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Darius Jones / Matthew Shipp: Cosmic Lieder

Read "Cosmic Lieder" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
April 8, 2011

Cosmic Lieder documents the first recorded collaboration between rising alto saxophone star Darius Jones and venerable pianist Matthew Shipp. Veering between dark lyricism and roiling catharsis, the date offers an illuminating window into the creative discourse between two different generations of the avant-garde. Released concurrently with the expansive live double album, The Art of ...

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Naked Musicians: Emiliano Culastrisce

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 8, 2011

In questo decennio la scena italiana della musica improvvisata ha prodotto aggregazioni quanto mai originali che hanno smosso il panorama un po' stantìo degli anni novanta, portando aria fresca e nuova creatività. La palma del più trasversale, irriverente e oltraggioso spetta certamente al collettivo raccolto attorno al batterista e compositore siciliano Francesco Cusa, a cui fa ...

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Ray Charles: Ray Charles Live in Concert

Read "Ray Charles Live in Concert" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
April 8, 2011

The Concord Music group inaugurated a release cycle celebrating Ray Charles' 80th birthday with Rare Genius: The Undiscovered Masters (Concord Records, 2010). Now, its reissue of Ray Charles Live in Concert, expanded with previously unreleased material from the same September 20, 1964 performance at the Shrine Civic Auditorium in Los Angeles, captures Charles enjoying the pinnacle ...

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Todd Clouser: A Love Electric

Read "A Love Electric" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
April 8, 2011

Musicians and painters from the US have long since been relocating to Mexico, hoping to deepen their art through immersion in a slower pace of life. Guitarist Todd Clouser is a recent emigré, who moved south in 2006. Back then, Mexico's drug war was just starting to heat up, and has grown more vicious with each ...

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Terry Myers: Smiles

Read "Smiles" reviewed by Andrew J. Sammut

by Andrew J. Sammut
April 8, 2011

Tuneful, swinging and technically polished. Terry Myers isn't worried about anything else jazz is “supposed" to be. Smiles is a relaxed yet energetic romp through some standards, ballads and blues that the Florida-based saxophonist clearly loves to play. There's nothing complex or innovative here, just four musicians having a good time and looking to take the ...

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Joan Isaac: Em declaro innocent

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 8, 2011

Presentandolo anni fa al Premio Tenco (dov'è di casa), Luis Eduardo Aute aveva definito Joan Isaac “il più catalano dei cantautori italiani". In questo ribaltamento di termini, in questo apparente paradosso, sta la misura del profondo legame esistente fra l'Italia e il cantautore di Barcellona, tornato una dozzina d'anni fa sulle scene dopo un lungo ritiro ...

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Brad Shepik Quartet: Across The Way

Read "Across The Way" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
April 8, 2011

One of the modern day pioneers of integrating Balkan music into the progressive jazz vernacular, guitarist Brad Shepik's solo and session career spans a comprehensive panorama. He lingers on the cutting-edge of matters amid collaborations with like-minded artists, such as trumpeter Dave Douglas, reedman Chris Speed and other jazz VIPs. And on this quartet date, Shepik ...

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Matteo Sabattini: Dawning

by Dan Bilawsky
April 7, 2011

A sense of melody seems to be sacrificed in a lot of modern jazz these days, as newcomers try to get some press as the next big thing by subscribing to a stranger-is-better aesthetic. Matteo Sabattini is a rare exception, an alto saxophonist whose music is unique in its provision of comfort and a natural sense ...

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Riccardo Tesi - Maurizio Geri: Sopra i tetti di Firenze

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 7, 2011

Le parole per la dedica sono quelle di Francesco De Gregori: «Caterina questa tua canzone la vorrei veder volare sopra i tetti di Firenze per poterti conquistare», i suoni sono quelli prodotti dai due vecchi compagni d'avventure di “Acqua Fuoco e Vento". Caterina Bueno è un nome al quale la musica tradizionale toscana deve moltissimo. Scomparsa ...

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Bohuslan Big Band: Don't Fence Me In

Read "Don't Fence Me In" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
April 7, 2011

Some of the finest compositions in The Great American Songbook, one of Europe's most talented big bands and one of the best arrangers Britain has produced. Put them all together on one CD, and it doesn't disappoint. The Cole Porter songs on Don't Fence Me In are among the most familiar in popular music, but while ...