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Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya: Sotho Blue
by Ian Patterson
Pianist Abdullah Ibrahim's Ekaya is more an expression of the South African's musical philosophy than a fixed combo; musicians have come and gone and his collaborators have changed completely since its inception in 1983. Ekaya is not about personalities, but about music born of South Africa and the Afro-American experience. Speaking of Ekaya, Ibrahim states, “Its ...
John Medeski & Lee Shaw: Together Again: Live At The Egg
by Bruce Lindsay
John Medeski is one of the jazz world's best-known and most accomplished keyboard players--but he had to begin learning jazz somewhere. That somewhere was with pianist, composer and teacher Lee Shaw, in late '70s Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Over 30 years later, as the title of their album makes plain, Medeski and Shaw are Together Again: Live ...
Samir Zarif: Starting Point
by Dan Bilawsky
Saxophonist Samir Zarif has experienced a wide cross section of the cultural landscape of the United States. Zarif grew up in Texas, spent his college years learning and performing in New Orleans, and then traveled north to New York for his studies at the Manhattan School of Music. While all of this isn't necessarily remarkable for ...
The Nu Band: Nu Band Live in Paris
by AAJ Italy Staff
Tra i gruppi che animano la scena della libera improvvisazione, questo è tra i più avvincenti, ponendosi in equilibrio tra lo spirito incendiario del free storico e la ricerca più astratta delle successive correnti. I componenti sono tutti veterani dell'avanguardia (compreso il trombettista Roy Campbell che ha iniziato a farsi conoscere nei gruppi di William Parker ...
Herbie Hancock: Maiden Voyage
by Greg Simmons
There are few worse examples of a masterpiece performance being savaged by poor recording quality than Herbie Hancock's Maiden Voyage. This very expensive recent re-release on 45RPM vinyl by Analogue Productions only serves to highlight its engineering travesty.Rudy Van Gelder had the great fortune to record the best of the best in jazz for ...
Bizingas: Bizingas
by AAJ Italy Staff
Un altro debutto, un altro gran disco che arriva da Brooklyn, un'altra testimonianza della vitalità della nuova scena newyorchese. Quasi in contemporanea con Finally Out of My Hands, opera prima del batterista Ches Smith, arriva sugli scaffali dei negozi [si fa per dire] l'esordio del trombonista Brian Drye, 35 anni suonati e un curriculum tutto da ...
Lol Coxhill - Roger Turner: Success with Your Dog
by AAJ Italy Staff
Lol Coxhill, monumento del free europeo, e Roger Turner, percussionista tra i più accreditati del panorama radicale (collaborazioni con Elton Dean, Alan Silva, Derek Bailey, Toshinori Kondo, Evan Parker, Tom Cora, Keith Rowe, Cecil Taylor ecc.) sono amici di lunga data. Si conoscono dall'inizio degli anni Settanta, periodo in cui il “Bald Soprano" si divideva tra ...
Jim Hall - Joey Baron: Conversations
by AAJ Italy Staff
Magnifici gli 80 anni di Jim Hall, indomito nel proporre musiche audaci, lontane dai clichè. In Conversations coinvolge l'amico e partner Joey Baron per un'esplorazione assai sofisticata della formula corde e percussioni. Chi frequenta la musica di Hall sa che il chitarrista predilige i toni sfuggenti, allusivi, rifiutando a priori l'enfasi e i toni declamatori. Anche ...
BANN: As You Like
by Bruce Lindsay
BANN came together in 2007, combining the experienced rhythm section of bassist Jay Anderson and drummer Adam Nussbaum with the younger duo of guitarist Oz Noy and tenor player Seamus Blake. While the band has been busy playing live on the European scene it's taken almost four years for its debut album, recorded in May 2009, ...
Free Fall: Gray Scale
by Charles Walker
For years now, multi-reed instrumentalist Ken Vandermark has been a consistent, if idiosyncratic, devotee of the jazz canon. Musically coming of age in the internet era, however, his taste reflects the widespread availability of previously neglected recordings and the resulting reorientation of what exactly that canon includes. Explicit dedication of Vandermark 5 tracks to Curtis Counce ...
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