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Ouizz: Lightbrown
by AAJ Italy Staff
Hanno un nome quasi impronunciabile. Uno sguizzo tra vocali e sibilianti zeta. Il trio svizzero però un'idea chiara di quello che vuole fare col jazz ce l'ha tutta. L'universo di riferimento può essere in parte rappresentato dalle note dolenti alla Esbjörn Svensson, ma anche vicino al rock più sperimentale dei Radiohead: l'iniziale “B.Club" sembra alludere, con ...
Michael Feinberg: With Many Hands
by Charles Walker
Atlanta is not known as a hotbed of jazz activity. Pianist/arranger Duke Pearson hailed from the city, and trumpeter Russell Gunn has a longstanding residency at the club Churchill Grounds, but on average, the metropolis rarely registers on the jazz map. On With Many Hands, 23-year old bassist Michael Feinberg's second album as a leader, the ...
Albatrosh: Mystery Orchestra with Grenager & Talfjord
by John Kelman
Duos can represent a double-edged sword: on one hand, no other context is as intimate, where the level of communication can be as deep, the lines of communication so open; equally, however, there are the inherent limitations on its possible sound worlds, the result of the specific textural, harmonic and rhythmic capabilities of the instruments involved. ...
Daniele D'Agaro - Alexander Von Schlippenbach - Han Bennink: Fingerprints
by AAJ Italy Staff
Daniele D'Agaro ha una predilezione per la formula del trio ed in questi anni ne ha prodotti molti, spaziando tra partner e strumenti diversi. Ricordiamo quello col bassista Ernst Glerum ed Han Bennink alla batteria (Strandjutters, Hat Hut - 2004), quello con Ottolini al trombone e il fisarmonicista Vincenzo Castrini (Gipsy Blue, Artesuono - 2008) ed ...
The Uptown Jazz Collective: She Do What She Do
by Dan Bilawsky
She Do What She Do is hard to pin down. While continuity is created through solid performances from the rhythm section, and bluesy baritone saxophonist B. J. Jansen, the material and stylistic presentation is all over the map. The most palatable selections come in the form of standards, as delivered by vocalist T. ...
Roberto Tarenzi Trio: One Day I'll Fly Away
by AAJ Italy Staff
Grande swing, ottima coesione tra gli interpreti e approccio alla materia jazzistica deciso e senza grinze, fanno di One Day I'll Fly Away un album godibile e dal forte impatto emozionale.Alla guida del trio, completato da Roberto Pistolesi alla batteria e Francesco Puglisi al contrabbasso, troviamo Roberto Tarenzi, pianista dalle caratteristiche tecniche ed espressive ...
John Leighton: Dramatic Life
by Bruce Lindsay
Jazz composers can be inspired by the oddest things, but it's rare to find inspiration coming from those seminal icons of the nineteenth century, Florence Nightingale and John Keats. Northern Ireland-based pianist/songwriter John Leighton puts that right on his beautiful debut, Dramatic Life, and it isn't just his inspirations that are original. Leighton's ...
Frank Macchia: Son Of Folk Songs For Jazzers
by Dan McClenaghan
Saxophonist Frank Macchia keeps racking up the Grammy nominations. He got his third nod for the award with his big band interpretation of “Skip to My Lou," from his Folk Songs for Jazzers (Cacophony, 2010), following up his recognition for Emotions (Cacophony, 2007) and Landscapes (Cacophony 2008). In addition to his work in producing ...
Fred Hess Big Band: Into the Open
by Dan McClenaghan
Denver, Colorado-based tenor saxophonist/bandleader Fred Hess isn't one to sit around and wait for the muse to pay a visit. He boasts fifteen CDs as a leader, cranking one out every year now for better than a decade. His profile rose on the surge of a set of small group outings, beginning with Crossed Paths (Tapestry, ...
Eric Reed: The Dancing Monk
by Greg Simmons
Every jazz pianist stands somewhere in the shadow of Thelonious Monk (1917-1982), and Eric Reed has embraced that shadow, with The Dancing Monk. Interpreting the near-mythic pianist/composer's music--let alone making an entire album of his tunes--poses significant challenges to any modern musician, and especially for a pianist. First, Monk's compositions are, indeed, challenging, in ...
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