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Matthew Shipp: The Art of the Improviser

Read "The Art of the Improviser" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
February 24, 2011

Any who have witnessed Matthew Shipp in action over the past few years will know that the pianist's bravura concert displays often eclipse his studio output. Unlike many jazz musicians the vast majority of Shipp's oeuvre has been recorded away from an audience. His previous four releases on Thirsty Ear have alternated between trio and solo ...

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Marcello Benetti: Supuesto Blue

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 24, 2011

CD d'esordio per Marcello Benetti, trentottenne batterista di Portogruaro cresciuto a Milano e Bologna, dove ha frequentato la vivace scena dell'avanguardia. Le sollecitazioni arrivate in questo ambito tracciano il percorso della musica, sempre sconnesso e vario nelle situazioni, coralmente e singolarmente, con ampi spazi lasciati alle voci dei singoli (l'ensemble si scompone spesso in varie combinazioni). ...

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Michael William Gilbert: I Can See From Here

Read "I Can See From Here" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
February 24, 2011

If the NPR radio show, Hearts of Space, were hipper and less ambient, it would fall over itself playing Michael William Gilbert's I Can See From Here. The recording is a 14-part suite, made up of Gilbert compositions synthetically prepared by the composer. Gilbert plays all instruments--that is, synthesizer, computer samples and loops, as well as ...

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Mike Pride's From Bacteria to Boys: Betweenwhile

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 23, 2011

Ha offerto i suoi servigi alla corte di sua maestà Anthony Braxton così come ha scatenato la sua batteria per gli MDC, leggende del punk-rock americano. E' pressoché impossibile incasellare un'artista come Mike Pride e altrettanto impossibile immaginare in anticipo la musica contenuta nei suoi CD. From Bacteria to Boys, nato come trio e qui in ...

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Majid Khaliq: The Basilisk

Read "The Basilisk" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
February 23, 2011

There was once a school of thought that championed, zealot-like, the cause of the violin. To them there was no more perfect instrument than the four-stringed wonder that supports a fretless arm and offers infinite possibilities of melody; one that all but brought to life myriad human emotions via harmonic invention. Were this league of extraordinary ...

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Lisa Lindsley: Every Time We Say Goodbye

Read "Every Time We Say Goodbye" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
February 23, 2011

The jazz vocals standard repertoire is a durable one because it is populated with well-conceived and finely-crafted songs from the Great American Songbook. Of equal importance are the song's lyrics, cleverly constructed, and the melody, hook-filled. This song collection exists as a mountain to be climbed by any singer who believes him- or herself capable, willing ...

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Atipico Trio: Eqqueqquà!!!

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 23, 2011

Diciamo la verità: i dischi di Actis Dato si sviluppano ormai lungo coordinate in fondo attese, già sedimentate, ma non per questo sempre scontate. D'altronde, seguire l'espressività e la solarità della musica di Actis Dato (che marchia a fuoco tutti i progetti, ancor più questo nuova versione dell'Atipico Trio, in cui il giovane Davide Tilotta raccoglie ...

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Samir Zarif: Starting Point

Read "Starting Point" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
February 23, 2011

Among the many new voices with something unique to say, Texas-born saxophonist Samir Zarif's Starting Point is as fresh a debut as they come. A member of the internationally acclaimed group The Story--whose names include rising stars, pianist John Escreet and saxophonist Lars Dietrich--Zarif also contributed to singer Maria Neckam's memorable Deeper (Sunnyside, 2010). In both ...

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Vladimir Kostadinovic: Course Of Events

Read "Course Of Events" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza
February 23, 2011

The first choice of instrument may not always be the one that lasts through life. Serbian born drummer Vladimir Kostadinovic began playing the accordion when he was seven. When he got his first drum set from his brother four years later, the instrument became his passion. He attended music school in Belgrade, and graduated from the ...

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Uri Caine Bedrock: Plastic Temptation

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 23, 2011

Plastic Temptation è un album equilibrato; nonostante tutto; nonostante le discese e le risalite (abbastanza) ardite. La musica si sfilaccia come un maglione di lana che lascia velocemente l'uomo nudo, vestito solo dalla sua pelle, incantato prima e poi sconvolto dal freddo. E' così tanto freddo, senza umore, senza aria, un brano come “Noid," funky scatenato ...