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Cyro Baptista's Banquet of the Spirits: Caym – Book of Angels - Vol. 17

Read "Caym – Book of Angels - Vol. 17" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Da non confondersi con la formazione presente su Macunaima del 2008 di Cyro Baptista, né con la compagine che l'anno seguente ha dato alle stampe Infinito , entrambi - come questo Caym - su Tzadik, l'attuale Banquet of the Spirits è un quartetto che rilegge una manciata di composizioni del deus ex machina di etichetta e ...

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Lynne Arriale: Convergence

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by AAJ Italy Staff

È la grande varietà stilistica l'elemento di Convergence che salta subito all'orecchio dell'ascoltatore di turno, perché il quartetto capitanato dalla pianista Lynne Arriale ha nelle proprie corde una nutrita scorta di frecce che, di traccia in traccia, vengono scoccate con precisione ed equilibrio. Sei originali e cinque rivisitazioni di brani dell'area pop-rock compongono una scaletta di ...

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Stefon Harris / David Sanchez / Christian Scott: Ninety Miles

Read "Ninety Miles" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

They're all relative youngsters in a jazz world that still finds nonagenarians like Dave Brubeck hitting the summer festival circuit. Tenor saxophonist David Sánchez may be the elder statesman on the marquis of Ninety Miles, with vibraphonist Stefon Harris in the middle position at 38 and trumpeter Christian Scott still on the shy side of 30, ...

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Janya: Janya

Read "Janya" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

The name “Janya" can loosely be translated “genesis" or “beginning." In Sanskrit, it means “to be born" and in the Korean vernacular, “around dawn." Janya is both the ensemble name and debut recording title of four young Korean and Korean-American musicians attempting to cast Korean shamanic music in more modern terms than it was conceived. Korea ...

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Sentieri Selvaggi: Zingiber

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Zingiber è il decimo CD dell'Ensemble Sentieri selvaggi (per leggere l'intervista clicca qui) che persegue con la formula antologica già adottata per AC/CD. A differenza del precedente, all'ascolto ora prevale la sensazione di una maggiore omogeneità e coerenza d'intenti, con una continuità sonora “interna" rintracciabile anche tra i diversi pezzi. Zingiber raccoglie un'ora di musica con ...

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Ernie Krivda: Blues for Pekar

Read "Blues for Pekar" reviewed by Matt Marshall

by Matt Marshall

On Blues for Pekar, Cleveland saxophonist Ernie Krivda pays tribute, not only to the late writer, critic and jazz aficionado Harvey Pekar, but also to the time and place from which both men hailed. Working with the Detroit Connection rhythm section also featured on the saxophonist's Live at the Dirty Dog (CIMPoL, 2010), Krivda swings mightily ...

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John Surman: Flashpoint: NDR Jazz Workshop - April '69

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by AAJ Italy Staff

La mai abbastanza lodata Cuneiform recupera dagli archivi un altro inedito storico di lusso proveniente dal periodo d'oro del jazz inglese, come aveva già fatto nel 2005 con Way Back Then di John Surman e Workpoints di Graham Collier, e l'anno scorso con NDR Jazz Workshop: Hamburg 1973 dei Soft Machine. Anche in questo caso a ...

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Heiner Stadler: Tribute to Bird and Monk

Read "Tribute to Bird and Monk" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose

In the winter of 1978, Heiner Stadler lent his consummate skill to conceiving, arranging and conducting a project featuring the music of two of the most beloved icons of modern music: Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker. Tribute to Monk and Bird (Tomato, 1978) was released as a 2-LP set, produced by Michael Cuscuna, and eleven years ...

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Daniel Gassin: Daniel Gassin Sextet

Read "Daniel Gassin Sextet" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco

Daniel Gassin's third album ventures into new territory, leaving behind the intimacy of the trio format which has been Australian pianist's preferred musical setting until now. Daniel Gassin Sextet features ten original pieces of modern jazz performed by a standard rhythm section, with a small horn section of trumpets and saxophones, to produce a superb, light ...

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Carlos Franzetti - Allison Brewster Franzetti: Alborada

Read "Alborada" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Solo un artista di classe sopraffina come Carlos Franzetti poteva riuscire nell'ambizioso progetto di fondere sensibilità classica e tradizione brasiliana, sia colta che popolare. Il modello di riferimento è quello di Victor Villa Lobos, rinnovato con un respiro ritmico del terzo millennio. Ne discende un'opera di grande poesia e di fascinosa bellezza, che trascende generi e ...


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