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Pierluigi Balducci - Maurizio Brunod - Marta Raviglia: Cherry Dance

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 11, 2011

Originale progetto in trio, che attraversa atmosfere diverse rendendole coerenti grazie alla cifra della formazione. La ricetta è semplice: suoni purissimi distillati dalle chitarre di Maurizio Brunod e dai bassi di Pierluigi Balducci, a sostenere la voce di Marta Raviglia, errante tra canto e vocalizzo, tra contemporanea e jazz, sempre comunque opportuna, originale ed evocativa. Il ...

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Boris Savoldelli: Biocosmopolitan

Read "Biocosmopolitan" reviewed by Mark Redlefsen

by Mark Redlefsen
March 11, 2011

What a contrast Boris Savoldelli's Biocosmopolitan is to the vocalist's predecessor, Protoplasmic (MoonJune Records, 2009), which featured guitarist Elliot Sharp as his chief collaborator. While Protoplasmic was a brave dive into the experimental, Biocosmopolitan is a bright, infectious and singable work. The right balance of passion, delivery, and technology come together for 16 enjoyable tracks with ...

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Noa: Noapolis. Noa Sings Napoli

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 11, 2011

Premessa, necessaria e doverosa: la straordinaria bravura e duttilità di Noa è fuori discussione; la si gusta soprattutto dal vivo, specie allorché ad affiancarla c'è gente di jazz (come nel memorabile concerto all'ultimo Alto Adige Jazz Festival, con Rita Marcotulli, Fabrizio Bosso e Luciano Biondini). Detto ciò, non si può negare che, mettendo nel lettore questo ...

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Suzanne Pittson: Out of the Hub: The Music of Freddie Hubbard

Read "Out of the Hub: The Music of Freddie Hubbard" reviewed by Wilbert Sostre

by Wilbert Sostre
March 11, 2011

The vocalese and scatting tradition is alive and well in singer Suzanne Pittson. With Out of the Hub: The Music of Freddie Hubbard, Pittson continues to establish herself as one of the best singers on today's jazz scene. Out of the Hub includes tunes written by or associated with trumpet legend Freddie Hubbard, with ...

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Brian Landrus Quartet: Traverse

Read "Traverse" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
March 10, 2011

The baritone saxophone: a low-down, honking, raw and randy piece of musical metal, isn't it? What about the baritone saxophone as a romantic, seductive and rather beautifully mellow instrument? Not so likely? Well, once it's placed in the hands of Brian Landrus, the romantic side of the instrument isn't just likely, it seems to be exactly ...

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Gaetano Partipilo and Urban Society: Upgrading

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 10, 2011

Upgrading rappresenta il disco della piena maturità artistica e che impone in pieno la forza compositiva di Partipilo e ne mette in luce le ragguardevoli doti di solista duttile e fantasioso. Inaugura l'opera una effervescente versione di “The Death March" firmata negli anni '60 da Gary MacFarland, dove il sax alto gioca a contrappuntare le fascinose ...

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Nicholas Urie: My Garden

Read "My Garden" reviewed by Wilbert Sostre

by Wilbert Sostre
March 10, 2011

The combination of poetry and music is not new. Spain and Latin America have a great tradition of poetry musicalization. As part of the Nueva Trova style of the 1970s, singers like Silvio Rodriguez, Mercedes Sosa, Atahaulpa Yupanqui and Roy Brown set the poetry of some of Latin America's best writers to music. Being ...

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Stephan Crump - James Carney: Echo Run Pry

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 10, 2011

Tutti e due vengono dalla scena downtown newyorkese, da noi forse il più conosciuto è Stephan Crump ascoltato spesso nel trio di Vijay Iyer. Insieme firmano un album composto da due lunghe improvvisazioni in cui convivono ricerca cameristica e lunghe fughe in libertà. Episodi introspettivi si alternano a improvvisazioni di forte espressionismo sviluppati tuttavia sul filo ...

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Gene Ludwig: Love Notes Of Cole Porter

Read "Love Notes Of Cole Porter" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
March 10, 2011

The release of Gene Ludwig's Love Notes Of Cole Porter is a bittersweet event. While this collection of music shines a spotlight on one of the great, under-recognized organ talents in the world of jazz, it also marks the final recording from this mainstay of the Pittsburgh jazz scene. Ludwig passed away suddenly in the summer ...

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Matt Panayides: Tapestries of Song

Read "Tapestries of Song" reviewed by Jack Huntley

by Jack Huntley
March 10, 2011

In the era of frenetic fretboard technique, the art of developing a patient groove sometimes seems lost in the shuffle, but Matt Panyides skillfully cultivates that very asset on Tapestries of Song. This is not to suggest that Panyides' music lacks for technical aptitude, as his guitar playing displays nothing but virtuosity. Specifically, Panyides' playing has ...