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Marcus Miller: A Night in Monte Carlo

Read "A Night in Monte Carlo" reviewed by Chuck Koton

by Chuck Koton
February 19, 2011

It's been more than four years since James Brown, the “hardest working man in show business," departed this Earth for an ethereal stage, time enough to anoint a successor. Bassist Marcus Miller deserves consideration--a tribute that would, no doubt, put a smile on the face of the Godfather of Soul. After all, a typical year for ...

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Rabih Abou-Khalil: Trouble in Jerusalem

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 18, 2011

C'è un film muto tedesco del 1922 ("Nathan il saggio"), uno scrittore tedesco (Gotthold Ephraim Lessing) autore dell'omonimo dramma del 1779 e un compositore libanese (Rabih Abou-Khalil). C'è poi una storia di censura e intolleranza: il film fu bandito dai nazisti e mandato al rogo in tutte le sue copie (almeno così pareva all'epoca). C'è anche ...

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Alexandre Nussbaum Acoustic Trio: Jungle City

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 18, 2011

La Altrisuoni è una realtà che documenta con saggezza il jazz svizzero. Fra quantità e qualità delle proposte riescono a trovare un giusto equilibrio e a presentare musicisti di valore che danno un quadro del jazz made in Switzerland davvero notevole. Prendiamo ad esempio questo trio di musicisti già presenti nella propria scuderia. Tutti a loro ...

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Alon Nechushtan: Words Beyond

Read "Words Beyond" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
February 18, 2011

Playing jazz can be like driving a car. Sometimes you can sit back, rely on cruise control, and simply revel in a straightforward journey, but more precise maneuvering is often required. Lightning quick reflexes, an ability to comfortably navigate hairpin turns, and a strong directional sense are equally important, and pianist Alon Nechushtan exhibits all of ...

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Shawn Costantino: Waltz for Anne

Read "Waltz for Anne" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
February 18, 2011

Finally! A collection of Adult Contemporary jazz that has something to say and knows how to say it. Nothing signals oncoming Muzak more than jazz propelled by electric bass, guitar, and piano. Fortunately, multi-reedist Shawn Costantino slays those dragons of jazz prejudice early in his self-produced Waltz for Anne, with an incendiary cover of The Beatles' ...

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Matija Dedic Trio: MD in NYC

Read "MD in NYC" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
February 18, 2011

Pianist Matija Dedic's MD in NYC tiptoes into existence on a delicate rhythm, joined in short order by a sprinkling of crystalline notes in the melody, with a whisper of brushes and spare but assertive bass lines. “Her Name" is one of the pianist's five originals in the set, and has a wistful reverence that speaks, ...

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Horace Silver: The Cape Verdean Blues

Read "The Cape Verdean Blues" reviewed by Greg Simmons

by Greg Simmons
February 18, 2011

Any review of an XRCD extended resolution CD reissue of hard bop pianist Horace Silver's The Cape Verdean Blues is going to be as much about the success of the format as it is about the music.The music on old recordings, re-released in expensive high-tech format by specialist Elusive Disc (in it's series of ...

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Billy Fox's Blackbirds & Bullets: Dulces

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 18, 2011

Pupillo di Jane Ira Bloom, cresciuto tra punk, rock, metal e quant'altro, il batterista Billy Fox sembra privilegiare negli ultimi lavori il ruolo di compositore e direttore musicale, come avviene anche in questo Dulces. Ma, a differenza dei precedenti dischi organizzati sotto forma di suite, Dulces presenta sei brani autonomi, dalla specificità marcata, che vivono di ...

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AA.VV.: Riddim Box

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 18, 2011

È dedicato al cosiddetto UK Funky - genere impostosi in questi ultimi anni sulla scena dance underground londinese grazie alla sua miscela di garage, dancehall, electro e sapori afrolatini, in una linea evolutiva che dalle esperienze urbane grime e dubstep guarda verso il domani - questa doppia raccolta della sempre attenta Soul Jazz. La quantità di ...

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Jan Bang: ….and poppies from Kandahar

Read "….and poppies from Kandahar" reviewed by Nenad Georgievski

by Nenad Georgievski
February 18, 2011

Imagination knows no boundaries and, as Einstein has said, more important than knowledge is the imagination that embraces the whole world and all there will be to know and understand. Clearly, a man whose imagination knows no boundaries and embraces opportunities, live sampler Jan Bang's debut is an album of pioneering intensity and diverse expression.