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Stefano "Cocco" Cantini: Living Coltrane

Read "Living Coltrane" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Stefano “Cocco" Cantini è noto per essere un musicista prevalentemente lirico, vuoi perché lui stesso dichiara di avere tra i suoi maestri nientemeno che Mascagni, vuoi per la sua ormai frequente presenza sui dischi Egea, a suo nome (L'amico del vento, Errante) o meno (Maremma di Lello Pareti). Tuttavia, Cantini è un grande ammiratore di Coltrane, ...

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Dario Cecchini: Jazzasonic

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Jazzasonic è il primo album di Dario Cecchini con il suo nome scritto in grande, dopo molti anni di militanza nella scena jazzistica (si pensi all'attività svolta con la marching band Funk Off) che lo hanno portato ad essere uno dei saxofonisti più apprezzati in circolazione. Un lavoro che ben traduce le peculiarità del suo quintetto, ...

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Claudio Roditi: Bons Amigos

Read "Bons Amigos" reviewed by Andrew J. Sammut

by Andrew J. Sammut

Bons Amigos is a collection of light, breezy compositions from several generations of Brazilian composers. Lilting sambas and gentle bossa novas make up the bulk of this disc, resulting in a relaxed but heartfelt jam for Brazilian trumpeter/flugelhornist Claudio Roditi and friends. Roditi admits to playing “a few more notes" than usual here, ...

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Arsene Duevi: La mia Africa

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Togolese, dal 2002 di stanza in Italia, dove oltre che alla propria musica si va dedicando cospicuamente all'insegnamento, Arsene Duevi canta in lingua ewè. Questo album, alquanto composito, ne aggiorna e integra uno più breve uscito l'anno scorso con materiale inciso tra dicembre 2008 e marzo 2010. In più, qui, compaiono due estratti da un concerto ...

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Stefon Harris / David Sanchez / Christian Scott: Ninety Miles

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by Ian Patterson

On paper, Ninety Miles was a tantalizing project from the beginning; bringing together three of the most exciting voices in modern jazz--Puerto Rican-born tenor saxophonist David Sanchez, New Orleans trumpeter Christian Scott, and New York vibraphonist Stefon Harris-- and transport them to Havana to play with two outstanding, piano-led Cuban jazz quartets. The American red tape ...

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Exploding Star Orchestra: Stars Have Shapes

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Per quanto stupidino e anacronistico possa suonare il giochino - specialmente in tempi in cui le narrazioni attorno al jazz hanno decisamente cambiato faccia - se dovessimo eleggere il campione [e solo uno] dell'ultimo decennio, il mio voto andrebbe a Rob Mazurek. Il cornettista e compositore americano sta dimostrando infatti come si possa portare avanti una ...

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Stefan Zeniuk: Gato Loco

Read "Gato Loco" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

If Danny Elfman, Marc Ribot, Ennio Morricone, Ry Cooder and Bobby Sanabria ever put together a band, it might sound something like Gato Loco. This eleven-piece unit, under the direction of saxophonist-composer Stefan Zeniuk, creates Latin-influenced carnival jazz with a punk attitude, and they seem to have a great time while doing it. ...

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Gerald Cleaver: Uncle June: Be It As I See It

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Sarà anche un'ovvietà, ma l'occhio di Horus ci ricorda tanto Sun Ra e il suo misticismo solareggiante, anche se, in questo terzo disco di Cleaver, “Sonny" Blount e la sua mitologia cosmica forse hanno lasciato il segno in un gusto dell'arcano (l'occhio accostato alle foto di famiglia, i simboli della copertina interna e l'enigmatico testo della ...

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The Sheryl Bailey 4: For All Those Living

Read "For All Those Living" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco

Wes Montgomery may be gone, but the great jazz guitarist's crisp, rich-toned sound lives on in Sheryl Bailey, whose style is so reminiscent of the icon, but whose technique has also been compared to that of Pat Martino. It is quite clear that Bailey is a gifted guitarist as well as a veteran musician, with several ...

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Zubatto Syndicate: Zubatto Syndicate

Read "Zubatto Syndicate" reviewed by Marshall Taylor

by Marshall Taylor

Seattle's Zubatto Syndicate--the brainchild of longtime resident and guitarist/composer Andrew Boscardin--are anything but the typical footprint in the sand. Pervading the musical spectrum to touch on genres as disparate as classical and ska punk, the group's self-titled debut is an epitome of the band itself: a radical fusion of familiar musical ideas esoteric enough to intrigue ...


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