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John Goldman's Quadrangle: Outside the Box

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 27, 2011

Per il suo progetto da leader dal titolo Ouside the Box il saxofonista John Goldman ha chiamato vicino a sé sei musicisti, compresa la raffinata vocalist Leslie Beukelman, che si alternano nelle otto tracce in programma, tutte originali tranne “Monk's Mood". L'album si snoda attraverso una visione musicale molto tranquilla, fatta di andamenti pacati--a tratti quasi ...

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Rob Mazurek's Starlicker: Double Demon

Read "Double Demon" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
May 27, 2011

It may seem like an anomaly to suggest that a jazz ensemble has to strip down to power up, but Starlicker does just that. Cornetist Rob Mazurek disassembled his Exploding Star Orchestra (which regularly has more than a dozen players) and Quintet into just a trio, with remaining players, vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz and drummer John Herndon. ...

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Marcel Loeffler: Around Gus

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 27, 2011

Gus Viseur è un mitico antesignano della fisarmonica jazz, avendo collaborato negli anni trenta con l'Hot Club de France di Django Reinhardt, ma è uno dei maestri francesi dello strumento, con il quale ha contribuito a rendere grande la musette ed ha accompagnato tra gli altri Edith Piaf. Un suo compatriota e odierno di origine manouche, ...

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Lou Volpe: Here and Now

Read "Here and Now" reviewed by Nic Jones

by Nic Jones
May 27, 2011

Lou Volpe is a guitarist who, in the mold of George Benson and Pat Martino has the groove down pat, but with the harmonic and melodic sensibilities to put a personal stamp on all his flights. He's worked with the likes of Chet Baker, Herbie Hancock and Roberta Flack, bringing all of that experience to Here ...

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Francesca Ajmar – Roberto Bernardini: Gato de Suburbio

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 27, 2011

Belle sonorità e un estremo garbo, un'estrema gradevolezza, caratterizzano questo album centrato su musiche di Guinga, Moacyr Cruz e João Bosco, tutte ad avvolgere testi di Aldir Blanc, giornalista, scrittore e vignettista di Rio. I diversi musicisti coinvolti (saggiamente scorporati in sottoformazioni sempre molto funzionali al contesto) non mancano di dimestichezza con la materia, sia i ...

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Jon Lundbom and Big Five Chord: Quavers! Quavers! Quavers! Quavers!

Read "Quavers! Quavers! Quavers! Quavers!" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
May 26, 2011

For their sophomore outing on Hot Cup Records and fourth overall, Brooklyn guitarist Jon Lundbom and Big Five Chord take a skewed look at jazz with rock sensibilities--or should that be the other way round? Lundbom can be hard to pin down: he has been compared to the likes of Derek Bailey and a young John ...

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Young / Powell / Vespestad: Anthem

by John Kelman
May 26, 2011

Public perception can often be misleading. Those only familiar with Jacob Young's ECM recordings, including the sublime Evening Falls (2004), inevitably think of him as a painstakingly lyrical guitarist, informed by Jim Hall's economical forward- thinking and penchant for the sound of a warm, organic hollowbody or steely acoustic instrument. But that's only part of the ...

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Eddie Henderson: For All We Know

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 26, 2011

Una seduta d'incisione essenziale, senza fronzoli e orpelli. Eddie Henderson torna sulla scena discografica con un lavoro in quartetto che ha la freschezza di una jam session e la compostezza di un lavoro meditato. Erede di Miles, all'inizio portato verso il jazz rock, poi centrato sull'eredità del secondo quintetto di Davis, Henderson è trombettista dalla tecnica ...

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Pedro Giraudo Jazz Orchestra: Cordoba

by Dan Bilawsky
May 26, 2011

Córdoba is the name of an Argentinean province--and its capital city--but it's even more than that to bassist-composer Pedro Giraudo, whose Córdoba is a wonderful confluence of rural and urban elements, folkloric rhythmic traditions and modern writing for large ensemble. Giraudo grew up in Córdoba, and the hustle and bustle of the city's atmosphere is certainly ...

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

Read "Groove-O-Ly-O-Scene" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
May 26, 2011

Canadian composer/guitarist Jamie Ruben's debut, Groove-O-Ly-O-Scene, is a very atmospheric affair, but its stylistic intricacies are not at the expense of substance. Although the opener, “AQ Giraffe," is short on improvisation, its almost Hawaiian-sounding heavy groove serves as a good introduction that sets the theme for the rest of the record. The lazy nocturnesque “Pennapa," on ...