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Mike Rood: The Desert And The City

Read "The Desert And The City" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
June 2, 2011

The music on guitarist Mike Rood's debut recording straddles two different worlds. Sparse settings of relative quietude represent the isolation and beautiful spaciousness of the desert, while lively demonstrations of technical sophistication and motion paint a vivid picture of the non-stop energy of the city. The title of this recording points to these opposing sound locales, ...

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Uz Jsme Doma: Caves

by Glenn Astarita
June 2, 2011

Uz Jsme Doma, (pronounced oosh-smeh-dough-ma), hails from the Czech Republic, and may not be a familiar entity for USA progressive-rock advocates. With its origins in 1985, the unit evaded bans against free expressionism during the Communist-dominated era of Eastern Europe. Now, with its seventh release and debut for Cuneiform Records, amid some glowing press in the ...

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Pee Wee Russell: Complete Live at Bovi's Town Tavern

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 2, 2011

Di Pee Wee Russell, classe 1906, nativo del Missouri, è noto il credito di cui gode sia presso i fan del jazz tradizionale (a cui di fatto appartiene) che tra i cultori dell'avanguardia. Nella parte finale della sua carriera, il grande, originalissimo clarinettista, da instancabile ricercatore qual era, oltre a esser diventato un astrattista (nel senso ...

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Steve Lacy: School Days

Read "School Days" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
June 1, 2011

As the title suggests, School Days is both ironic--because the ingenuity of these musicians might have actually been the best schooled at the time of the recording--and iconic, as well. The reason? Steve Lacy and Roswell Rudd formed one of the great, seminal repertory ensembles of all time, playing the music of Thelonious Monk and Herbie ...

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Julia Hülsmann Trio: Imprint

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 1, 2011

Pianista molto apprezzata in Germania, Julia Hülsmann presenta il suo secondo disco per l'etichetta di Manfred Eicher, dopo averne realizzati quattro per la ACT. È poco nota fuori dal suo Paese e chi ascolta solo ora la sua musica può facilmente scambiarla per un'allieva o un'imitatrice di Esbjörn Svensson. Invece la Hülsmann - che ha 43 ...

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Mike Rood: The Desert and the City

Read "The Desert and the City" reviewed by Greg Simmons

by Greg Simmons
June 1, 2011

Mike Rood's The Desert and the City opens with an eerily ambient groove employing some unusual techniques--repetitive picked chords and some almost techno rhythmic phrasing--to create a fascinating soundscape. What's noteworthy about this effect is that it's accomplished with a very straightforward ensemble: Rood, accompanied by acoustic bass, drums, and saxophone. The effect of the opening ...

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Steve Khan: Parting Shot

Read "Parting Shot" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
June 1, 2011

It's tough for artists to remain viable in a fast-paced environment in which hype is focused on the latest flavor of the week or whatever technology and media is creating a buzz. As usual, jazz gets caught in the flux, but guitarist Steve Khan continues to demonstrate that it's not just about the technology or complexity, ...

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Roberto Zanetti Trio: My Monk

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 1, 2011

Omaggio al mito di Monk da parte del pianista veronese Roberto Zanetti, con alle spalle studi classici sulla musica sacra, intensa attività didattica e vita artistica divisa per vent'anni tra la musica corale e quella jazz. Al suo fianco, l'esperto batterista Massimo Chiarella e il più giovane, ma ricco di esperienze, contrabbassista Luca Pisani. In programma, ...

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Jamie Ruben: Groove-O-Ly-O-Scene

Read "Groove-O-Ly-O-Scene" reviewed by Douglas Payne

by Douglas Payne
June 1, 2011

The musical path of Canadian guitarist Jamie Ruben is surely the story of the road less traveled. Rather than gigging regularly in some urban jazz hotbed, the Toronto-based guitarist made his living for seven years performing jazz full time in the Far East in such places as Katmandu, Bangkok, Shanghai and the even more remote regions ...

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Tango Negro Trio: No Me Rompas Las Bolas

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 1, 2011

Musicista, cantante e pittore (sua la copertina del CD, molto il linea col contenuto dello stesso), l'argentino Juan Carlos Caceres vive a Parigi dal '68, e questo è il terzo album del suo trio, che sposa la matrice tanguera con svariati altri idiomi. Il cocktail, per la verità, convince solo in parte, ancorato com'è a una ...