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Mafalda Arnauth: Fadas

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 23, 2011

Mafalda Arnauth è una delle voci più note del fado moderno, e rappresenta idealmente il filo di congiunzione tra il passato e un presente tutto da scrivere. La cantante di Lisbona dà alle stampe il suo nuovo album Fadas, andando a pescare nel vasto repertorio della musica popolare portoghese dodici brani che parlano di donne, delle ...

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Copernicus: Cipher and Decipher

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 23, 2011

Immaginate di essere spettatori di quello che succede nel giorno dell'apocalisse. Gli elementi naturali stanno scatenando le loro forze ancestrali per lo scontro finale. Pioggia, vento, tempesta, nevischio ghiacciato, tuoni, fulmini, bagliore di fuochi. Tutto quello che può succedere sta succedendo. E in mezzo a tutto ciò si alza la voce di un profeta che declama ...

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Radio Massacre International: Time & Motion

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 23, 2011

Torna il suono ibrido dei Radio Massacre International. Time & Motion è un doppio album uscito per la Cuneiform Records che aggiunge un tassello in più alla lunga storia del trio britannico dedito a improvvisazioni musicali fra a cavallo fra elettronica d'antan, jazz e rock. Dopo aver dato alle stampe oltre una trentina di album, fra ...

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Mauro Ottolini: I Separatisti Bassi

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 23, 2011

Era da molto tempo che Mauro Ottolini parlava di questo suo sogno: mettere in piedi un gruppo composto pressoché solo di strumenti bassi, cioè i più prossimi a quelli che lui stesso suona - trombone, tuba e sousaphone - ma anche quelli che, di solito, svolgono il “lavoro sporco," fungono da gregari e spesso neppure sognano ...

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Alfonso Santimone Laser Pigs: Ecce Combo

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 23, 2011

Rigoroso, colto e curioso, Alfonso Santimone - tra i fondatori del collettivo El Gallo Rojo - presenta un sofisticato lavoro con i suoi Laser Pigs, gruppo che raccoglie altri quattro storici componenti del collettivo, oltre al fratello chitarrista Daniele (qui tuttavia solo ghost guitarist). Il disco segue alcune delle linee caratteristiche del Gallo, guardando con molta ...

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Tommy Smith: Karma

by John Kelman
May 23, 2011

Tommy Smith is on a roll. Not that he's been on anything but for the last several years, with a string of superb albums, each as different as they are consistent in demonstrating the saxophonist's ongoing ascension as a player, writer and bandleader. But that's not all. Since returning to Scotland after graduating from Boston's Berklee ...

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Peter Evans / Agusti Fernandez / Mats Gustafsson: Kopros Lithos

Read "Kopros Lithos" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
May 23, 2011

Much like conceptual artist Piero Manzoni's Merda d'artista project, trumpeter Peter Evans, pianist Agustí Fernández, and saxophonist Mats Gustafsson present this all-acoustic improvisation session called Kopros Lithos, or “fossilized dung."In 1961, Manzoni set about to produce 90 cans of his own feces as a limited edition art piece. In 2007, one can sold at ...

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Arrive: There Was...

Read "There Was..." reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
May 23, 2011

It is astonishing to consider just how many differing ensembles in which a modern jazz musician might participate. Take, for instance, the players heard in alto saxophonist Aram Shelton's Arrive. Besides his own band Rolldown, vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz can be heard in seven other bands, including those of Rob Mazurek, Mike Reed, and Nicole Mitchell. Likewise, ...

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NYJAZZ Initiative: Mad About Thad

Read "Mad About Thad" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
May 23, 2011

Twenty five years have come and gone since Thad Jones' passing, but interest in his music has never waned. Audiences composed of faithful fans and those new to his work still flock en masse to the Village Vanguard on Monday nights to witness the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra exploring his legacy on the very stage where the ...

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Nate Wooley Quintet: (Put Your) Hands Together

Read "(Put Your) Hands Together" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
May 23, 2011

(Put Your) Hands Together's cover art features a photo of trumpeter Nate Wooley putting his hands together, perhaps as a token of appreciation for his quintet's exemplary performance. Praise is in order because of the program's captivating synchronicity, artfully scaling between structure and improvisation to complement an abundance of polytonal facets. With penetrating compositions and thoughtful ...