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Ed Reed: Born to Be Blue

Read "Born to Be Blue" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
June 14, 2011

Ed Reed joins fellow West Coasters Art Pepper and Frank Morgan in returning to a critically acclaimed career previously derailed by substance abuse. After 40 years of scuffling, Reed cleaned up, became a chemical dependency treatment professional and began recording in earnest. Reed has released two recordings, Love Stories (Self Produced, 2007) and The Song is ...

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Terrence McManus - Gerry Hemingway: Below the Surface of

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 13, 2011

Sentiremo ancora parlare di Terrence McManus. E non soltanto per quel nome che pare preso in prestito da un romanzo di Roberto Bolaño o Thomas Pynchon. C'è la netta sensazione, ascoltando Below the Surface of, di essersi imbattuti in un improvvisatore che ha numeri e talento, idee in abbondanza e coraggio da vendere. Newyorkese di Brooklyn ...

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Liane Carroll: Up And Down

Read "Up And Down" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
June 13, 2011

Liane Carroll is a much-admired British singer and pianist, winner of accolades including Musician Of The Year at the 2008 Parliamentary Jazz Awards. She has worked with musicians as varied as Sir Paul McCartney and Charlie Haden, while on this album her invited guests include tenor saxophonists Kirk Whalum and Julian Siegel, and Kenny Wheeler on ...

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Motek: All Systems Go …

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 13, 2011

Da diversi anni il progetto Motek cerca di ibridare modalità elettroniche e strumentazione acustica, suoni sintetici e naturali in un unico flusso, in un'unica visione concettuale. Intenti riusciti solo in parte, dal momento che non sempre - durante le tredici tracce che compongono il loro All Systems Go... - l'impasto melodico, l'intenzione e l'approccio formale risultano ...

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John Butcher / Gino Robair: Apophenia

by John Eyles
June 13, 2011

The partnership of John Butcher and Gino Robair dates back to 1997, their first joint release appearing soon after. It is some years since they released their last duo recording-- New Oakland Burr (Rastascan, 2004)--but Robair was part of Butcher's seven-piece group, which recorded somethingtobesaid (Weight of Wax, 2009) at the Huddersfield Festival in 2008. Now ...

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Club d'Elf: Electric Moroccoland / So Below

Read "Electric Moroccoland / So Below" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki
June 13, 2011

Even in our far-reaching and cluttered modern musical culture, it seems safe to suggest that there is no other band quite like Club d'Elf, a floating riverboat gamble with a fluid cast of contributors--keyboardist John Medeski, guitarists Reeves Gabrels and Duke Levin, Mat Maneri on electric viola, turntablist Mister Rourke, and many others among them--steered by ...

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Pepe Medri & Timbuctù Orkestra: Fernando

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 13, 2011

Due universi musicali sembrano scontrarsi, ma si abbracciano asimmetricamente. Magari come due amanti che il tempo e lo spazio hanno cercato di separare, invano. Folk e avanguardia si guardano in faccia come se fosse stato la prima volta. Non hanno timore di fissarsi negli occhi, il pudore lo hanno lasciato alle spalle: troppi gli anni di ...

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Andrea Wood: dhyana

Read "dhyana" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
June 13, 2011

Washington D.C. native Andrea Wood has assimilated the area's disparate musical styles. Properly trained, Wood exerts impressive creative control over her material, one that is not afraid to take chances. Her alto is both powerful and pliable, capable of Betty Carter-like flights of fancy, and dhyana is a collision of every tradition between here and the ...

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Steve Lacy: The Complete Whitey Mitchell Sessions

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 13, 2011

Per mettere - come sempre, in questi casi - un po' d'ordine, diciamo subito che nessuna delle sedute qui riunite vede Lacy (del resto all'epoca neppure ventiduenne) in veste di leader, né, a dispetto del titolo del CD, a Whitey Mitchell (fratello minore del più noto Red, come lui contrabbassista) si deve più della sessione di ...

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David Binney: Graylen Epicenter

Read "Graylen Epicenter" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
June 13, 2011

Undoubtedly one of the great alto saxophonists, David Binney's reputation as an original, exciting composer has also grown steadily since his debut recording, Point Game (Owl Records, 1989). Binney is so prolific a musician that it's sometimes hard to stay abreast of his current projects. However, there is little chance of Graylen Epicenter going unnoticed. With ...