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Erik Truffaz: In Between
by AAJ Italy Staff
In Between è album rivelatore riguardo l'attuale stato dell'arte del trombettista franco-svizzero Erik Truffaz e altrettanto implacabile nel sottolineare pregi e difetti che spesso contraddistinguono la sua produzione. Evidenzia cioè la capacità di Truffaz di attraversare stili e generi, miscelarli tra di loro in maniera anche accattivante ma insinua la sensazione, difficile da scacciare, che il ...
Human Element: Human Element
by John Kelman
Things may not always work out the way they're planned, but that doesn't mean that can't actually work out better. When keyboardist Scott Kinsey began work on the overdue follow-up to his well-received (and equally overdue) debut as a leader, Kinesthetics (Abstract Logix, 2006), the plan was to focus on a small, consistent line-up, as opposed ...
Ken Peplowski: In Search Of ...
by Bruce Lindsay
Ken Peplowski is a clarinet virtuoso, with a tone of such warmth and beauty that it takes only a few bars to create a feel-good atmosphere, either in performance or, as he ably demonstrates on In Search Of ..., in the studio. Although Peplowski has over 20 albums to his name as leader, he's still experimenting, ...
Sheryl Bailey 4: For All Those Living
by Dan Bilawsky
While guitarist Sheryl Bailey's A New Promise was a tribute to another tremendously talented female guitarist--the late Emily Remler--For All Those Living touches on a wide variety of figures, both here and gone. Bailey's music pays direct tribute to fellow guitarists, like Jack Wilkins ("Wilkinsburg"), Masa Sasaki ("Masa's Bag") and the late Jimmy Wyble, but she ...
Pipoka: Veto
by Anthony Shaw
Pipoka is a Finnish trio, with its roots firmly entwined around its two active founder members, accordionist Veli Kujala and guitarist Jarmo Julkinen. Veto is still anchored in the original conception of chamber jazz, with highly structured pieces that provide ample opportunities for exploration and development, as well as a considerable dose of Latin America.
Daniel Carter - Alberto Fiori - Tom Abbs - Federico Ughi: The Perfect Blue
by AAJ Italy Staff
Tre musicisti sulla quarantina con il Free e il post Free nelle corde incontrano un vecchio esponente (classe 1945) che di quella stagione fu protagonista, sia pure nelle retrovie, non sappiamo se per il carattere schivo o per le casualità della vita. Il suo nome è legato a collaborazioni con Bob Moses, Gunter Hampel, Sun Ra, ...
Gunter Baby Sommer: Live In Jerusalem
by Glenn Astarita
Legendary German jazz and improvising drummer Gunter Baby Sommer's boundless creative sparks and superior technical ability are well-documented. He's a quintessential innovator, largely within the European progressive jazz and avant-garde strata. On Live in Jerusalem, he aligns with an alternating ensemble that ignites a veritable firestorm amid some temperately organized passages. On “Yo Yo ...
Dave Wilson: Spiral
by AAJ Italy Staff
Con una ritmica così fare un disco deve essere un sogno. Già il brano di apertura è un piccolo manifesto di interplay, e l'assolo di Phil Markowitz è di una categoria a sè stante per eleganza e virtuosismo. Dave Wilson si trova subito a suo agio con alle spalle un trio di tale levatura. Tre composizioni ...
Jaki Byard: A Matter of Black and White
by Charles Walker
Curious title for this album. Sure, it's a nice pun on the pianistic adventures included, but with the possible exception of Duke Ellington or Mary Lou Williams, there was hardly another jazz pianist of the mid-20th Century who saw more gray areas in the music's broad landscape than the late Jaki Byard. In his trio sessions ...
Miles Davis: The Unissued Japanese Concerts
by AAJ Italy Staff
Questo doppio CD, quanto mai prezioso, va finalmente a integrare la sparuta documentazione (un solo album, l'ufficiale Columbia Miles in Tokyo) riguardante il fugace passaggio - fra George Coleman e Wayne Shorter - di un Sam Rivers ancora lontano dai fasti degli anni Settanta nel quintetto davisiano. Ciascun dischetto si riferisce a un diverso concerto (presumibilmente ...
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