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Yumi Kurosawa: Beginning of a Journey
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il koto è una grande cetra e costituisce forse lo strumento, tra quelli della tradizione musicale giapponese, più conosciuto nel mondo dopo essere divenuto popolare in epoca Nara (metà del 600 d.c.). La versione principale di questo strumento è quella a 13 corde, ma l'autrice di Beginnig of a Journey ("Ryou no hajime" in giapponese), Yumi ...
Houston Person: Moment to Moment
by Greg Simmons
Tenor saxophonist Houston Person's Moment to Moment begins with an instant nostalgia trip to the classic Blue Note Sessions of the 1960s. It should not come as any surprise, then, that this album was recorded in the legendary Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, NJ by the man himself, Rudy Van Gelder--rarely a bad thing.
David Binney: Graylen Epicenter
by Troy Collins
Saxophonist, composer and producer David Binney, a progressive artist with one foot in the mainstream and the other in the avant-garde, has gracefully skirted the tenuous divide between traditions for over two decades. Regularly alternating between semi-casual blowing dates and far more ambitious projects, Binney follows up the relatively straight-ahead Aliso (Criss Cross, 2010) and lavish ...
Mark Weinstein: Jazz Brasil
by Jerry D'Souza
Mark Weinstein had a long journey across the trail of music instruments before he settled on the flute. He first played the piano when he was six. He then tried the clarinet and the drums before gravitating to the trombone and string bass in high school. The trombone was the mainstay for quite a while, and ...
William Hooker: Earth's Orbit
by AAJ Italy Staff
Batterista, compositore, poeta e artista di ampi interessi, William Hooker è certamente musicista che ha saputo sempre sintetizzare in un contesto improvvisativo tante tensioni espressive, incorporando elementi rock e post-punk su una base free, incrociando la creatività newyorkese a partire dagli anni Ottanta e collaborando con artisti che vanno da Lee Ranaldo dei Sonic Youth a ...
John Surman: Flashpoint: NDR Jazz Workshop - April '69
by John Kelman
1969 was a watershed year for John Surman. He released his eponymous debut on Dutton Vocalion that year, but it was the recording session for How Many Clouds Can You See? (Vocalion, 1970), that made the year of Woodstock and man's first steps on the moon so portentous for the 25 year-old saxophonist An album effortlessly ...
Soni Sfardati: Tri Soni
by AAJ Italy Staff
Nel jazz e in generale nella musica improvvisata il cosiddetto interplay, ossia l'interazione tra i musicisti, è spesso elemento fondamentale nel determinare la bontà di una esibizione o di una registrazione. Il linguaggio del corpo, l'incrociarsi degli sguardi, gli ammiccamenti diventano parte stessa dell'esecuzione favorendo sviluppi imprevisti e imprevedibili e alimentando il sacro fuoco della creatività. ...
Matthew Rybicki: Driven
by Matt Marshall
Driven may seem a curious title for the debut album of a 37-year-old artist. But it's likely bassist Matthew Rybicki chose the title more as a pronouncement of his musical tastes ("It's definitely critical for me to be trying to swing all the time," he has noted) and, perhaps, of the bassist's role within music, generally. ...
Dave Bass Quartet: Gone
by AAJ Italy Staff
Dave Bass aveva una voglia matta di ritornare a suonare. Dopo esser stato uno dei protagonisti della scena di San Francisco, anni '70/'80, si era fatto notare alla corte di Bobby McFerrin. All'improvviso piantò tutti e tutto. Forse, la musica non gli dava più quelle necessarie soddisfazioni (proviamo a pensare anche in termini economici) che magari ...
Justin Kauflin: Introducing Justin Kauflin
by Dan Bilawsky
Sight and vision are not the same thing, and pianist Justin Kauflin is a testament to this fact. While a rare eye disease robbed Kauflin of his sight by the time he was eleven years old, his artistic vision and sense of purpose remain intact. Kauflin's classical training initially placed him on a certain path, but ...
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