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Sanda Weigl: Gypsy in a Tree

Read "Gypsy in a Tree" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
February 17, 2011

Romanian singer Sanda Weigl's story is a harrowing one that spans the full length of the Cold War, from pre-Ceausescu Romania to communist East Berlin to West Berlin before arriving most recently in New York City, at a time when many Gotham musicians were investigating Eastern European influences in Western music, making her expertise in Gypsy ...

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Art Pepper: Among Friends

Read "Among Friends" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 17, 2011

Art Pepper ebbe tre vite: la prima illuminata dal successo e minata dalla tossicodipendenza, la seconda segnata dal carcere, la terza sotto le ali protettive della moglie, eccellente in termini musicali, ma breve per i troppi colpi ricevuti nel fisico. Era uno dei più originali eredi di Parker, la cui sintassi aveva elaborato in modo da ...

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Sidiki Camara Band: Tolerance

Read "Tolerance" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard

by Jakob Baekgaard
February 17, 2011

Sometimes music blossoms in the strangest places. For instance, who would have thought that a superior example of Malian funk could be created in Norway? Nevertheless, this is the case with Malian vocalist and master percussionist Sidiki Camara, whose band consists of some of the best jazz musicians on the Norwegian scene. Camara ...

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Leila Adu: Ode to the Unknown Factory Worker

Read "Ode to the Unknown Factory Worker" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 17, 2011

Difficile catalogare l'ultima, bellissima, uscita discografica di Leila Adu, prodotta da Rai Trade per la collana Tracce. Già lei stessa un mosaico di etnie e nazionalità diverse (neozelandese di origini ghanesi, Londra e Roma principali centri di attività), Leila Adu ha studiato ed è impegnata su fronti molto diversi, dalla musica contemporanea al blues e alla ...

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Claire DeBrunner / Ken Silverman / Daniel Carter / Tom Zlabinger: Macroscopia

Read "Macroscopia" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
February 17, 2011

Multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter may be the best known constituent part of NYC collective quartet Macroscopia, but based on its eponymous debut, he's not the only reason to listen. Although the bassoon hasn't figured largely in jazz history to date, an increasing number of able modern practitioners specializing in the large double reed woodwind seek to change ...

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Pasquale Laino: The River Will Carry Me

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 17, 2011

Pasquale Laino è un sassofonista e compositore che il pubblico del jazz italiano conosce quale componente del gruppo Arundo Donax, quartetto di sassofoni fondato nel 1993 con Mario Raja, Pietro Tonolo e Rossano Emili. Il suo temperamento versatile l'ha portato negli anni a sviluppare collaborazioni musicali con artisti pop (Mango, Matia Bazar, Carmen Consoli), con l'orchestra ...

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Everywhere Band: Music Is...

Read "Music Is..." reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
February 17, 2011

Everywhere Band has a bit of an identity crisis on this three-song EP. Multi-reedist/composer/leader Joshua Kwassman takes the band through reworkings of two semi-modern pop hits--John Mayer's “Clarity" and Dave Matthews' “Satellite"-- with mixed results, painting an uneven picture of what this band can do. Sometimes this music cooks under the flame of guitarist Michael Valeanu's ...

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Nick Mazzarella Trio: Aviary

by Mark Corroto
February 17, 2011

Saxophonist Nick Mazzarella keeps things neat and succinct on this shortish (30 minute) introductory release. Although compact, this release is quite loquacious and, perhaps, a presage of great things to come.All six compositions were penned by Mazzarella, and harken back to the early 1960s, and the rise of Ornette Coleman and Eric Dolphy. Mazzarella, ...

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Sonic Calligraphy: The Flow of Things

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 17, 2011

La cino-americana Peggy Chew e gli svizzeri Frey e Kotoun compongono il nucleo stabile del gruppo, cui si uniscono in questo album altri due cinesi, il cantante Coco Zhao (peraltro dal timbro a sua volta alquanto femminile) e la suonatrice di gu qin (sorta di cetra da tavolo) Wu Na. Ne vien fuori una proposta prevedibilmente ...

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Giya Kancheli: Themes from the Songbook

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 16, 2011

Questo particolarissimo CD con musiche del compositore georgiano Giya Kancheli ha una curiosa genesi. Nasce infatti dalla pubblicazione, avvenuta nel 2009, del suo songbook intitolato Simple Music for Piano. 33 Miniatures from Music for Stage and Screen, nel quale Kancheli ha raccolto melodie “d'occasione," scritte per accompagnare appunto rappresentazioni teatrali od opere cinematografiche. Come egli stesso ...