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Xavier Charles: Invisible

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 5, 2011

Invisible va al di là di ciò che sarebbe lecito aspettarsi da un disco di clarinetto solo. Dimenticate allora tutti grandi eroi dello strumento, perché ascoltare il francese Xavier Charles vuol dire entrare in un territorio di ricerca che ha molto a che vedere con le sue esperienze elettro-acustiche. Dal tubo ligneo escono growl, distorsioni, gorgheggi, ...

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Cheryl Bentyne: The Gershwin Songbook

Read "The Gershwin Songbook" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 5, 2011

Cinquantasette anni, da più di trenta voce dei Manhattan Transer (da quando sostituì Laurel Massé, vittima di un grave incidente automobilistico), dal '92 Cheryl Bentyne coltiva anche una produzione in proprio, di cui quest'ultimo capitolo verte interamente sul repertorio gershwiniano. Niente di nuovo sotto il sole, ovviamente: riletture con voce e ritmica (con frequenti e sempre ...

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Dino Saluzzi / Gidon Kremer / Andrei Puchkarev: Giya Kancheli: Themes from the Songbook

Read "Giya Kancheli: Themes from the Songbook" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
April 5, 2011

There is a potent element in the sophisticated pioneer spirit of ECM Records and its founder, Manfred Eicher, that is perfectly illustrated by this recording. Giya Kancheli (born 1935) is a Georgian composer who has produced, among other compositions, film and stage scores over the past 40 years. Kancheli transformed the elements of these scores into ...

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Dom Minasi: The Bird, the Girl and the Donkey

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 4, 2011

"Improvvisazione guidata" si potrebbe definire la musica che ascoltiamo in The Bird, the Girl and the Donkey. Talvolta infatti emergono passaggi che sembrano quasi scritti, nuclei melodico-ritmici intrecciati dai vari strumenti in modo particolarmente equilibrato, con una misura cameristica. Difficile sapere se ciò dipenda da passaggi concordati o da germinazioni spontanee di una prassi improvvisativa fra ...

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Ambrose Akinmusire: When The Heart Emerges Glistening

Read "When The Heart Emerges Glistening" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
April 4, 2011

A new generation of jazz musicians, unimpeded by the idiomatic constraints of tradition, has come of age since the end of the '80s-era culture wars. One such free-thinking artist is young trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, who was first discovered by saxophonist Steve Coleman at the tender age of 19. When The Heart Emerges Glistening is his first ...

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Simona Bencini & L.M.G. 4tet: Spreading Love

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 4, 2011

L'ex cantante dei Dirotta su Cuba, Simona Bencini, propone - a sei anni dal precedente Sorgente - un lavoro nato attorno all'idea di coniugare il verbo sempre fascinoso del jazz mainstream con sonorità world fresche e attuali. In Spreading Love si avvale della collaborazione del quartetto L.M.G. (acronimo di Last Minute Gig), e dà vita a ...

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Angelica Sanchez: A Little House

Read "A Little House" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 4, 2011

Nelle brevissime note di copertina Carla Bley suggerisce come ogni brano di A Little House racconti una storia che sembra narrata appositamente per ogni singolo ascoltatore e sottolinea come il disco in questione rientri senza ombra di dubbio nel novero di quelli da portare sulla famosa isola deserta. Saranno gli ascoltatori a stabilire se quest'ultima affermazione ...

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Ketil Bjornstad / Svante Henryson: Night Song

Read "Night Song" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
April 4, 2011

The relative merits of technical aptitude, when it comes to music, are often hotly debated. Surely possessing more comprehensive and masterful control over the vocabulary of music would be a plus; how, then, can a raw, unschooled bluesman like Robert Johnson resonate in ways that more schooled artists sometimes cannot? Proficiency, then, is really only an ...

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Sheryl Bailey 4: For All Those Living

Read "For All Those Living" reviewed by Greg Simmons

by Greg Simmons
April 4, 2011

Sheryl Bailey 4's For All Those Living has a nice, balanced feel to it, with a lively, up-tempo pace that never becomes frenetic. It's finely played, and rewards serious listening, but none of the musicians are overly showy.The quartet plays as much with Bailey's guitar work as behind it, and is clearly sympathetic to its performers. ...

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Samir Zarif: Starting Point

Read "Starting Point" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
April 4, 2011

The excitement of hearing the voice from a musician of significant new talent knows no bounds. Violinist Majid Khaliq, vocalist Khalil Wilson, bassist Michael Feinberg, composer Gene Pritsker, and now saxophonist and storyteller Samir Zarif, are just beginning to fan the rapidly growing new brushfire of 21st century music. Zarif's talent is significant enough to merit ...