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Danilo Rea and Flavio Boltro: Opera

by Bruce Lindsay
June 29, 2011

Opera is a big art form: elaborate sets; high, occasionally overwrought, drama; large orchestras; and, of course, the singers. So what happens to this art form when almost everything is stripped away and the melodies are recreated by a simple duo of piano and trumpet? On the evidence of Opera, the first duo project from pianist ...

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Jeremy Noller: Music Notes

Read "Music Notes" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
June 29, 2011

What do Illinois and West Africa have in common? More than is apparent, at first glance. Originally from Libertyville, Illinois, drummer Jeremy Noller has studied with the great saxophonist Bunky Green, traveled and performed abroad, and gigged in New York since 2003. An educator whose influences include Wayne Shorter, Noller is also a student of the ...

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Youn Sun Nah: Same Girl

Read "Same Girl" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 29, 2011

Quando partono le prime note di “My Favorite Things," un mondo di possibilità musicali sembra dischiudersi. La coreana Youn Sun Nah in un arrangiamento spoglio, suona la kalimba. E sguazza con la sua voce d'avorio come una falena triste tra le note dello standard di Rodgers e Hammerstein II. Pura magia. Un ostinato alla chitarra di ...

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Huntsville: For Flowers, Cars and Merry Wars

Read "For Flowers, Cars and Merry Wars" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
June 29, 2011

Jumping to the relative upstart Hubro label, Huntsville continues to mine similar territory to its sophomore Rune Grammofon release, Echoes, Arches and Eras (2009), but there are some significant changes as well. Unlike Echoes--its second disc culled from a live performance teaming the improvising trio with American guitar maverick Nels Cline and his partner in alt-country ...

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Mr. Rencore + Tim Berne: Intollerant

Read "Intollerant" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 29, 2011

Se il gruppo si chiama Mr. Rencore. Se il disco s'intitola Intollerant. E se in copertina c'hanno schiaffato due macellai e due mezzene di suino grondanti sangue. Ecco, magari ti viene il dubbio che il mood sia sull'incazzato andante. E in effetti il clima è parecchio incazzoso. Perché Intollerant intollerante lo è sul serio. Intollerante e ...

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Joe Gilman: Americanvas

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 29, 2011

Joe Gilman è un leader fantasioso e raffinato, che senza uscire dagli stilemi del contemporary mainstream, presenta una musica dinamicamente brillante e ritmicamente incisiva, che si snoda senza cali di tensione in un bel connubio tra scrittura e assoli. Anche se al pubblico italiano può risultare un nome relativamente nuovo, il pianista ha svolto esperienze ai ...

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Susana Santos Silva Quintet: Devil's Dress

Read "Devil's Dress" reviewed by Chris Mosey

by Chris Mosey
June 29, 2011

Matosinhos, a northern suburb of Oporto, Portugal, is renowned for its high quality fish and seafood--and, increasingly nowadays, its jazz. It is home to the 20-piece Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos, best known internationally for its collaborations with veteran US saxophonist Lee Konitz and, most recently, with guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel on Our Secret World (Wommusic, 2010)..

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Gabriele Bolcato Quartet: November in Verona

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 28, 2011

Negli ultimi anni di attività il trombettista Gabriele Bolcato si è dedicato all'interpretazione del repertorio davisiano e il CD November in Verona, dove lo possiamo ascoltare alla guida del suo quartetto completato da Beppe Guizzardi al piano, Nicola Ferrarin al contrabbasso e Adelino Zanini alla batteria, costituisce un altra tappa in questo percorso. Cinque delle nove ...

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Chris Taylor: Nocturnal

Read "Nocturnal" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
June 28, 2011

Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention, and for guitarist Chris Taylor--whose financial dire straits forced him to abandon Berklee and return to gigging after three semesters-- this has proven to be an undeniable truth. That was thirty years ago, and Taylor's never looked back, gigging in every imaginable situation, and exploiting his natural bent ...

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Diego Barber: The Choice

Read "The Choice" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
June 28, 2011

The precociously talented Diego Barber is known for the grandeur and majesty of his playing. The fabulous report of the guitarist's tone, his impressive dynamics and exquisiteness of expression are deeply rooted in extraordinary technique. Moreover, Barber is able to make extremely complex harmonic leaps, as well as twist the simplest of melodies into lines uniquely ...