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Freddie Hubbard: Pinnacle

Read "Pinnacle" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
October 7, 2011

Blistering. That is almost the only way to describe a solo by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. Even from the beginning with his early recordings of the late 1950s, Hubbard sported a tone and attack akin to a chemical burn. He always had the classic posture of the trumpet player. Not the misanthropic one adopted by Miles Davis, ...

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Mike Baggetta Quartet: Source Material

Read "Source Material" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza
October 7, 2011

Guitarist Mike Baggetta creates a remarkable collage of images that are framed by his composition, writing with abundant skill and bringing an immediate presence to music carried to fulfillment by his band. He has some of the best musicians here, who interact with fluidity and add texture and ambience on the road to resolution.Baggetta ...

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Native Soul: Soul Step

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 7, 2011

C'è molto spesso il sax di Peter Brainin al centro degli sviluppi tematici degli undici brani che compongono la tracklist di Soul Step, il lavoro in studio firmato dal quartetto Native Soul. Tracce che si riferiscono a una seduta di registrazione del 2008, in quel di Dover, nelle quali possiamo apprezzare una buona serie di originali ...

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AJ Kluth's ALDRIC: Anvils and Broken Bells

Read "Anvils and Broken Bells" reviewed by Lawrence Peryer

by Lawrence Peryer
October 7, 2011

While there are many interesting sounds on Anvils and Broken Bells, this release from Chicago-based improviser AJ Kluth (credited to his ensemble ALDRIC), they do not necessarily add up to an entirely compelling work. Kluth and his crew do conjure up some seductive ambiance, with their arsenal of horns, guitars and effects machines. ...

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Andrew Cyrille / Haitian Fascination: Route de Freres

Read "Route de Freres" reviewed by Dave Wayne

by Dave Wayne
October 6, 2011

Despite all of the cross fertilization that's taken place over the decades between the US and the various island nations of the Caribbean, it could be argued that the jazz world hasn't really dealt with the music of Haiti in any fundamental way. Andrew Cyrille--who's drawn on his Haitian heritage throughout his career as a solo ...

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Frank Sinatra & Count Basie: Sinatra-Basie: The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings

Read "Sinatra-Basie: The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings" reviewed by Todd Gordon

by Todd Gordon
October 6, 2011

Fifty years ago, Reprise Records heralded its first release. The label was founded by singer/actor/entertainer Frank Sinatra, who had been with Capitol Records since 1953 and was yearning for total creative freedom; something he felt was denied to him, despite his enormous commercial and critical success. His own first release on the label ...

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KonstruKt with Marshall Allen: Vibrations of the Day

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 6, 2011

Ormai è ufficiale: sulla mappa dell'avant-jazz contemporaneo è segnata anche Istanbul. Grazie all'instancabile opera del chitarrista Umut Çaglar e dell'etichetta re:konstruKt, nella capitale turca, dal 2008, si agita e scalcia un agguerrito manipolo di improvvisatori. Una scena? Più che altro un collettivo dai confini molto labili, attorno al quale gravitano una trentina di indigeni e numerosi ...

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Darius Jones Trio: Big Gurl (Smell My Dream)

Read "Big Gurl (Smell My Dream)" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
October 6, 2011

Darius Jones' debut recording, Man'ish Boy (A Raw & Beautiful Thing) (AUM Fidelity, 2009), heralded the arrival of an important new voice on alto saxophone. Big Gurl (Smell My Dream) is the second release in an ongoing series of concept records slated to document Jones' personal development--from his origins in Richmond, Virginia to his relocation as ...

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Federico Squassabia: Walkabout - Songlines

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 6, 2011

Nel jazz, è oggettivamente difficile riuscire a sorprendere, a dire qualcosa di nuovo con un piano trio. Formula classica se mai ce n'è una, ampiamente codificata ed altrettanto ampiamente frequentata. L'approccio seguito dal trio di Federico Squassabia è tuttavia molto interessante. Sfugge il confronto diretto con i capisaldi del jazz piano trio e costruisce invece un ...

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Alessandro Tedesco - Low Frequency Quartet: Argonauta

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 6, 2011

Come gli argonauti sotto la guida di Giasone intrapresero il viaggio verso le ostili terre della Colchide, il Low Frequency Quartet capitanato dal trombonista Alessandro Tedesco si imbatte nei territori scoscesi e pieni di insidie del loro Argonauta, album pubblicato dalla partenopea Itinera. Si tratta di una scaletta di undici brani, tutti firmati dal leader tranne ...