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Donny McCaslin: Perpetual Motion

Read "Perpetual Motion" reviewed by Warren Allen

by Warren Allen
January 18, 2011

Donny McCaslin has long been one of the under-sung superstars of the modern tenor saxophone. In recent years, however, as both a leader and sideman with big band leader Maria Schneider, the Mingus Dynasty band, and trumpeter Dave Douglas, McCaslin has gained more and more well-deserved recognition. Drawing off the best of the 21st century's jazz, ...

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Samo Salamon: Almost Almond

Read "Almost Almond" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
January 18, 2011

Samo Salamon has been compared to everybody from Ben Monder, John Scofield and John Abercrombie, to Sonny Sharrock and Tal Farlow. This list, referencing a group of guitarists that have little in common, will leave plenty of people scratching their heads, but it points to the fact that this young Slovenian guitarist knows no bounds. Salamon ...

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Maver Quartet: 12 Nodi

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 18, 2011

Il bolognese Carlo Maver è uno dei non molti specialisti di bandoneon nel nostro paese. Giunto alla musica relativamente tardi e attraverso il flauto, incontra poi il bandoneon e lo studia da autodidatta, fino a partire per l'Argentina e specializzarsi con Dino Saluzzi. 12 Nodi è il suo secondo CD, autoprodotto come il precedente Spaesaggi. Il ...

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Various Artists: Jazzvox Presents: In Your Own Backyard

Read "Jazzvox Presents: In Your Own Backyard" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
January 18, 2011

Nich Anderson is a Northwest coast jazz vocalist and jazz vocals champion who has been bringing jazz vocal talent to his “house concerts" in Washington State for the past 10 years. Anderson and Origin Records' house presence Bill Anschell have produced a recording documenting some of this talent. The result is a collection of duets and ...

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Rodrigo Amado: Searching for Adam

Read "Searching for Adam" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 18, 2011

Spalleggiata da un'etichetta lungimirante come la Clean Feed e sostenuta coraggiosamente da festival pronti a rischiare come quelli di Lisbona e Coimbra, c'è tutta una nuova scena portoghese che si sta imponendo all'attenzione del jazz globale. Carlos Bica, Hugo Carvalhais, Gabriel Pinto, Mário Costa, Carlos Barretto, Hugo Antunes, Alexandre Frazão, Luís Lopes, Bernardo Sassetti, Zé Eduardo. ...

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Kerry Politzer Quartet: Blue In Blue

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 18, 2011

Kerry Politzer vanta un percorso simile a quello di molti pianisti statunitensi. Approccio precoce allo strumento, studi al conservatorio, innamoramento per il jazz, primi riconoscimenti, album di debutto pluripremiato, ingaggi a go-go, coccolata da pubblico e discografici. Ma si sa il rischio di adagiarsi sugli allori è sempre dietro l'angolo e questo Blue in Blue sembra ...

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Bill O'Connell: Rhapsody in Blue

Read "Rhapsody in Blue" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

by Woodrow Wilkins
January 18, 2011

Don't let the title, Rhapsody in Blue, fool you. Pianist Bill O'Connell isn't doing an album-length tribute to Gershwin. The title song is just one of three covers in this ten-track set; he rest are O'Connell originals. “Monk's Cha-Cha" features alto saxophonist Steve Slagle. Dave Samuels follows O'Connell with a solo. Bassist Luques Curtis, ...

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Joelle Leandre / India Cooke: Journey

by John Sharpe
January 17, 2011

Joëlle Léandre's name on the sleeve guarantees invention and passion. Over the years, the French improvising bassist has made the duet format one of her prime modes of expression, pairing, in recent years, with George Lewis and Jean-Luc Capozzo on just two recent examples from a discography now more than 150 strong. Further swelling the ranks, ...

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Dave Liebman: Live/As Always

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 17, 2011

L'apertura di questo bel disco della big band del saxofonista Dave Liebman è affidata ad una sorta di fanfara che richiama gli album di Michael Gibbs, uno degli arrangiatori e band leader più importanti nel jazz degli ultimi quarant'anni. Un punto di collegamento interessante che poi si ripresenta quà e la anche nel prosieguo del CD, ...

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Mark Weinstein: Jazz Brasil

Read "Jazz Brasil" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
January 17, 2011

Flautist Mark Weinstein has enjoyed impressive success with his almost yearly releases. Timbasa (Jazzhead Records, 2010), Tales from the Earth (With Omar Sosa) (Ota Records, 2009) and Straight No Chaser (Jazzhead Records, 2008) were all favorably reviewed within these sacred electrons. Weinstein belongs to an elite club of jazz flautists, a necessarily small one that includes ...