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Håkan Broström: Refraction

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by AAJ Italy Staff
March 16, 2011

Refraction è un lavoro nel quale il saxofonista e compositore svedese Håkan Broström si avvale della fondamentale partecipazione del pianista Joey Calderazzo e dei preziosi Daniel Fredriksson alla batteria e Martin Sjostedt al contrabbasso. La musica contenuta nell'album - registrata nel febbraio 2008 - percorre un sentiero caratterizzato da un mainstream elegante, rotondo nelle melodie e ...

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Ultralyd: Inertiadrome

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by John Kelman
March 16, 2011

It's been nearly four years since Ultralyd released its 2007 Rune Grammofon debut, Conditions for a Piece of Music, and a lot's happened since that time. The members of this electrified quartet continue to weave their way through the fabric of the cutting-edge Norwegian improvising scene, ranging from the Coltrane-inspired, early Garbarek-tinged modal freedom of The ...

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Honey Ear Trio: Steampunk Serenade

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by Troy Collins
March 15, 2011

Building on an established legacy, Honey Ear Trio updates the time honored acoustic instrumentation of the classic saxophone trio with a subtle use of electronics on their debut Steampunk Serenade. Saxophonist Erik Lawrence, bassist Rene Hart and drummer Allison Miller draw upon their diverse experiences in an array of popular music forms (rock, soul, folk) to ...

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Paul Bley - Franz Koglmann - Gary Peacock: Annette

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 15, 2011

È dedicato alla cantante/pianista Annie Peacock questo avvolgente CD del trio formato da Paul Bley, Gary Peacock e Franz Koglmann. È un trio superlativo, iridescente ed esemplarmente immaginifico nel disegnare con rigore austero tutte le sfumature dello spazio sonoro, silenzi compresi. Ne discende un percorso assai composito di grande libertà formale, che prendendo le mosse da ...

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Anthony Braxton: Trio & Quintet (Town Hall) 1972

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by Mark Corroto
March 15, 2011

Maybe the world wasn't ready for the music of Anthony Braxton back in 1972, when this concert was recorded, and maybe it wasn't ready for him, when it was released twenty years later in 1992. Then again, is it really ready for him today? Certainly, and this music is very accessible. This beautifully remastered ...

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Scorch Trio: Melaza

by John Kelman
March 15, 2011

Human nature may tend towards resisting change, but shaking up a group--even one with a longstanding and successful lineup--can sometimes drive the music in subtly different directions. Losing Norwegian drummer Paal Nilssen-Love may have seemed like a blow change for Scorch Trio, but recruiting Frank Rosaly--who moves around in the same circles as Nilssen-Love, playing with ...

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Rick Cutler: First Melancholy, Then the Night Stretch

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 15, 2011

Ditelo piano, ditelo sottovoce: questo CD ha la consistenza romantica di un bisbiglio, di un pensiero notturno che non vuole mostrarsi per pudore e sintomatico mistero. Se poi venisse da un amabile e abile session man che ha prestato le bacchette (ed è bravo anche col pianoforte) a tanti mostri sacri di ieri e oggi, beh ...

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Ingar Zach: M.O.S.

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 15, 2011

Ordine, simmetria, ciclicità: queste le peculiarità che caratterizzano il bel lavoro del percussionista norvegese Ingar Zach. Andando oltre l'estemporaneità improvvisativa di marca free, questo disco rivela a ogni istante (e a ogni ascolto) una grande attenzione per il dettaglio (grazie anche all'ottima qualità della registrazione) e un approccio quasi narrativo, che tiene desta l'attenzione, di chi ...

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Anthony Branker & Ascent: Dance Music

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by Karl Ackermann
March 15, 2011

Anthony Branker continues to experiment with the standards of large group musical tradition on Dance Music. Leading a revised version of his Ascent ensemble, the composer/musical director takes a different approach than the Latin influences on Blessings (Origin Records, 2009). Only on the last of ten tracks, “Depende," is there a composition in that vein, but ...

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Radici Ensemble: Radici

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 15, 2011

Il Radici Ensemble nasce nel 2008 grazie all'intenzione di quattro musicisti pronti a dar vita a un'idea che prende spunto dalle tradizioni del canto popolare per arrivare a esprimere un linguaggio contemporaneo. Si tratta di un'amalgama timbrica specifica, dove sopra gli sfondi colorati dalle percussioni di Fabrizio Saiu si alternano in primo piano le chitarre di ...