firma un altro piccolo capolavoro di improvvisazione violinistica. Questa volta assieme al collega finlandese trentanovenne Ari Poutiainen, a lui del tutto omologo sia per levatura artistica che per approccio estetico. I due, conosciutisi grazie a Anthony Barnett, esperto del violino jazz ed autore delle note di copertina del disco, si ...

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Zara McFarlane: Until Tomorrow

Read "Until Tomorrow" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
October 10, 2011

Until Tomorrow, from young London-based singer and writer Zara McFarlane, is a delight. This is not McFarlane's first recording--her 2010 self-produced six-track EP, also called Until Tomorrow, debuted some of these songs, and she has also recorded with the Jazz Jamaica All Stars--but it's her first full-length album. Filled with fresh and beautifully crafted compositions, it ...

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Maurizio Giammarco & Orchestra Jazz del Mediterraneo: Cieli di Sicilia

Read "Cieli di Sicilia" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 10, 2011

Dopo l'importante esperienza con la Parco della Musica Jazz Orchestra di Roma Maurizio Giammarco riversa le sue capacità e le sue attitudini compositive in un nuovo progetto con l'Orchestra Jazz del Mediterraneo, big band residente a Catania portata avanti da molti anni con dedizione e grande entusiasmo da Nello Toscano. Quello registrato a gennaio di quest'anno ...

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Chris Connor: Chris Connor Sings Gentle Bossa Nova

Read "Chris Connor Sings Gentle Bossa Nova" reviewed by David Rickert

by David Rickert
October 10, 2011

If you were a jazz singer in the mid-sixties, chances are you recorded a bossa nova album. It might have been great, it might have been terrible, but it most likely fell somewhere in-between. You may not have wanted to record one, but bossa nova was too popular a fad to resist, and not many people ...

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Augusto Pirodda: No Comment

Read "No Comment" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 10, 2011

Partiamo da una banalità. Suonare con due leggende viventi come Gary Peacock e Paul Motian è il sogno di tutti i pianisti ( e non solo ). Per Augusto Pirodda, nato a Cagliari quarant'anni fa, il sogno è diventato realtà. Ma ascoltando No Comment, titolo quanto mai significativo, si ha l'impressione che i tre musicisti si ...

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Levin Torn White: Levin Torn White

Read "Levin Torn White" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
October 10, 2011

Pity poor Alan White. The British drummer had racked up plenty of street cred playing on projects by then-ex-Beatles John Lennon and George Harrison, Joe Cocker and Free's Paul Kossoff, when progressive rockers Yes came knocking in 1973, looking to replace Bill Bruford, who'd departed, on the cusp of massive commercial success, to join up with ...

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Steven Lugerner: These Are the Words/Narratives

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 10, 2011

Steven Lugerner è un multi-strumentista (suona dall'oboe a vari tipi di sassofono, dal corno francese ai clarinetti e ai flauti) nato e cresciuto nella Bay Area e recentemente trasferitosi a New York. Per lo splendido esordio da leader ha pensato bene a un doppio album, registrando il primo CD presso i Fantasy Studios di Berkeley, California, ...

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James Carter Organ Trio: At The Crossroads

Read "At The Crossroads" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
October 9, 2011

No one brings more swagger and flavor with their playing than multi-reedman James Carter. A zealous nod to the blues, gospel, and jazz, he looks back to the music's rich history and presses onward in At the Crossroads with his organ trio including organist Gerard Gibbs and drummer Leonard King Jr., who have performed together for ...