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I Compani: Mangiare!

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 18, 2011

Fulminato sulla via della più storica Cinecittà e stregato da Federico Fellini, il signor Bo van de Graaf campa - non solo sulle musiche di Rota - da un quarto di secolo. Alla guida di una band tipicamente “olandese" nel senso più irriverente e simpatico del termine, il sassofonista dell'area di Nijmegen, ben noto agli appassionati ...

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Jim Snidero: Interface

Read "Interface" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
May 18, 2011

Alto saxophonist Jim Snidero is a masterful mainstream jazz man, though he's proven his versatility and overall musical acumen, including a third stream lean, on his Strings (Fantasy Jazz, 2003), a set that featured a jazz quartet teamed with strings. Interface finds Snidero back in a straight-ahead frame of mind, teamed, for his ...

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Heimweh: Ragh Potato

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 18, 2011

In lingua tedesca 'Heimweh' significa 'nostalgia' e in questa accezione pare fare riferimento ad un film di Tuio Becker e Sergio Silva del 1990, anche se invece le note di copertina citano Nostalghia di Andrej Tarkovskij, un celebre film del 1983 e “Nostalgia in Times Square" di Charles Mingus, che con questa musica ha davvero ben ...

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Mark Alban Lotz: Istanbul Improv Sessions May 5th

Read "Istanbul Improv Sessions May 5th" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza
May 18, 2011

German-born flautist Mark Alban Lotz grew up in Thailand and Uganda, and has had an interesting career path. He began playing the flute when he was 17, and went on to study jazz and classical music as well as contemporary musical idioms. His music is nourished by all three forms, but he also has a healthy ...

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Hot Club Roma Gypsy Project: Django Mon Amour

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 17, 2011

C'era capitato, qualche mese fa, di recensire It's About That Time degli Hot Club of Detroit. Il CD era una splendida celebrazione del centenario della nascita dell'estroso chitarrista Django Reinhardt. Il quintetto statunitense gironzolava di qua e di là nel repertorio dell'artista. Oggi ci ritroviamo a riparlare di un tributo. Cambiando il cambiabile si passa sempre ...

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The Cookers: Cast the First Stone

Read "Cast the First Stone" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
May 17, 2011

Cast the First Stone is the sophomore follow-up to Warriors (Jazz Legacy Productions, 2010), the debut recording of the all-star ensemble The Cookers, whose name was inspired by the 1965 Blue Note live album series Night of the Cookers. Lending credence to its namesake, this powerhouse septet swings mightily through a series of post-bop originals and ...

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Travis Sullivan: New Directions

Read "New Directions" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
May 17, 2011

Saxophonist Travis Sullivan has received lots of coverage for the music he creates with his Björkestra, but the success of that band is a double-edged sword. While following the musical pathways set forth by his Icelandic muse has helped the saxophonist expand his audience, it also temporarily suppressed his own musical personality. With New Directions, Sullivan ...

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The Tiptons Saxophone Quartet: Strange Flower

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 17, 2011

Se incontrate il batterista Chris Stromquist al bar, dopo un concerto con le quattro indiavolate saxofoniste che hanno voluto prendere ispirazione per il loro gruppo da Billy Tipton, non ditegli “Beato fra le donne". Potrebbe uccidervi. Le quattro ragazze infatti lo spingono verso territori molteplici, sempre 'on the edge,' sempre con la giusta curiosità e il ...

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Russ Lossing Trio: Oracle

by Mark Corroto
May 17, 2011

Pianist Russ Lossing's trio evokes a dreamlike state on Oracle, by communicating an atmosphere of unearthly elegance through trance-inducing energy. Lossing, bassist Masa Kamaguchi and drummer Billy Mintz commune at this level because they'd been a working trio for six years when this studio recording was made in 2007. Besides that, all three bring ...

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Premier Roeles: Ka Da Ver

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 17, 2011

'O vero free, come avrebbe detto Mario Schiano, dimora in questo breve CD del quartetto olandese, che possiede indiscutibilmente tutte le stimmate del caso (cocofonie, turgori, andamento frastagliato e nervoso, con in più un viraggio noir tipicamente europeo), ma anche una chiarezza di “dizione" - una leggibilità, in fondo; certo una logica e una lucidità - ...