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Frank Carlberg: Uncivilized Ruminations
by Eyal Hareuveni
Pianist/composer Frank Carlberg continues to perfect his distinctive blend of poetry and left-of-center jazz. Carlberg does it together with a stellar cast of close collaborators; most important of them is vocalist Christine Correra, with whom he has been collaborating for two decades. Both have performed poetry by Wallace Stevens on Variations on a Summer Day (Fresh ...
T.K. Blue: Latin Bird
by C. Michael Bailey
New York City native TK (Talib Kibwe) Blue has seven previously released CDs to his leadership credit. His eighth, Latin Bird, bears promise as his most integrated and well-conceived. Blue interprets nine pieces composed by or closely associated with Charlie Parker's Latin muse. “Chi Chi" and “Si Si" were givens, the former enjoying both Blue's alto ...
Lee Konitz - Brad Mehldau - Charlie Haden - Paul Motian: Live at Birdland
by AAJ Italy Staff
Si possono ancora suonare standard consunti da decenni di riproposizioni più o meno memorabili e rimanere freschi, non scadendo nel cliché e nella routine? Si può, se ci si chiama Konitz Mehldau Haden & Motian, musicisti per motivi diversi (quasi) sempre capaci di dire qualcosa di stimolante anche nelle situazioni in apparenza più riciclative. Certo, fra ...
Swingadelic: The Other Duke: Tribute To Duke Pearson
by Dan Bilawsky
Most four-letter words come with a negative connotation attached, but that's not always the case. When big band fans hear the word “Duke" uttered aloud, positive thoughts tend to take over and Duke Ellington immediately comes to mind. His legendary compositions and historic recordings elevated him to the very top of the jazz world, and one ...
Dida Pelled: Plays and Sings
by C. Michael Bailey
Youthful precociousness is one thing. There is typically an element of immaturity present. Fully developed and evolved at a young age is something else entirely. Israeli Dida Pelled has emerged fully formed as singer and instrumental soloist in New York City, after completing her obligation to the Israeli military and relocating there (not unlike fellow countryman/saxophonist ...
Susana Santos Silva Quintet: Devil's Dress
by Dan McClenaghan
Jazz is an American art form, brewed up in a musical gumbo in New Orleans in the early twentieth century. The music drew on an African tradition, but a European influence seeped in. The Big Easy was a cosmopolitan city, even in its beginnings. European jazz, borrowed from America but originating in and played by European ...
KoMHtA: KoMHtA
by Glenn Astarita
Multi-instrumentalist Mark Huotari and his fictitious band-mates execute a delightful sequence of musical events on the download-only KoMHtA. With traces of classic British progressive-rock and psychedelia amid a contemporary slant, the music is constructed on layered instrumentation, whispery themes and sublime melodies. Huotari's affable arrangements boast polytonal treatments and catchy hooks, although he doesn't ...
Adam Kolker: Reflections
by Raul d'Gama Rose
If, by some twist of fate, winds and reeds player Adam Kolker were not to be a musician, he would certainly have made a name for himself as a painter. Here too he would have had a choice of media, for he would have done extremely well as an impressionist whose canvases recalled the brilliance of ...
Rachael And The Red Socks: Melodies And Time
by Bruce Lindsay
Melodies And Time creates a quandary for those who seek to put music into neat little boxes. It begins with a hint of Lal Waterson, one of Britain's finest and most underrated songwriters; adds arrangements worthy of Robert Kirby's work with Nick Drake; and melds pastoral tones with African instruments. There are touches of jazz and ...
Robbie Robertson: How To Become Clairvoyant
by Dan McClenaghan
Expat Canadian guitarist/vocalist Robbie Robertson has never topped his first two major-label recordings with The Band, Music From Big Pink (Capitol, 1968), that included the timeless single, “The Weight," or its classic follow-up, The Band (Capitol, 1969). But, then again, neither has anyone else.Since the original Band broke up--its final days together in 1976 ...
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