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Stefano Battaglia Trio: The River of Anyder
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il lungo viaggio musicale di Battaglia, nel suo nuovo capitolo per l'etichetta di Manfred Eicher, s'ispira ai luoghi fantasticati che scrittori, filosofi o mistici hanno evocato nel corso dei secoli. I titoli dei brani spaziano dalla città-fortezza descritta da Tolkien ne Il Signore degli Anelli (Minas Tirith) ad Anagoor di Dino Buzzati, dalla Bensalem di Francis ...
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey: Race Riot Suite
by Doug Collette
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey's Race Riot Suite is a reminder how adventurous the group has always been since its inception in 1994--never more so, perhaps, than in its latest incarnation, in place beginning in 2010. Four intervals, labeled “Prayers," are interspersed throughout the seven formally labeled tracks and allow JFJO to demonstrate its own ...
Christian McBride Big Band: The Good Feeling
by Dan Bilawsky
The Good Feeling marks the debut of the Christian McBride Big Band, but the seeds for this album were sown in the mid-'90s. Jazz at Lincoln Center commissioned McBride to write and arrange his first major big band work--"Bluesin' In Alphabet City"--in 1995, and that experience really sparked his interest in composing for large groups. Now, ...
The Wood Brothers: Smoke Ring Halo
by Doug Collette
The Wood Brothers began as a quirky duo with musical charm far out of proportion to its numbers. On Smoke Ring Halo the brothers continue as a trio (with plenty of guests),extending their collective virtues further still. The Woods' wry sense of humor comes through as clearly on “Mary Anna" as drummer Tyler Greenwell's ...
New Zion Trio: Fight Against Babylon
by Eyal Hareuveni
The jazz piano trio and Jamaican dub music--the reggae sub-genre that focuses on slowing down the original reggae mix and emphasizing the bass and drums tracks with studio wizardry--seem to be two distant musical universes. Yet producer and multi-instrumentalist Jamie Saft's New Zion Trio debut recording succeeds in blowing fresh winds in the traditional piano trio ...
In Transit: Shifting Moods
by Glenn Astarita
Well-regarded for his co-leadership of the perennially progressive Fonda/Stevens group, pianist Michael Jefry Stevens is an accomplished solo artist and a much in demand session musician, who extends his reach globally. Featuring three European instrumentalists, the In Transit group devises a comprehensive playbook amid budding expansions into the free dominion. However, the modern jazz component underscores ...
Tuomo J. Autio: Groovy Moments & Melodies
by Chris Mosey
The word groovy probably derives from the groove of a record in pre-digital days. It first appeared in print in Really The Blues, the 1946 autobiography of jazz clarinetist Mezz Mezzrow, and became part of hippy terminology in 1965, when Simon and Garfunkel recorded “We've Got A Groovy Thing Goin,'" and the following year, when they ...
Grateful Dead: Road Trips, Vol. 4 No. 4: Spectrum 4-6-82
by Doug Collette
Throughout the entirety of the Grateful Dead's archival series, Road Trips, the graphics have accurately mirrored the music enclosed and Vol.4 No. 4 is no exception. Lacking the plethora of detail in the cover art as well as the usual array of action photos, the plainness of the packaging reflects what's inside. Five years removed from ...
Simon Little: The Knowledge of Things to Come
by Lawrence Peryer
The first wave of auteurs to substantially capitalize on the proliferation of sophisticated yet accessibly-priced music production technology hailed from the DJ and electronic scenes. With turntables, samplers and DAT machines in their arsenals, these solitary explorers discovered, manipulated and mixed sound in innovative ways. The boundary between instrument and tool would never be the same. ...
Grand Reportage Ensemble Deluxe and Lucien Dubuis: Live from the Surface of the Sun
by AAJ Italy Staff
Grand Reportage Ensemble (nome altisonante) è un trio costituito dal sassofonista Jerome Correa che occasionalmente si trasforma in quartetto grazie all'invito di ospiti prestigiosi, cambiando in queste occasioni denominazione in Grand Reportage Ensemble Deluxe (nome ancor più altisonante). Ma la musica presentata in Live from the Surface of the Sun è tutt'altro che pomposa e stucchevole. ...
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