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Nobuki Takamen: Live at the Iridium
by Glenn Astarita
Born in Hiroshima, Japan, guitarist Nobuki Takamen resides in New York City where he remains active in the local jazz scene amid gigs at major out-of-state festivals. Recorded at New York City's Iridium jazz venue, the guitarist steers his quartet through a progression of lyrically resplendent bop and swing works, complemented by interweaving plots and brief ...
Chris Potter: Transatlantic
by John Kelman
He's not exactly been quiet, performing with drummer Paul Motian's trio on Lost in a Dream (ECM, 2010), and continuing his ongoing relationship with Dave Holland, recently heard on tour with the bassist's flagship quintet at the 2011 Montreal Jazz Festival, but it's been two years since Chris Potter released Ultrahang (ArtistShare, 2009), his last date ...
Jacqui Dankworth: It Happens Quietly
by Bruce Lindsay
It Happens Quietly is an album of great beauty. Singer Jacqui Dankworth is at the top of her game, investing this collection of songs with superb technique and humanity. She's ably assisted by superb musicians, and by some of the loveliest and most creative arrangements to grace a jazz record for some time. There's an element ...
Shane Endsley and the Music Band: Then the Other
by AAJ Italy Staff
E lo chiamavano... jazz. Sì, perché in superficie, Then the Other sembra uno dei tanti album jazz che cercano di aggiornare e rinfrescare i canoni di un mainstream elegante e raffinato ("Big," il brano d'apertura, tema swingante, impasti sonori armoniosi, solismo limpido e scintillante ci conduce erroneamente verso questa tesi progettuale). Ma poi l'altro, suggerisce il ...
Sam Yahel: From Sun to Sun
by Dan McClenaghan
Sam Yahel made his name in jazz as an organist, notably on the excellent Truth and Beauty (Origin Records, 2009). In addition to a handful of well-received CDs under his own name, Yahel has worked his B3 Hammond magic on recordings by vocalist Norah Jones and saxophonist Joshua Redman. So it was something of a risk ...
Chris Taylor: Nocturnal
by Glenn Astarita
New York-based virtuoso Chris Taylor spent 30 years behind the scenes as a session guitarist amid works for TV and various electronics-centered persuasions. Here, the artist steps out of the pocket for his freshman solo stint, supported by a distinguished roster of jazz-fusion artists performing on select tracks. Taylor's influences seem varied, and his ...
Michel Reis: Point of No Return
by AAJ Italy Staff
Un pianista che è un portento. 28 anni, da Lussemburgo a New York ha bruciato tutte le tappe di una carriera che si fa sempre più luminosa. Al terzo disco, dopo A Young Mind e Fairytale, il pianista mette subito in chiaro che non è certo qui di passaggio. Lo dimostra subito con “The Power of ...
Sonny Rollins: Newk's Time
by Greg Simmons
Possibly the premier US remastering shop, Music Matters continues to reissue Blue Note albums of the 1950s and 1960s on premium 180 gram, 45rpm vinyl. These recordings are at the heart of the jazz canon and should be heard by any serious student of the music. Now, one of the finest performances in the Blue Note ...
Katie Bull: Freak Miracle
by Florence Wetzel
Katie Bull is a highly original talent, a vocalist steeped in tradition who fearlessly rocks the boundaries of the known. Freak Miracle is a wonderfully expressive and free-flowing CD, a fresh and unpredictable mix that highlights Bull's gift for approaching music and songwriting from her own unique angle. Eleven of the fourteen tracks on ...
Trevor Watts & Veryan Weston: 5 More Dialogues
by John Eyles
The title 5 More Dialogues indicates that this is a sequel to 6 Dialogues (Emanem, 2002), the album which marked saxophonist Trevor Watts' first free improv recording in about two decades. In the years since the release of 6 Dialogues, Watts and pianist Veryan Weston have become an established improvising duo, although their musical association dates ...
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