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Lorenz Hargassner Quartet: Vitality

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 19, 2011

Lorenz Hargassner, trentaduenne sassofonista tedesco, è attivo ad Amburgo dove dirige diversi gruppi, tra cui questo quartetto e una formazione più legata al cool-jazz denominata Pure Desmond. Dopo la trafila di studi in patria, risiede per un anno a New York e collabora con il gruppo di Adam Holzman (ex collaboratore di Miles Davis). Mette a ...

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Alexis Cuadrado: Noneto Ibérico

Read "Noneto Ibérico" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
May 19, 2011

Bassist Alexis Cuadrado imparts his vernacular as a composer in Noneto Ibérico, a nine-movement work commissioned by The Chamber Music America-Doris Duke Foundation's “New Works" program. With a potent nine-piece band that includes Alan Ferber, Avishai Cohen, and others, Cuadrado puts a fresh timestamp on Spanish Flamenco and modern jazz with writing in the vein of ...

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Dan Wilensky: Group Therapy

Read "Group Therapy" reviewed by Charles Walker

by Charles Walker
May 19, 2011

Tenor saxophonist Dan Wilensky possesses a warm, accessible tone on his instrument, and at first glance Group Therapy seems tailor-made to feature this broad, bluesy sound on ten straightforward compositions. However, less than two minutes into “Reckless Tongue," the album opener, the syrupy head breaks down into a standstill of rests and whole notes before sliding ...

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Jim Snidero: Interface

Read "Interface" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
May 19, 2011

The digital age has completely changed the way language is used. People talk about “googling" things, discovering new “apps," and “friending people" all the time, so it wouldn't be surprising if the word “interface" eventually replaces “communication" in common, everyday conversations. Interfacing can essentially be viewed as a modern day synonym for communication, and that, after ...

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The Brian Landrus Quartet: Traverse

Read "Traverse" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
May 19, 2011

Boasting an extensive résumé as a sideman in addition to his 2010 debut Forward (Cadence Jazz), baritone saxophonist/bass clarinetist Brian Landrus focuses on the mainstream jazz strata on Traverse. Landrus is equally adept as an outside player but delves, on this album, into more conventional persuasions, garnering sympathetic support from his venerable band mates.

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Melvin Jones: Pivot

by Edward Blanco
May 19, 2011

Melvin Jones offers a variety of musical styles on Pivot, with a selection of modern romp and simmering ballads on this very impressive debut as a leader. For the trumpeter, “pivot" is the defining moment--indeed the turning point--in which different genres come together in one special album. Jones contributes the majority of this thirteen-piece, nearly all ...

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Fred Van Hove: Piano Solo

Read "Piano Solo" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
May 18, 2011

Belgian pianist Fred Van Hove has always been identified with the European free music movement, but he also stands outside the cadre of players that formed the FMP label. This rerelease (first time on CD) of two solo LPs, Prosper (1981) and Die Letzte (1986), reaffirm his personality and uniqueness as an improvising player.

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Nat Janoff: Come Together Move Apart

Read "Come Together Move Apart" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
May 18, 2011

Guitarist Nat Janoff's Come Together Move Apart appears over a decade after his critically-applauded debut, Looking Through (Independent Records,1999). He's not been idle during the intervening years, but his recorded output has been sporadic. That's to be regretted, for Janoff's playing is a delight, and his fellow musicians on this album are some of the brightest ...

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Claudio Puntin & Lucerne Jazz Orchestra: Berge Versetzen

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 18, 2011

Claudio Puntin - svizzero di Zug, classe '65, origini italiane e da anni residente in Germania - è un musicista non notissimo da noi, ma di straordinarie qualità. Polistrumentista, compositore, eclettico frequentatore di diversi generi - contemporanea, jazz, folk - ha una superlativa capacità di esprimersi ai diversi clarinetti che imbraccia e un'espressività che lo avvicina ...

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Roseanna Vitro: The Music Of Randy Newman

Read "The Music Of Randy Newman" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
May 18, 2011

With Randy Newman's long-awaited Songbook Vol. 2 (Nonesuch, 2011) and vocalist Roseanna Vitro's album-length salute to his music hitting stores a week apart, it would seem that it's time for revived interest in all things Newman. While the singer/songwriter's release is a solo journey through his own catalog, Vitro's album presents ten of his pieces dressed ...