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Eldar Djangirov: Three Stories
by Matt Marshall
Since emerging on the worldwide jazz scene in 2004, pianist Eldar Djangirov has been touted for the classical skill he brings to standard jazz and original material alike. With Three Stories, Eldar attacks the classical repertoire itself, mixing a pair of Bach pieces, and one from Alexander Scriabin, with standards by the likes of Sammy Cahn, ...
Leslie Pintchik: We're Here To Listen
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Pianist Leslie Pintchik's Quartets (Ambient , 2007) featured two innovations on the piano trio format. On half the tracks, the basic trio of Pintchik, bassist Scott Hardy and drummer Mark Dodge, was joined by saxophonist Steve Wilson, and on the other half by percussionist Satoshi Takeishi. The saxophone being what it is, the Wilson tracks tended ...
Mark Weinstein: Jazz Brasil
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Mark Weinstein has quietly established himself as one of the most wildly inventive flutists in modern memory. He is also one of the finest virtuoso players in the entire spectrum of 20th and 21st century music. His only rivals may well be the late Eric Dolphy, the Canadians, Jane Bunnett and Bill McBirnie, and, of course, ...
Cuong Vu 4-Tet: Leaps of Faith
by Stephen Wood
Cuong Vu's Leaps of Faith is one of the most creative and thoughtful jazz recordings released so far this year, suggesting that jazz remains alive and thriving. Like the best of contemporary jazz, it's mixture of worlds is both atonal and melodic; free, but following form; complex, while also accessible. This record is ...
Larry Fine: Larry Fine Meets Stuff Smith: Fine Stuff
by Ken Dryden
Larry Fine was often shown playing the violin in various The Three Stooges shorts, but what many fans don't realize is that he really played the instrument. Fortunately, he was also interested in jazz and an admirer of Stuff Smith. This long forgotten radio broadcast likely originated from a Hollywood club during one of the recording ...
Vincent Courtois: L’imprévu
by AAJ Italy Staff
Parigino, quarantatre anni appena compiuti, Vincent Courtois sintetizza (e insieme emblematizza) in questo bel lavoro solitario le sue due anime: quella classica (un diploma in conservatorio, fra l'altro) e naturalmente quella jazzistica (i vari Levallet, Escoudé e Pifarély sono stati in tal senso i suoi mèntori). Il primo della decina di album da lui firmati (o ...
Lucio Fassetta: Componendo… improvvisando!
by AAJ Italy Staff
Fondatore della Grande Orchestra Jazz di Udine, diretta per quasi un ventennio, Lucio Fassetta ha ripreso da un paio di lustri gli studi di pianoforte, riavvicinandosi agli autori classici del Novecento attraverso una serie divulgativa di “Lezioni-concerto". È di lunga data l'amore per il jazz e per l'improvvisazione in genere, e in questo Componendo... improvvisando! il ...
Elton John & Lady Gaga: New Horizons
by Ken Dryden
With over 40 albums to his credit, numerous hit songs, and having co-written a successful Broadway musical, Elton John continues to sell out arenas in his fifth decade as a performer. Lady Gaga doesn't have his extensive résumé, but she has attracted a lot of attention with outrageous stunts and costumes as wild as some of ...
Peter K Frey - Daniel Studer: Zwei
by AAJ Italy Staff
Quella tra Peter K Frey e Daniel Studer è una lunga storia (più di dieci anni) di esplorazioni del contrabbasso attraverso la difficile arte del duo, anche se documentata solamente da due registrazioni. Se nel precedente Zweierlei l'uso dell'elettronica fungeva da prezioso escamotage per allargare il limitato ventaglio timbrico del contrabbasso, in questo Zwei i due ...
Max Wild: Tamba
by Chris M. Slawecki
Alto saxophonist Max Wild's Tamba, his ObliqSound debut, combines classic musical themes and devices from Zimbabwe and South Africa with illuminating arrangements and improvisations from contemporary jazz. “My connection to Zimbabwean music defines me. Once I stopped trying to sound like a 'jazz' musician and let my inspiration come out freely, I was able to let ...
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