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The Uptown Jazz Collective: She Do What She Do

Read "She Do What She Do" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza
April 23, 2011

The Uptown Jazz Collective makes a strong impression on She Do What She Do, fitting firmly into several grooves. The group is as much at ease singing the blues as it is filtering the essence of jazz, and giving gospel a big slab of soul--even delving into poetry. The band is tight and swings ...

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David Mott: Dragonhorn

Read "Dragonhorn" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
April 22, 2011

Baritone saxophonist David Mott has turned out the finest solo sax recording since Anthony Braxton's Wesleyan 12 Altosolos (Hat Hut Records 1992). That is not to suggest that Mott's Dragonhorn is similar to Braxton's particular style. Mott's ten compositions are not given to episodic jumps, vibrations or anything remotely antiseptic. Rather, they are packed with emotion, ...

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Mathias Eick: Skala

by John Kelman
April 22, 2011

Those who've caught Mathias Eick live, since the release of The Door (ECM, 2008), know that, as strong a first salvo as that debut was, it was no preparation for the power of the Norwegian trumpeter in performance. When his quartet performed at Mai Jazz 2008, with pianist Andreas Ulvo replacing The Door's Jon Balke, it ...

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Jared Gold: All Wrapped Up

Read "All Wrapped Up" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
April 22, 2011

There's a noticeable change in organist Jared Gold's sonic template of choice, before All Wrapped Up even begins. While two out of Gold's three prior releases were quartet outings that used saxophone as the lone horn voice, all three releases were rooted in the traditional organ trio instrumental format. A different guitarist graced each one of ...

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T.K. Blue: Latin Bird

Read "Latin Bird" reviewed by Greg Simmons

by Greg Simmons
April 22, 2011

For a fellow who's been dead since 1955, alto saxophonist Charlie Parker is having a really good year. Several high-profile projects have been released featuring his music, with various adjustments, tints, and abstractions, and some of these have been quite good. Now comes multi-woodwind player T.K. Blue, with Latin Bird, which adds some Latin flavor to ...

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Pete Robbins's Unnamed Quartet: Live in Brooklyn

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 22, 2011

Senza nome il quartetto, senza nome la musica, semplicemente numerata come improvvisazione, come a dire non importa cosa si suona e chi lo suona ma eventualmente come si suona. Ma poi quando andiamo a scorrere i nomi dei musicisti ci accorgiamo che sono tra i più attivi ed effervescenti della nuova scena creativa della East Coast ...

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Joachim Kühn - Majid Bekkas - Ramon Lopez: Chalaba

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 22, 2011

Dopo Kalimba e Out of the Desert, è questo il terzo CD del trio Joachim Kühn - Majid Bekkas - Ramon Lopez edito dalla Act in cinque anni e non è insignificante il fatto che, come quello immediatamente precedente, esso sia stato prodotto dagli stessi musicisti, a dimostrazione di quanto essi credano nel loro sodalizio. Tutto ...

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Ezra Weiss: The Shirley Horn Suite

Read "The Shirley Horn Suite" reviewed by Wilbert Sostre

by Wilbert Sostre
April 22, 2011

Portland based pianist/composer Ezra Weiss' fifth release is a tribute to Shirley Horn, who died in 2005 at age 71. Horn was an excellent pianist and sensitive vocalist, and a Grammy Award-winner in 1991, for Best Jazz Vocal Performance. Weiss is certainly an extraordinaire composer, the winner of three ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Awards. ...

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Iro Haarla Quintet: Vespers

by John Kelman
April 21, 2011

It's been six years since Iro Haarla released Northbound (ECM)--while not her actual debut as a leader, certainly her first with international exposure--an album of remarkable beauty that cemented the Finnish pianist/harpist/composer's position as the silent voice behind the music of her late husband, drummer Edward Vesala. There's no denying the import of Vesala's work for ...

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Dado Moroni: Live in Beverly Hills [CD+DVD]

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 21, 2011

Quanto più si amano i valori fondanti della tradizione pianistica mainstream, tanto più si apprezza il valore di Dado Moroni, che in questo disco evidenzia le sue alte doti, ormai ampiamente riconosciute anche in Italia. Live in Beverly Hills è stato ripreso dal vivo in due serate, il 10 e 11 aprile 2010 a Beverly Hills, ...