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Darren Johnston - Aram Shelton - Lisa Mezzacappa - Kjell Nordeson: Cylinder

Read "Cylinder" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Provenienze diverse, sia geografiche che stilistiche, ma lo stesso comune amore per la musica improvvisata, avventurosa, di ricerca. Tutto ciò abbinato allo spirito particolare di San Francisco, città dove è stato registrato il disco, e ad un concetto cooperativistico e paritario del quartetto anche dal punto di vista compositivo (ogni musicista contribuisce con almeno due brani). ...

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David Binney: Barefooted Town

Read "Barefooted Town" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins

Since founding Mythology Records in 1998, tireless alto saxophonist David Binney has alternated between issuing ambitious projects on his own label and cutting casual blowing sessions for the Netherlands-based imprint Criss Cross. Continuing this pattern, Barefooted Town is Binney's second release of 2011, following the expansive Graylen Epicenter (Mythology). Despite the limited studio time afforded Binney's ...

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Norberto Tamburrino: Thanks for the Riff

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Dopo dischi in trio e quartetto in compagnia del grande sassofonista JD Allen (Prigioniero del mare, Reflection(s) on Monk), il pianista tarantino Norberto Tamburrino si cimenta con un lavoro di solo piano. Thanks for the Riff è una bella prova affrontata con vigore e sapienza esecutiva, che mette in evidenza una notevole conoscienza del linguaggio jazzistico ...

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Ray Charles: Genius + Soul = Jazz

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by AAJ Italy Staff

A distanza di pochi anni dalla morte di Ray Charles colpisce la scarsità di ristampe e la loro poca varietà. Per questo, oltre che per il valore intrinseco, è da non perdere il doppio CD messo in commercio dalla Concord, fedele alla sua tradizione di elevata qualità in termini di resa sonora e completezza delle note ...

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Eric Alexander: Don't Follow the Crowd

Read "Don't Follow the Crowd" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

Tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, now well into his forties and no longer the precocious young lion who burst on the New York scene some two decades ago, nevertheless remains the relentless hunter, avidly pursuing--and easily wrestling to the ground--obscure melodies that are beyond the pale of his contemporaries. Such diligence pays dividends again on Don't Follow ...

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Ezra Weiss: The Shirley Horn Suite

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Per questo omaggio alla cantante Shiley Horn, il pianista Ezra Weiss, dopo alcuni dischi alla guida di organici di medie dimensioni, sceglie la formula del piano trio ed una scaletta che alterna cavalli di battaglia della Horn con composizioni originali. Raffinata pianista oltre che cantante, la Horn raggiunse un pubblico più, dopo decenni sulla scena jazzistica, ...

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Miguel Zenon: Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook

Read "Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

The cover photo on alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón's Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook is of two people dancing in the middle of a boulevard. They are nicely dressed. The man's coat tail flies and their dance clasp is a passionate embrace, suggestive of a romantic yearning hitched to the side of a good time, a ...

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Orchestra In-Stabile Dis/Accordo: Live in Hamburg

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Fa riferimento alla ripresa dal vivo al Jazztage del 2008 questo Live in Hamburg, lavoro che vede protagonista l'Orchestra In-stabile Dis/Accordo, già in evidenza con il precedente Live At Mikalsa Vol. 1 (2009). L'ensemble, capitanato da Luca Lo Bianco e Francesco Guaiana, attraversa diverse stanze sonore, caratterizzate ora dalle sabbie mobili formali dell'iniziale “Miconduco" - un ...

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John Brown: Dancing With Duke: An Homage To Duke Ellington

Read "Dancing With Duke: An Homage To Duke Ellington" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

The cover photo for this album is a bit misleading. John Brown stands with his left forearm pressed against a shiny black piano and the album title--Dancing With Duke: An Homage To Duke Ellington--resides, clear as day, in the upper right hand portion of the cover. If not for the personnel list, which almost blends into ...

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Yeahwon Shin: Yeahwon

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Yeahwon Shin è una giovane cantante coreana che da alcuni anni ha scelto di trasferirsi a New York per valorizzare al meglio le sue importanti doti musicali. Con questo suo primo album ha deciso di esplorare in profondità il repertorio brasiliano, pescando soprattutto dalle composizioni di Tom Jobim, non limitandosi ai brani più noti, ma cercando ...


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