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Amir ElSaffar - Hafez Modirzadeh: Radif Suite

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 20, 2011

La Pi Recordings ha pubblicato una serie di interessanti incisioni in cui l'avanguardia di matrice afroamericana si confronta con musiche di origine etnica, senza per questo cadere nelle facili trappole del genere world. È un'esigenza nata dalle origini degli autori, musicisti come Rudresh Mahantappa, che ha riscoperto legittimi legami tra musica indiana e improvvisazione jazzistica, o, ...

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Lars Fiil Quartet: Reconsideration

Read "Reconsideration" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard

by Jakob Baekgaard
January 20, 2011

Hailing from Aarhus, Lars Fiil is one of the latest discoveries on the Danish jazz scene. The young Danish pianist's quartet won the prestigious Young Jazz Comets Denmark in 2010, and is now ready to launch its debut, Reconsideration. The album, consisting entirely of compositions penned by the leader, shows a band whose ...

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Mariano Di Nunzio Trio Barracina: Sonata a 3 + 2

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 20, 2011

Ispirato alle poesie di Oscar Wilde, scritto e arrangiato appositamente per questo quintetto, Sonata a 3 + 2 è album di grande interesse, ricco di emozioni, di musica intensa, suggestiva nell'evocare mondi sonori apparentemente incompatibili, suonata benissimo, arrangiata altrettanto bene, vivida e sempre stimolante. Merito dell'ensemble allestito dal trombettista, compositore, arrangiatore e didatta Mariano Di Nunzio, ...

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Kathleen Kolman: Dream On

Read "Dream On" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
January 20, 2011

New England jazz polyglot Kathleen Kolman displays efficiency in art with the release of Dream On. The recording serves as both her Masters Degree project at Lesley University in Cambridge and her first commercial release. She joins a rarefied group of female jazz vocalists who call New England home, including Donna Byrne, Kris Adams, Krisanthi Pappas, ...

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Donny McCaslin: Perpetual Motion

Read "Perpetual Motion" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
January 20, 2011

Each new record from tenor saxophonist Donny McCaslin is cause for celebration. With each album, McCaslin has put himself in the middle of a different instrumental configuration, challenging the saxophonist to reach new heights, and Perpetual Motion is no different. Now that he has proven his mettle on the piano-less trio battleground with Recommended Tools (Greenleaf, ...

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Marbin: Breaking the Cycle

Read "Breaking the Cycle" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
January 20, 2011

Marbin's sophomore album Breaking the Cycle is very different than its eponymous debut. Gone is the Zen-like, expansive but quiet sound, in favor of a cinematic quality with intensely complex tunes full of color and texture. The lineup has also expanded from the duo of guitarist Dani Rabin and saxophonist Danny Markovitch to include bassist Steve ...

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Christian Howes: Out of the Blue

Read "Out of the Blue" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 20, 2011

Il violinista Christian Howes è uno degli interpreti emergenti dello strumento tradizionalmente associato alla musica classica di stampo europeo e portato in ambito jazz e blues da grandi interpreti come Joe Venuti, Stuff Smith, Stephane Grapelli, Don Sugarcane Harris e Jean Luc Ponty. Howes ha avuto una formazione classica ma in questo album dimostra di sapere ...

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John Beasley: Letter to Herbie

Read "Letter to Herbie" reviewed by Wilbert Sostre

by Wilbert Sostre
January 20, 2011

Those who don't yet know John Beasley are missing the opportunity to hear one of the best pianists and improvisers on the jazz scene today. Beasley is a master musician, with total command of the jazz language, and his playing is always intense in both emotion and technique.John Beasley's 2009 album, Positootly (Resonance) was ...

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Mark Feldman - Sylvie Courvoisier: To Fly to Steal

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 20, 2011

Si può essere troppo bravi? Sotto le spoglie di una domanda all'apparenza sciocca si nasconde un'annosa questione. Il virtuosismo come zavorra: da risorsa a limite, da mezzo a fine. Chitarristi che sfrecciano alla velocità della luce senza avere uno straccio di idea. Tastieristi da competizione per musica da circo. Non c'è peggior razza degli inutili virtuosi. ...

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Dan Berg & The Gestalt: Manifesto

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 19, 2011

Dan Berg, tastierista e compositore nativo di Brooklyn, è stato allievo di Marty Erlich. Non c'è quindi da stupirsi se una particolare attenzione all'aspetto compositivo, alla rigorosità e profondità dell'approccio strumentale e soprattutto una mente aperta e senza preconcetti, siano divenuti elementi imprescindibili nel bagaglio artistico del giovane allievo. E ciò emerge a chiare lettere in ...