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New Open Circle: Passato Remoto

Read "Passato Remoto" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 20, 2011

Si apre con una splendida versione di “Afro Blue" l'album Passato remoto firmato dal New Open Circle, quartetto dove trovano posto in primo piano Carlo Gatti (clarinetto e sax) e Maurizio Signorino (sax), dietro ai quali si posizionano Valerio Della Fonte al contrabbasso e Francesco Di Lenge alla batteria. Il loro è un percorso musicale di ...

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Alex Pinto Quartet: Inner State

Read "Inner State" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
April 20, 2011

Indo-American forms of jazz have become more common over the years, but plenty of people who work in this arena have little personal connection to this hybrid form of music. Guitarist Alex Pinto is an exception. Pinto's paternal lineage leads to Karnataka, in southwestern India, and his worldly upbringing contributes to his unique sound. While the ...

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Sursumcorda: La porta dietro la cascata

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 20, 2011

Con La porta dietro la cascata il sestetto Sursumcorda, nato nel 2000 sull'asse Milano/Livorno, giunge al suo quarto album, il più ambizioso (anche per l'autentica moltitudine di musicisti coinvolti) e articolato. Accanto a canzoni già per loro conto alquanto fuori dagli schemi, vi trovano infatti posto piccoli (non tutti, ma la maggior parte) frattali solo strumentali, ...

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Michael O’Neill: Michael O’Neill

Read "Michael O’Neill" reviewed by Javier AQ Ortiz

by Javier AQ Ortiz
April 20, 2011

When Michael O'Neill isn't touring with George Benson he does his thing and Touch the Past is his thing. For this Yamaha-sponsored guitarist, the recording is a compliment to the so-called Blue Note era of jazz. His radio-friendly songs, however, don't seem to dwell much in the past, and are very much in the here and ...

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Colin Vallon Trio: Rruga

Read "Rruga" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 20, 2011

Il debutto ECM del trio del pianista svizzero Colin Vallon è pienamente allineato all'estetica predominante dell'etichetta bavarese. Grande attenzione al suono, naturalmente, atmosfere sospese e minimaliste, eccellenza tecnica dei musicisti e l'inconfondibile Eicher's touch, croce e delizia e fonte di irrisolvibili discussioni tra appassionati e addetti ai lavori. Ciò che intriga in questo lavoro è il ...

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Klang: Other Doors

Read "Other Doors" reviewed by Nic Jones

by Nic Jones
April 19, 2011

With Other Doors, Klang leader and clarinetist James Falzone has documented a body of music he worked on, after being invited to celebrate what would have been Benny Goodman's 100th birthday, at the Chicago Jazz Festival back in 2009. As he's a highly creative individual in his own right, he hasn't gone for any sterile Swing ...

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Agogic: Agogic

Read "Agogic" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
April 19, 2011

Seattle's music scene is well known for its alternative rock bands, such as Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains and Soundgarden. But the nonconformist jazz of Agogic's debut would rival them all in terms of its own energy and inventiveness. Born from the collaboration between saxophonist Andrew D'Angelo and trumpeter Cuong Vu (whose resumes are dotted with ...

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Yellowjackets: Timeline

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 19, 2011

Con questo Timeline - che, va detto subito, è un gran bel disco, e senz'altro il loro migliore da almeno un decennio a questa parte - gli Yellowjackets celebrano trent'anni di carriera. Un traguardo formidabile, tanto più perché raggiunto con una formazione che ha conosciuto (relativamente) pochi cambiamenti di organico, imperniata com'è sul binomio Russell Ferrante ...

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Sharif Sehnaoui: Old and New Acoustics

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 19, 2011

Della ricca scena sperimentale di Beirut - capitanata dall'agitatore Mazen Kerbaj - il chitarrista Sharif Sehnaoui rappresenta uno degli elementi più dotati e avventurosi, uno di quei musicisti per cui l'esplorazione significa sempre e comunque abbandonare le rassicuranti sponde del conosciuto e affrontare pericoli sonori sempre nuovi. Non che le pratiche improvvisative di Sehnaoui e soci ...

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Gretchen Parlato: The Lost and Found

Read "The Lost and Found" reviewed by A. Lienhard

by A. Lienhard
April 19, 2011

Gretchen Parlato's much anticipated third release, The Lost and Found, secures her position as the leading vocalist in New York's under-40 jazz scene. On this 15-track program, Parlato and producer Robert Glasper blend musical styles like so many cocktails. They purposefully demonstrate that hip-hop has a quiet side, that you needn't be from Brazil to play ...