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Don Cherry: Copenhagen 1963 & Hilversum 1966

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 7, 2011

Diciamo subito che quanto contenuto in questo CD risulta interamente inedito: per metà si rifà a un'esibizione dei New York Contemporary Five alla Radiohusets Koncertstal di Copenhagen il 27 ottobre 1963, per l'altra metà recupera un live di due anni e mezzo dopo (9 maggio '66) in quel di Hilversum (Paesi Bassi), protagonista il quintetto cherryano. ...

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Henry Grimes - Rashied Ali: Spirits Aloft

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 7, 2011

Rashied Ali, al secolo Robert Patterson, è scomparso a settantasei anni il 12 agosto 2009. Il live qui documentato, doverosamente dedicatogli, risale a sei mesi prima. Lo aprono e chiudono due brevi poemi recitati da Henry Grimes, che ne è l'autore (suoi anche i disegni, squisitamente naïfs, in interno di copertina). Lo stesso Grimes, subito nel ...

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Manuel Rocheman: The Touch of Your Lips: Tribute to Bill Evans

Read "The Touch of Your Lips: Tribute to Bill Evans" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
February 7, 2011

The French Naive record label, long known for its fine releases of classical music--particularly its ongoing Vivaldi Opera project--has initiated a jazz stream, highlighting French jazz talent, including pianist Manuel Rocheman's The Touch of Your Lips: Tribute to Bill Evans. It is somehow fitting that a tribute to America's last great pioneer in jazz piano (apologies ...

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David Lee Jr.: Evolution

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 7, 2011

Collezionisti, diggers, cercatori di pepite sonore, alfieri delle limited editions, unitevi! La sempre straordinaria etichetta londinese Soul Jazz ripesca dall'oscurità questa gemma realizzata nel 1974 in poche centinaia di copie [etichetta autoprodotta, ovviamente, la Supernal Records] dal batterista David Lee Jr. Originario di New Orleans, ma pienamente calato nell'atmosfera di ricerca black della Grande Mela a ...

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Ryan Cavanaugh & No Man's Land: Ryan Cavanaugh & No Man's Land

Read "Ryan Cavanaugh & No Man's Land" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
February 7, 2011

Saxophonist Bill Evans may have headed the marquee, but the surprise of his Soulgrass Band's 2007 Ottawa Jazz Festival performance was 27 year-old banjoist Ryan Cavanaugh. In the wake of Béla Fleck, Cavanaugh has emerged as the inevitable next step, continuing to transition the oft-maligned banjo into a bona fide jazz instrument as flexible as its ...

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Adam Lane's Full Throttle Orchestra: Ashcan Rantings

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 7, 2011

Se la sezione delle trombe è formata da tue tipi come Nate Wooley e Taylor Ho Bynum si insinua il ragionevole dubbio che l'orchestra in questione del tutto “normale" proprio non sia. Se poi il contrabbassista, compositore e leader ha il nome di Adam Lane, una presenza costante “coast to coast “ nei progetti più interessanti ...

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Peter Erskine / Bob Mintzer / Derek Oles / Alan Pasqua: Standards 2, Movie Music

Read "Standards 2, Movie Music" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
February 7, 2011

While the songs featured on Standards 2, Movie Music were given an initial audience through the medium of film, some of them have led a fruitful existence beyond the borders of the silver screen. Some melodies--like Tara's Theme," from 1939's Gone With The Wind--will always be associated with their point of origin, but much of Cole ...

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Roberta Piket: Sides, Colors

Read "Sides, Colors" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
February 7, 2011

Back in earlier days, when the vinyl, 33 RPM long playing record was the way to listen to music, Roberta Piket's Sides, Colors would have been released as a double disc, with its generous seventy-six minutes of music and two distinctly different moods. After her beautiful piano trio outing, Love and Beauty (Thirteenth Note Records, 2007), ...

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Dan Weiss Trio: Timshel

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 7, 2011

Non saprei dire quanti piano-trio nella storia del jazz siano a nome del batterista ed eseguano esclusivamente (o principalmente) sue composizioni, ma suppongo si possano contare sulle dita di una mano. E' quindi con grande interesse e curiosità che ho inserito nel lettore Timshel del Dan Weiss Trio. Dan Weiss si è fatto conoscere, anche in ...

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Ralph Bowen: Power Play

Read "Power Play" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
February 7, 2011

Saxophonist Ralph Bowen has always been an original, despite being tagged as one of the neo-traditionalist young lions of the '80s. A quarter century has gone by since Bowen came to semi-prominence as a member of Out Of The Blue, yet this mega-talent still manages to fly just under the radar, despite impressive dates like this ...