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Tripmadame: Moving

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 13, 2011

Questo bel CD della chitarrista svizzera Andrea Isenegger, con il suo trio Tripmadame, è pieno di grazia e coerenza e dipana 10 composizioni (tutte firmate dalla giovane chitarrista) che si intrecciano fra di loro senza sbalzi apparenti, lievi e ben levigate, come piccole opere lignee, pazientemente smussate e lucidate dalla mano dell'artigiano che le ha realizzate. ...

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Kip Hanrahan: Desire Develops an Edge

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 12, 2011

Quando questo doppio album uscì, nel lontano 1983, divenne immediatamente un oggetto di culto per i pochi appassionati che conoscevano l'approccio filosofico di Kip Hanrahan, un straordinario produttore del Bronx che da sempre applica alla musica tecniche e intuizioni sostanzialmente derivate dal cinema. Kip è un geniale regista musicale che dipinge idealmente canovacci e scenari fascinosi ...

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Paul Hubweber - Philip Zoubek: Archiduc Concert: Dansaert Variations

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 12, 2011

Il trombonista tedesco Paul Hubweber, che vive a Moers e collabora anche col famoso festival locale, è ormai un veterano sulla scena della musica improvvisata europea. Di ventiquattro anni più giovane, il pianista Philip Zoubek, nato in Austria nel 1978 ma ora residente a Colonia, a livello internazionale è invece praticamente un esordiente. Che musica propone ...

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Helio Alves: Música

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 12, 2011

Música è il risultato di un incontro tra musicisti di diversa estrazione, ma uniti dalla voglia di suonare jazz con grande sentimento, che rispondono ai nomi di Helio Alves, Antonio Sanchez e Rueben Rogers. Nove sono le tracce in scaletta, che si svincolono spesso dalle linee di condotta del classico piano-trio, sia per un atteggiamento che ...

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Becca Stevens Band: Weightless

Read "Weightless" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
May 12, 2011

There is an artistic point where Jacqui Sutton (Billie & Dolly (Toy Blue Typewriter Productions, 2010)), Gretchen Parlato (The Lost and Found (ObliqSound, 2011)) and Norah Jones (Feels Like Home (Blue Note Records, 2004)) intersect, giving rise to Becca Stevens, whose creative arc gains traction in a direction different from, but informed by, those singers. By ...

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J.D. Allen: Victory!

Read "Victory!" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
May 12, 2011

Many artists seem to move rapidly through different ensemble configurations, as if they're trying to finish off a career to-do list. While it's true that artistic reinvention using various instrumental formats--whether it be an organ group, big band project or Jazz Messengers-style outing--can help an artist gain notice in the trade magazines, using these formats as ...

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Artwork: Two of a Kind

Read "Two of a Kind" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
May 12, 2011

Two of a Kind seeks to embody in musical terms the best of two possible worlds: those of Sweden and the United States. Artwork is a sextet composed of three Swedes (Jan Allan, Hans Backenroth, Johan Lofcrantz Ramsay), two Americans (Jack Wilkins, Tamara Danielsson) and a Swedish expatriate (Per Danielsson). The music it has chosen is ...

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Grana Louise: Gettin’ Kinda Rough

Read "Gettin’ Kinda Rough" reviewed by Nic Jones

by Nic Jones
May 12, 2011

Blues singer Graná Louise has the kind of authoritative voice that broaches no contradiction, and on Gettin' Kinda Rough she delivers a batch of songs which nicely showcases her range. In view of the sublime authority of the original, she plays with fire in covering what was Slim Harpo's “I'm A King Bee" ...

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Szilard Mezei: Februari Fadontes

Read "Februari Fadontes" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
May 12, 2011

Serbian-born, Hungarian violist Szilard Mezei leads a quartet of his countrymen through a satisfying program of three multi-sectioned compositions on this limited edition LP. Mezei has become increasingly visible on the international scene, with a string of releases from ensembles of different sizes, and a guest appearance with the Fonda/Stevens Group. This new foursome features the ...

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Terrence McManus / Mark Helias / Gerry Hemingway: Transcendental Numbers

Read "Transcendental Numbers" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
May 11, 2011

Guitarist Terrence McManus helms a stellar trio on Transcendental Numbers, through six collective concoctions recorded in New York City's The Stone, straddling and blurring the line between textural improvisation and the more traditional sound of guitar and rhythm section. Brooklyn-born McManus is carving a niche for himself on the scene. Having worked with drummer/composer Tyshawn Sorey, ...