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Chris Crocco: The Chris Crocco Fluid Trio +

Read "The Chris Crocco Fluid Trio +" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
January 29, 2011

The best of creative modern jazz can be visualized like Providence's Waterfire: living, breathing art with the near silence of water and sizzle of fire. True to that spirit, The Chris Crocco Fluid Trio + offers both vitalizing and hushed elements in the sequence of tunes on its self-titled sophomore outing. Crocco, the southern-born, New York-based ...

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Peter Scherr: Son of August

Read "Son of August" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
January 29, 2011

Bassist Peter Sherr made a splash with his trio recording with Jazz Folk--Jazz in the Stone Age (Self Produced, 2010)--a strange collection of grunge covered jazz. Son of August pairs the bassist with his slide guitar playing brother, Tony Scherr, second guitarist Brad Shepik, and saxophonist Michael Blake, for a curious collection of progressive jazz and ...

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Univers Zero: Heresie

by Nic Jones
January 29, 2011

This reissue of Univers Zero's second album serves as a reminder as to how its singular vision--especially with the passing of decades (such a tricky notion, given the nature of the music)--has been upheld with an extraordinary collective force of will. The usual terms apply--as much as anything the group has ever committed ...

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Bryan and the Haggards: Pretend It's The End of the World

Read "Pretend It's The End of the World" reviewed by William Carey

by William Carey
January 29, 2011

Is it too late for a “best of 2010" list? This 2010 release, by Bryan and the Haggards, has made several of these lists; while it would be easy to approach these jazz renditions of Merle Haggard tunes as some sort of novelty, that couldn't be farther from what tenor saxophonist Bryan Murray and his quintet ...

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Itamar Erez / The Adama Ensemble: Hommage

Read "Hommage" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
January 28, 2011

Four years passed between the debut recording of Israeli pianist/guitarist Itamar Erez and this sophomore one. Desert Song (Self Produced, 2006), was recorded with his Canadian quartet, and after relocating to Israel he founded a local quartet, based on the same instrumentation that was introduced by the pioneering, genre-breaking quartet, Oregon. On Hommage, ...

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Darrell Katz and the Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra: A Wallflower in the Amazon

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 28, 2011

In questo ottavo album della big band guidata da Darrell Katz e attiva sulla scena di Boston dalla metà degli anni ottanta, il riscontro stilistico più evidente è quello della buona integrazione fra la voce di Rebecca Shrimpton e gli eccellenti arrangiamenti di Katz. Il repertorio è variegato e mischia originali di Katz con brani scritti ...

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John Burnett Orchestra with Special Guest Buddy DeFranco: Down For Double

Read "Down For Double" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza
January 28, 2011

On his third CD as leader, conductor John Burnett pays tribute to the music of Glenn Miller, Buddy Rich, Duke Ellington and Count Basie, among others. The music here was recorded at three different times, from 2000 to 2010, but there is an underlying factor that unites it all. The John Burnett Orchestra swings mightily, abetted ...

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Ivo Perelman - Rosie Hertlein - Dominic Duval: Near to the Wild Heart

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 28, 2011

Una lunga suite di circa un'ora, suddivisa in otto parti. Ivo Perelman non cerca per il nuovo trio neanche dei titoli ai brani, si accontenta di dare una suddivisione al flusso sonoro, al magma che tutti insieme riversano su chi ascolta. Ha trovato dei sidemen congeniali: Dominic Duval al contrabbasso, con cui collabora da diverso tempo ...

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Gunslinger: Early Volumes 1

Read "Early Volumes 1" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
January 28, 2011

DJ Chris Anthem, aka Gunslinger, offers a medley of dance and party tracks founded on a pulsating, groove-oriented modus operandi. With feisty synth lines, catchy riffs and echo-laden vocals, the program casts an appeasing portraiture of retro house beats with a modern periphery. Gunslinger incorporates beefy electro-bass parts into the grand schema, which is a component ...

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Erica Mou: Bacio ancora le ferite

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 28, 2011

«Fino a qualche anno fa credevo che il jazz avesse l'odore stantio di naftalina tipico delle “casadellenonne". Basta solo un po' di curiosità olfattiva per annusare profumi di spezie inedite» ci aveva raccontato qualche tempo fa Erica Mou intervistata nella nostra rubrica “Osmosi". Una volta ascoltato Bacio ancora le ferite, viene il dubbio che i profumi ...