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Soft Machine: Tales of Taliesin: The EMI Years Anthology 1975-1981
by John Kelman
With the release of Bundles (Harvest, 1975), Soft Machine moved more definitively into the riff-based fusion territory that keyboardist/reed man Karl Jenkins had begun pushing the band since his arrival on Six (Sony, 1973). With reeds becoming increasingly less dominant, and the group's only remaining founding member, keyboardist Mike Ratledge, relegated to a backline position, this ...
Dominick Farinacci: Dawn Of Goodbye
by Dan Bilawsky
After recording seven CDs for release in Japan, Julliard-trained trumpeter Dominick Farinacci finally dove into the U.S. music market with Lovers, Tales & Dances (Koch 2009). While that album found some success, both commercially and artistically, it might not have presented a true picture of Farinacci's artistry and personality. The participation of an all-star cast, an ...
Anthony Braxton: Quartet (Mestre) 2008
by AAJ Italy Staff
C'era una volta l'improvvisazione come fenomeno destinato a vivere nell'istante. Poi è arrivata l'era del digitale, dei registratori prêt-à-porter, delle sanguisughe da mixer, dei FLAC e degli MP3, del download compulsivo, dei blog e dei blogger. E così, da una condizione di drammatica sottoesposizione, si è passati alla bulimica iper-documentazione. Che c'entra Braxton con 'sta tirata? ...
Ralph Peterson's Unity Project: Outer Reaches
by John Kelman
To build the kind of staying power that keeps fans coming back for more, you've got to have consistency. In a jazz world where artists are expected to be self-reliant when it comes to promotion, dropping out for more than half a decade can have some serious implications. Emerging loudly as part of 1980s young lion ...
Freddie Hubbard: Pinnacle
by Dan Bilawsky
Pinnacle is a testament to the trumpet prowess of the one and only Freddie Hubbard, but it's also a salute to the San Francisco-based jazz club that played host to Hubbard on numerous occasions. Todd Barkan's Keystone Korner was ground zero for some of the best live jazz on the West Coast during its eleven-year lifespan, ...
Eddie Gomez - Cesarius Alvim: Forever
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il sessantenne Cesarius Alvim, brasiliano di nascita e francese d'adozione, è noto principalmente come contrabbassista, ma è anche un eccellente pianista di osservanza evansiana e con alcune reminiscenze classiche. Qui è in coppia per l'appunto con uno dei contrabbassisti di Evans, Eddie Gomez, con il quale mette in scena un vero e proprio omaggio al Maestro, ...
Ivo Perelman Quartet: The Hour of the Star
by Glenn Astarita
With his newly formed quartet, Brazilian tenor sax titan and visual artist Ivo Perelman effectively synchronizes the freer aspects of improvisation with bop, and harmonious patterns. And the musicians' synergy offers an underlying constant within the copious slants and contrasts presented throughout. The musicians kick off the festivities with “A Tearful Tale, where pianist ...
Vincent Lyn: Heaven Bound
by Edward Blanco
Heaven Bound: indeed, what an appropriate choice of words to title pianist Vincent Lyn's project. The album is a wonderful collection of jazz, bossa nova, samba, Afro-Cuban rhythms and delicate classical interpretations. The fourteen-piece repertoire is an even blend of melody-rich originals and well-chosen, uncommon jazz standards. The music is engaging, sophisticated and highly pleasurable from ...
Rita Sannia: Legatura di Valore
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il disco della cantante Rita Sannia è un “accordo a quattro voci," come lei scrive: tre che si esprimono nelle quarantotto pagine del booklet, e l'altra nelle dieci canzoni del disco. Lasciamo ai critici letterari il compito di scrivere sulle trame scritte dall'autrice coinvolgendo personaggi che si incontrano in un paesaggio della Sardegna ed in cui ...
The George Lernis Jazz Quartet: Shapes Of Nature
by Dan Bilawsky
The lower portion of the tree that adorns the cover of George Lernis' Shapes Of Nature can be viewed as a metaphor for the Cyprus-born/Boston-based drummer's music. The seven compositions that make up this recording have firm roots in the rich soil of jazz tradition, but as they grow, they branch out in unexpected ways, just ...
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