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Florencia Ruiz: Luz De La Noche

Read "Luz De La Noche" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
September 21, 2011

Since her debut in 2000, Argentina-based guitarist/vocalist Florencia Ruiz has merited high acclaim in South America, Europe, and Japan as an artist of vision and panache. With a renascent spirit, she embraces a wide range of stimuli--folk, pop, jazz, classical, electronica, and visual arts in works with large ensembles. Her U.S. debut of Luz De La ...

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Classica Orchestra Afrobeat: Shrine on You

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 21, 2011

Non c'è articolo o recensione di questo disco che non citi Fela Kuti quando definì l'afrobeat come “moderna musica classica africana" [ecco, lo facciamo anche noi, così, in apertura!] e la sensazione è che questa sorte di imprimatur ante litteram da parte del grande musicista nigeriano sia un po' il sostituto giornalistico di un gran sospiro ...

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Aldemar Valentin: Ficciones

Read "Ficciones" reviewed by James Nadal

by James Nadal
September 21, 2011

From Ficciones' opening title track, Aldemar Valentín's ensemble wastes no time in heading right for the fast lane. On his second outing as leader, the bassist/producer has assembled a tight group, with the intent of performing his compositions in a progressive jazz format. Co-producer L. Raúl Romero lays down impressive guitar work throughout, his chord structures ...

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Mac Gollehon: Straight Ahead

Read "Straight Ahead" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 21, 2011

Ogni tanto si scoprono artisti che, per l'altissimo livello professionale raggiunto, passano buona parte della loro esistenza fra studi e tour, non facendosi notare in ambito jazzistico. Quando trovano il tempo e il sostegno per realizzare un lavoro personale, spesso sorprendono per maturità e competenza. Mac Gollehon è uno di questi e Straight Ahead è uno ...

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Wadada Leo Smith's Organic: Heart’s Reflections

Read "Heart’s Reflections" reviewed by Nic Jones

by Nic Jones
September 21, 2011

Wadada Leo Smith is currently making some of the most distinctive music on the planet; its expressive depth, as exemplified by Heart's Reflections, seemingly born not merely of one lifetime, but of several. The trumpeter's means of expression, which has never been the stuff of mere virtuosity, is now purged of all excess, resulting in something ...

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Claire Ritter: The Stream of Pearls Project

Read "The Stream of Pearls Project" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 21, 2011

Disco decisamente piano-centrico questo The Stream of Pearls Project di Claire Ritter. Perché nonostante in buona parte dei diciotto brani compaiano a turno violoncello, fisarmonica, percussioni, vibrafono e banjo il protagonista assoluto resta il pianoforte. In barba alle più elementari norme sull'interplay in questa incisione il resto degli strumenti funge da sparring partner, da fondale più ...

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Andrea Wolper: Parallel Lives

Read "Parallel Lives" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
September 21, 2011

Andrea Wolper isn't just a jazz singer. Hearing her mid-song monologue with bass accompaniment, during her own “The Girls In Their Dresses," makes it clear that she's actually an actress choosing to communicate through the medium of jazz, and an utterly original one at that. On Parallel Lives, Wolper explores the music of Joni Mitchell, Hoagy ...

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Ellery Eskelin: Trio New York

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 20, 2011

Dedicato alla madre, organista a Baltimora negli anni Sessanta, questo nuovo lavoro in trio del tenorsassofonista Ellery Eskelin potrebbe sembrare una sorta di omaggio nostalgico alle radici musicali dell'artista. Anche il repertorio, fatto esclusivamente di classici come “Memories of You," “Lover, Come Back to Me" o “How Deep is the Ocean" [che erano parte del repertorio ...

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Bill Frisell: All We Are Saying...

Read "All We Are Saying..." reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
September 20, 2011

If there's any sign that Bill Frisell's move to Savoy was a good one, it's the release of All We Are Saying..., which makes three albums from the veteran guitarist in just thirteen months. Frisell left two decades at Nonesuch to be able to release more than one album a year, in order to keep up ...

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Ivo Perelman - Gerry Hemingway: The Apple in the Dark

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 20, 2011

Venti anni di carriera e non li dimostra: è così che potremmo intitolare un articolo sul sassofonista brasiliano Ivo Perelman, che ha deciso di pubblicare una serie di lavori in occasione dell'importante anniversario. Ha sempre avuto, fin dall'inizio, il pallino del free, prima facendosi accompagnare da musicisti locali, poi, dopo l'arrivo a New York, sono iniziate ...