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Rich Halley: Requiem for a Pit Viper

Read "Requiem for a Pit Viper" reviewed by Andrew J. Sammut

by Andrew J. Sammut
July 8, 2011

Rich Halley lists music and nature as his two greatest interests. Judging from Requiem for a Pit Viper, the saxophonist and composer is inspired by the raw power of the natural world, rather than its more peaceful gestures. This album maintains an unrelenting intensity through ten Halley originals that rarely allows a chance to stop and ...

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Tiziana Ghiglioni - Alberto Tacchini: Songs

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 8, 2011

La gran signora del jazz italiano sforna l'ennesimo lavoro di classe e lo fa abbandonando la serie di album “dedicati" che costituiscono l'ossatura della sua ponderosa discografia (Tenco, Battisti, Duke, Gaslini, Modern Jazz Quartet, Chet, Luca Flores, etc.) per licenziare un album di canzoni, Songs per l'appunto, scritte dalla cantante ligure e musicate dal bravo Alberto ...

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Susana Santos Silva Quintet: Devil's Dress

Read "Devil's Dress" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
July 8, 2011

The Devil wears many guises, as does the music on Devil's Dress. Trumpeter Susana Santos Silva spans a variety of styles and, while some songs contain a dark presence and power that perfectly suits Beelzebub's reputation, other songs have a brighter outlook that looks upward toward the skies, not downward toward Hades. While ...

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Franco Cerri - Elena Casoli: Duets

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 8, 2011

Duets è un disco tutto da gustare ed assaporare, che diverte ed informa nella sua colta ricognizione del repertorio chitarristico del '900 tra jazz e musica eurocolta. C'è tutto in questo disco: personalità, equilibrio e profondità della musica proposta, con il valore aggiunto di Franco Cerri, maestro riconosciuto del jazz moderno italiano. Grazie anche ad Elena ...

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Chuck Deardorf: Transparence

Read "Transparence" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
July 8, 2011

Bassist Chuck Deardorf follows up his pairing with Dave Peterson on Portal (Origin Records, 2004), with his multidimensional Transparence. Deardorf raises his bass presence to that of the guitar and keyboards on the board, allowing for a turbulent sound mix that resolves itself with time, like incorporating color in paint. This sonic phenomenon is well illustrated ...

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Mike Turk: The Italian Job

Read "The Italian Job" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 8, 2011

Al centro delle dieci tracce contenute in The Italian Job c'è quasi esclusivamente l'armonica di Mike Turk, leader di un album in cui si avvale della collaborazione di un quartetto di musicisti italiani dalle ottime credenziali. Quasi, perché in primo piano sa muoversi anche il vibrafonista Alessandro Di Puccio, che riesce a dialogare in ...

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Matt Lavelle: Goodbye New York, Hello World

Read "Goodbye New York, Hello World" reviewed by Florence Wetzel

by Florence Wetzel
July 7, 2011

Multi-instrumentalist Matt Lavelle's CD is entitled Goodbye New York, Hello World--and he means it. Since 1999, Lavelle has been a vital part of the New York City avant-garde jazz scene: in addition to electrifying live performances and impressive CD releases, he has also been a thoughtful commentator on the music world, including blogs, Facebook posts, and ...

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Skinshout - Xabier Iriondo: Altai

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 7, 2011

Le dieci tracce che ascolterete dimostrano ancora una volta - se ce ne fosse stata la necessità - come la comunicazione orale (o più in generale la phoné) possieda una potenza narrativa che supera di gran lunga quella della parola scritta. Altai è un romanzo storico di Wu Ming ambientato a Venezia, Costantinopoli, Cipro e altri ...

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Ernie Krivda: Blues for Pekar

Read "Blues for Pekar" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
July 7, 2011

Cleveland, Ohio-based tenor saxophonist Ernie Krivda teams up with his “Detroit Connection," a rhythm section of Motor City jazz stalwarts, on Blues for Pekar, a swinging mainstream set that bursts to life with a fiery take on the standard, “The End of a Love Affair." After a brief unison head with the first of his guest ...

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Ben Kono: Crossing

Read "Crossing" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 7, 2011

Il multi-strumentista Ben Kono ha militato, tra le altre, in formazioni come la Darcy James Argue's Secret Society e il John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble. Ascoltando questo suo album di debutto verrebbe da dire: “...e si sente!". Non tanto perché in questo gruppo proprio John Hollenbeck siede dietro a pelli e tamburi ma perché la musica contenuta ...