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David Binney: Barefooted Town

Read "Barefooted Town" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
July 7, 2011

Saxophonist David Binney broke new ground with Graylen Epicenter (Mythology, 2011), which was a world unto itself, and shortly before that, he delivered Aliso (Criss Cross, 2010)--a jagged set of music featuring original works and some compositions from visionaries like Sam Rivers, Wayne Shorter and John Coltrane. With Barefooted Town, Binney returns for another outing on ...

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Iro Haarla Quintet: Vespers

Read "Vespers" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 7, 2011

Giunta al suo secondo lavoro da leader, dopo avere militato per anni nelle formazioni guidate dal marito, il batterista Edward Vesala prematuramente scomparso nel 1999, la pianista/arpista e compositrice finlandese Iro Haarla conferma la buona impressione suscitata cinque anni fa con l'album d'esordio, Northbound. Non cambiano gli accompagnatori, un quintetto completato da vecchi e giovani leoni ...

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Roger Davidson: Brazilian Love Song

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 7, 2011

Le commistioni di musiche brasiliane e jazz non sono una ricetta moderna. La bossa nova e Stan Getz sono ormai dei classici della musica, qualcun altro ci ha provato con la samba e gli altri ritmi “carioca". Roger Davidson presenta soltanto sue composizioni ispirate al Brasile ed alle sue atmosfere con titoli che sono tutto un ...

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Kaissa: I Am So Happy

Read "I Am So Happy" reviewed by James Nadal

by James Nadal
July 7, 2011

Blessed with a vocal timbre that invokes aural images of her native Cameroon, Kaïssa carries on the musical traditions of Africa with poise and precision on I Am So Happy, . Staying true to her roots, she sings in the indigenous languages of Doula and Zulu, transcending barriers of translation with a sincerity beyond boundaries or ...

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BassDrumBone: The Other Parade

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 6, 2011

A trentatre anni dalla prima incisione (Oahspe - Auricle Records), esce il nuovo lavoro di BassDrumBone, super trio composto da tre maestri dei rispettivi strumenti che rispondono al nome di Ray Anderson (trombone), Mark Helias (contrabbasso) e Gerry Hemingway (batteria). Tre composizioni a testa, a sottolineare la natura assolutamente paritaria del combo, commissionate dalla prestigiosa Chamber ...

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Bebo Ferra - Javier Girotto: Kaleidoscopic Arabesque

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 6, 2011

Non scopriamo certamente adesso la bravura di due musicisti come Bebo Ferra e Javier Girotto, ma quando il progetto discografico è realizzato nella formula del duo, solitamente l'ascolto è particolarmente attento, in cerca di tutte le sfumature che solo un disco in formazione ristretta può dare. E' da tempo che i due si conoscono, facevano parte ...

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George Benson: Body Talk

Read "Body Talk" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
July 6, 2011

With a title like Body Talk, and a lead-off track called “Dance," George Benson--a guitar-god-on-the-rise when this album originally hit shelves in 1973--makes it clear that this music is all about feeling the groove. While a good number of Benson projects on CTI benefited from Don Sebesky's arrangements, the guitarist needed a funkier feeling for this ...

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Carlo Costa – Minerva: Saturnismo

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 6, 2011

C'è la curiosità creativa, la voglia di esplorare sentieri poco battuti e una forte unione d'intenti al centro del discorso musicale del progetto Minerva, il trio capitanato dal batterista romano Carlo Costa. Saturnismo si sviluppa attraverso un labirinto sonoro che prende il via dalla title-track, un brano dove il leader, Niggenkemper al basso e Schlegelmilch al ...

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Wolfgang Muthspiel: Drumfree

Read "Drumfree" reviewed by Jack Huntley

by Jack Huntley
July 6, 2011

Wolfgang Muthspiel is a hypnotically adept guitarist who seems to have a penchant for exploring the percussion-less musical setting. His previous album, Live At The Jazz Standard (Material Records, 2010), was a technically impeccable guitar duo with Mick Goodrick, and in some ways, Drumfree is a natural extension of the ideas investigated on that album. But ...

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Marius Neset Golden Xplosion: Golden Xplosion

Read "Golden Xplosion" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
July 6, 2011

Norwegian tenor saxophonist Marius Neset burst onto the jazz scene with JazzKamikaze while still a teenager, its debut--Mission 1 (Stunt, 2006)--revealing a saxophonist of remarkable maturity and imagination. He shook the life out of simple musical ideas, and in that respect his playing was reminiscent, even then, of the great tenor explorer Sonny Rollins. Traveling at ...