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Art Pepper: Blues For The Fisherman

Read "Blues For The Fisherman" reviewed by Greg Simmons

by Greg Simmons
June 15, 2011

What jumps out of Art Pepper's Blues for the Fisherman is his alto saxophone's boldness and overt expressiveness. If prior exposure has only scratched the surface of Pepper's work--perhaps with the ubiquitous Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section (Contemporary, 1957)--this live recording fairly smashes expectations of a polite, cool performance. Recorded in two nights at Ronnie ...

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JJ Grey & Mofro: Georgia Warhorse

Read "Georgia Warhorse" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki
June 15, 2011

JJ Grey's eleven new tunes for Georgia Warhorse, named for the notoriously resilient Southern lubber grasshopper, reflect and broadcast his love for the rustic Florida backwoods where Grey and his family have lived for generations. Grey not only wrote all the tunes but played just about every instrument, except for the slide guitar that Derek Trucks ...

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Italian Tango Quartet (Giuliana Soscia & Pino Jodice): Il Tango da Napoli a Buenos Aires

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 15, 2011

C'è del feeling tra Napoli e Buenos Aires. Nato da punti di congiunzione evidenti: la gente che le abita e le loro usanze, le sofferenze e la musica che le inebria. Intensa, pregna di significati, ricca di tradizione su entrambi i versanti. Continuando il discorso intrapreso con Latitango e Antiche Pietre Giuliana Soscia e Pino Jodice ...

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Supercollider: Supercollider EP

Read "Supercollider EP" reviewed by Florence Wetzel

by Florence Wetzel
June 15, 2011

Supercollider is one of the most popular and distinctive jazz groups on the Colorado Front Range. A refreshing blend of jazz, blues, funk, and rock, Supercollider's music is both melodic and powerful, with an energetic frontline and a soulful vocalist who digs deep. This is a group that can embark on a twenty-minute high-wire jazz jam, ...

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Augmented Reality: Augmented Reality

Read "Augmented Reality" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
June 14, 2011

Collaborative trios are a tricky business. While all three members might set out to form an equal musical partnership, that rarely happens. Sometimes the instrumentation dictates the focal point, as with the fascinating group, Fly--drummer Jeff Ballard, bassist Larry Grenadier and tenor saxophonist Mark Turner--which is as democratic as they come, yet the horn draws the ...

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Mia Theodoratus: Misirlou

Read "Misirlou" reviewed by Florence Wetzel

by Florence Wetzel
June 14, 2011

This is an exciting time to be an artist. The digital revolution is providing new tools daily and, at the same time, old forms have not completely disappeared, allowing artists who are so inclined to mix and match as they please. Harpist Mia Theodoratus's EP, Misirlou, is an intriguing mixture of old and new. To record ...

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Mattia Cigalini: Res Nova

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 14, 2011

Res Nova è un'opera interamente scritta da Mattia Cigalini ed è suddivisa in quattro movimenti che hanno lo scopo - come ci ha dichiarato il giovanissmo saxofonista - «di rappresentare, attraverso i suoni, un tributo alla vita e all'arte in tutte le loro accezioni». Una sorta di grande suite che stupisce per la maturità di scrittura ...

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Eric Hofbauer and The Infrared Band: Level

by Nic Jones
June 14, 2011

Back in 2008 this band--the only change here being bassist Sean Farias in for Michael Montgomery--produced one of the best albums of that year. In 2011, they've gone and done it again. Like Thelonious Monk, Herbie Nichols and Andrew Hill, guitarist Eric Hofbauer's music benefits enormously from having the right musicians to bring ...

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De La Buena: La Tortuga

Read "La Tortuga" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki
June 14, 2011

When you consider what would be the animal kingdom's equivalent of hot, lusty Latin jazz, the first animal you think of is most likely not the turtle. At least not until you hear this first studio album by De La Buena, La Tortuga (the turtle). Milwaukee Wisconsin's reigning masters of Latin and Afro-Cuban ...

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Le Saxtet – Tiza Brown: Le Saxtet & Tiza Brown

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 14, 2011

Mettete insieme una medium band svizzera con cinque sassofoni e trio ritmico, dedita a una rilettura oleata quanto effervescente del real book, e una soul singer neroamericana che si autoritrae come una sorta di Barry White in gonnella; affidate loro una quindicina di classicissimi del jazz (e non solo): che cosa può venirne fuori? Per esempio ...