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Al Cohn: Four Classic Albums Plus

Read "Four Classic Albums Plus" reviewed by David Rickert

by David Rickert
February 4, 2011

Saxophonist/clarinetist Al Cohn could have spent his life as either an arranger or a player, but fortunately he chose to do both, creating a series of records that weren't classics, but nevertheless reached the sublime and poetic elements of jazz. In this collection of four sessions, one is an orchestral session from the fifties, with charts ...

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Sean Parsons: Introduction

Read "Introduction" reviewed by Sean Coughlin

by Sean Coughlin
February 4, 2011

Pianist Sean Parsons has put together an eclectic album of originals, offering the opportunity for an unpredictable listening journey. Introduction kicks off with the modern, 12-tone “Skylines," effectively setting the stage for the next eight tracks. Parsons distinguishes himself early on, with a driving solo that is both controlled and free, with crystal-clear articulation. Bop trumpeter ...

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Ron Carter: All Blues

Read "All Blues" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
February 4, 2011

In the 1960s and 1970s, few bassists were as ubiquitous as Ron Carter, from the experimental post/free bop of trumpeter Miles Davis's 1960s quintet to straight-ahead swing with guitarist Kenny Burrell and the greater extremes of saxophonist Archie Shepp. With the emergence of CTI Records, Carter became something of a house bassist for the label; on ...

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David Binney: Graylen Epicenter

Read "Graylen Epicenter" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
February 4, 2011

19th-century German novelist Berthold Auerbach is long forgotten by the masses in modern day society, but his best-known quote about music, “Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life," still lives on but pays no mind to the fact that some of the finest music can be reflective of everyday life.

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Fabio Zambelli Trio: Elé

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 4, 2011

Prende vita da una doppia seduta di registrazione datata 2007 questo Elè, lavoro a firma del trio capitanato dal chitarrista Fabio Zambelli, al cui fianco si muovono Pete Whittaker al piano elettrico e Laurence Lowe alla batteria. Musica dinamica, colta e con riferimenti a quella prodotta dai grandi chitarristi (citiamo Pat Metheny giusto per intenderci) quella ...

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douBt: Never Pet a Burning Dog

Read "Never Pet a Burning Dog" reviewed by Mark Redlefsen

by Mark Redlefsen
February 4, 2011

Guitarist Michel Deville, of the Belgian Wrong Object, and British keyboardist Alex Maguire team up to form a power trio with drummer Tony Bianco as doubt, on its debut, Never Pet a Burning Dog. Deville steps out with a louder, more direct tone, affectionately and more overtly exposing the influence of Terje Rypdal--even including one of ...

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Leonardo Pieri Sestetto: Telesio Sessions

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 3, 2011

Sei eccellenti musicisti, che si ritrovano quasi per divertimento e mettono a punto una serie di pezzi prima composti e poi arrangiati su misura per loro dal pianista cesenate ma fiorentino d'adozione Leonardo Pieri; una registrazione “fatta in casa," ma fatta talmente bene che alcuni dei sei si rendono conto che è un vero peccato lasciar ...

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Jim Hall: Concierto

Read "Concierto" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
February 3, 2011

Amongst the many CTI classics of the 1970s, few stand the test of time as well as guitarist Jim Hall's Concierto, an ambitious album that, in its original form, married one side of modern mainstream with a second taken up by a 19-minute version of Joaquin Rodrigo's 1939 piece for classical guitar and orchestra, “Concierto de ...

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Tamco: Don't Think Twice

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 3, 2011

Se amate quel terreno tipicamente british, dove soul, post rock e jazz si fondono alimentandosi l'un l'altro, non perdetevi questo disco, accolto dalla stampa d'oltremanica con giudizi superlativi. Il nome più noto (si fa per dire) è quello della cantante Tammy Payne che opera dai primi anni novanta nell'underground musicale di Bristol come alcuni dei colleghi ...

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Fabio Turchetti 5tet: Mangiafuoco

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 3, 2011

Interessante lavoro dell'eclettico Fabio Turchetti (clicca qui per leggere la recensione del precedente Stella Splendens Suite), nel quale vengono fusi contemporanea, folk e jazz, con un forte e diretto richiamo alla tradizione. Lo spunto e il radicamento tradizionale li offre il paese di Castelponzone, in provincia di Cremona, dove da tempo immemorabile si svolgono fiere di ...