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Erik Nylanders Orkester: A Festa Vale Tudo

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 26, 2011

A nord spira un vento fertile. Lui è norvegese e ha maturato esperienze in talmente tanti ambiti musicali da riuscire a confezionare un album dai numerosissimi apparentamenti e sostanzialmente sfuggente a ogni tipo di catalogazione. Il suono nordico di Amiina, Mùm e Sigur Rós si fonde con la fantasia jazz di tempi spezzati e scomposti, debordando ...

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Matt Panayides: Tapestries of Song

Read "Tapestries of Song" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 26, 2011

Matt Panayides è un chitarrista americano nato a Cincinnati e cresciuto a Indianapolis, abbastanza al di fuori dei giri che contano nel jazz statunitense. Ciò non di meno con questo Tapestries of Song si presenta in maniera autorevole alla testa di un quartetto che mette in campo professionisti ben noti come il saxofonista Rich Perry (membro ...

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Jonas Holgersson: Snick Snack

Read "Snick Snack" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
May 26, 2011

Swedish drummer Jonas Holgersson's trio releases its first recording of original music, its apparent appreciation of the jazz tradition balanced by the manifestation of a kind of composed stoicism that makes Snick Snackan unimpeachable session.Holgersson has held the drum chair in bands led by both saxophonist Jonas Kullhammar and trumpeter Magnus Broo. This debut ...

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Alessandro Di Liberto - Nicola Cossu - Daniele Russo: Memorie di Standards

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 25, 2011

Emozionante è forse l'aggettivo più adatto per definire il contenuto di Memorie di Standards, l'album firmato da Alessandro Di Liberto, Nicola Cossu e Daniele Russo, tre musicisti cagliaritani in vena di prelibatezze jazzistiche. Il loro è stato un percorso costruito con pazienza e intelligenza attorno a una manciata di standard, che in questa occasione non sono ...

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Bertrand Blessing & Pitched Battle: Genève

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 25, 2011

Anche la neutrale Svizzera ha la sua leva jazzistica degli anni Duemiladieci; e il batterista Bertrand Blessing ne è un degno rappresentante. 34 anni, originario di Ginevra, il ragazzo ha idee fresche, una felice vena compositiva, doti strumentali non indifferenti e, quel che più conta, è perfettamente sintonizzato sul presente, al centro di un triangolo estetico ...

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Hotel 7: The Eye

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 25, 2011

Potenza dei modelli! Se dovessimo individuare i maestri che hanno influenzato l'attuale ricerca fra composizione e improvvisazione da parte dei creativi americani, soprattutto bianchi, li rintracceremmo in Threadgill e Steve Coleman, ma anche in Tim Berne e più debolmente in Braxton; risaliamo comunque a esperienze che hanno visto la loro più definita espressione negli anni Ottanta ...

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Mike Moreno: First In Mind

Read "First In Mind" reviewed by A. Lienhard

by A. Lienhard
May 25, 2011

First In Mind, Mike Moreno's sophomore effort for the Criss Cross label, finds the 31 year-old guitarist interpreting songs both old and new. He explores selections from his former band mate Joshua Redman and one by upcoming singer/songwriter Josh Mease; Milton Nascimento and Miles Davis receive attention, too. It's an eclectic mix, but one wrangled into ...

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Terrence Brewer: Setting The Standard, Volume One

Read "Setting The Standard, Volume One" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
May 25, 2011

San Francisco Bay Area guitarist Terrence Brewer offers his fifth recording as leader with Setting The Standard, Volume One, documenting the first volume of a project that delivers new arrangements and fresh interpretations of standards from the past. Applying a classic straight-ahead approach to music from legendary composers like Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart, Duke Ellington ...

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David Gibson: End Of The Tunnel

Read "End Of The Tunnel" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
May 25, 2011

The second release for trombonist David Gibson's quartet, End Of The Tunnel, is a return to the ever popular soul-jazz genre. As with his previous disc, A Little Somethin' (Posi-Tone, 2009), Gibson and organist Jared Gold share a love for that infectious 1960s organ combo sound. This disc also continues with the same lineup, ...

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Russ Lossing Trio: Oracle

Read "Oracle" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
May 25, 2011

Haunting, meditative, solemn and high-impact are descriptors that bear pianist Russ Lossing's approach and sensibilities. While Oracle denotes his trio's debut effort for hatOLOGY records, it's been a working unit for several years, largely based in New York City. The program is architected via disparate levels of pitch amid a capacious vibe, but the trio often ...