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Giulio Stracciati Trio Boy: Mares

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 13, 2011

L'esperto chitarrista Giulio Stracciati dà alle stampe Mares, il suo nuovo lavoro in studio realizzato in compagnia di Franco Fabbrini al contrabbasso e Francesco Petreni alla batteria. Si tratta di un album suonato con perizia e prodotto tenendo ben presente la cura del particolare, dal suono pulito, anche se consueto e forse un po' calcolato. Il ...

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L'Enfance Rouge: Bar-Bari

by Luca Pagani
July 13, 2011

Bar-Bari racconta storie di profughi e migranti, storie di persone, anzitutto. Persone che scappano spesso da una guerra alla quale non hanno partecipato da soldati.Come da tradizione, il titolo di questo ottavo album della band italo-francese associa il nome di due città (Bar, Montenegro; Bari, Puglia) disegnando subito nella mente una linea tratteggiata, metafora ...

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De Nazaten - James Carter: For Now

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 12, 2011

Le quattro stelle le merita proprio tutte questo For Now che porta la firma dell'effervescente ottetto dei De Nazaten (composto da jazzisti olandesi e percussionisti del Suriname) qui affiancato da uno special guest di chiara fama, il sassofonista americano James Carter. A dire la verità è la seconda volta che questo magico triangolo musicale che ha ...

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Aquarium: Aquarium

Read "Aquarium" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
July 12, 2011

Aquarium's self-titled debut is strong on melody and displays a welcome combination of ability and enthusiasm from each of the London-based quartet's members. Led by pianist Sam Leak, a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, who formed Aquarium in 2008, he's an inventive composer, crafting tunes that enable the quartet to stretch out while retaining ...

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Kekko Fornarelli Kube: Room of Mirrors

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 12, 2011

Se avete voglia di ascoltare dell'ottimo jazz italiano, è questa l'occasione giusta. Ne è protagonista un trio superbo, che si proietta felicemente verso un sound cosmopolita fresco ed avvincente tra acustica ed elettronica. Le otto composizioni originali del leader si innestano su un disegno ritmico frastagliato ed avvolgente, creando un efficace equilibrio di gruppo capace di ...

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Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Fe' ... Faith

Read "Fe' ... Faith" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
July 12, 2011

It's been ten years since pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba teamed up with Charlie Haden on Nocturne (Universal, 2001). Then a twenty-something Cuban virtuoso, Rubalcaba already had a decade of recordings behind him and was being compared to Keith Jarrett and Cecil Taylor. Now a Florida resident and with his own newly minted label, 5Passion, Rubalcaba releases Fé ...

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Meadow: Blissful Ignorance

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 12, 2011

Nel catalogo della artist label Edition Records, fondata nel 2008 dal pianista Dave Stapleton, questa proposta rappresenta sicuramente uno dei titoli di maggior interesse, essendo il trio Meadow costituito da tre musicisti affermati e di grande valore come il pianista John Taylor, il batterista Thomas Strønen e il sassofonista Tore Brunborg, che firma la maggior parte ...

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Nick Hempton: The Business

Read "The Business" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
July 12, 2011

The workaday details of the business world don't really relate to jazz very much. Boring meetings, piles of paperwork, and endless conference calls have little to do with the in-the-moment magic that surrounds this music, but that doesn't mean that jazz musicians don't know how to get down to business when the tape is rolling.

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Rich Halley Quartet: Requiem for a Pit Viper

Read "Requiem for a Pit Viper" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
July 12, 2011

It must be difficult for saxophonist Rich Halley to find a collaborative horn man who can keep up with him, who can match his free jazz ferocity and full-throttle momentum. Difficult, but not impossible. In the midst of three fine trio efforts for Louie Records, he offered up one quartet outing in which the saxophonist teamed ...

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Silvano Monasterios: Unconditional

Read "Unconditional" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
July 12, 2011

Unconditional is pianist and composer Silvano Monasterios' debut album for the Savant label and his fourth effort as a band leader since 1998. Having studied at the University of Miami and being named the “Best Jazz Musician" by the Miami New Times, the Venezuelan-born pianist has chosen to settle in Miami and take advantage of the ...