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Renato Pompilio Trio: Fluttering

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 17, 2011

Fluttering è un bel disco del cinquantacinquenne chitarrista di Verbania Renato Pompilio, che fonde con eleganza e lirismo le sonorità della chitarra classica (riferimenti al flamenco e alla musica sudamericana) con gli stilemi del jazz. Pompilio ha uno stile eclettico, per il quale è difficile individuare un unico ispiratore: lirico, dal fraseggio articolato, ha un suono ...

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Plunge: Tin Fish Tango

Read "Tin Fish Tango" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
January 17, 2011

Plunge is a drummer-less trio, featuring leader/trombonist Mark McGrain teamed with bassist James Singleton. The “no drums" approach allows flexibility in the music's time element, and a fluidity of the flow of notes, while horns and bass make room for space as a major component of the sound.The slippery tango of the title track ...

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Nels Cline: Dirty Baby

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 17, 2011

Nels Cline è da molti anni una delle voci più interessanti emerse dal mondo della musica Americana. Lo è come chitarrista, ammirato e stimato da molti suoi colleghi. Lo è come musicista a tutto tondo, autore di progetti sempre carichi di suggestioni, sorprese e spunti. L'ingresso nel gruppo Wilco non sembra averlo distolto più di tanto ...

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Petter Wettre: The Only Way To Travel 2

Read "The Only Way To Travel 2" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
January 17, 2011

Saxophonist Petter Wettre cannot help but draw many references to the great Sonny Rollins. It's his sound--a big, warm voice with muscular articulation. On the download-only The Only Way To Travel 2, he teams up with drummer Audun Kleive, to reprise Volume One (2000), made ten years ago.With t"Medley," it's only Wettre's horn that's ...

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Zeno De Rossi Shtik: The Manne I Love

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 17, 2011

Zeno De Rossi, assieme a una bella parte del “conjunto de El Gallo Rojo" e a molti altri ottimi collaboratori, rende omaggio in questo doppio CD a uno dei suoi miti: il batterista Shelly Manne, personaggio che ha attraversato buona parte della storia del jazz, ma che non ha mai disdegnato - da autentico jazzista - ...

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Dan Block: From His World To Mine: Dan Block Plays The Music Of Duke Ellington

Read "From His World To Mine: Dan Block Plays The Music Of Duke Ellington" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

by Woodrow Wilkins
January 17, 2011

Stevie Wonder referred to him as “the king of all"--him, being Duke Ellington, a master bandleader from the golden era of big band jazz. Dan Block pays tribute to Sir Duke with From His World to Mine. Block is a saxophonist, clarinetist and composer who has associated with such artists as Clark Terry, Linda ...

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Michael Jäger Kerouac: Meets Greg Osby & Philipp Schaufelberger

Read "Meets Greg Osby & Philipp Schaufelberger" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 17, 2011

La formula della band “locale" che collabora con il musicista famoso e straniero non è nuova ma i risultati non sono sempre interessanti. In questo caso, il ruolo della band “locale" viene svolto dal gruppo svizzero Kerouac, guidato dal sassofonista Michael Jäger, mentre a Greg Osby spetta quello di ospite di lusso. A ibridare la formula ...

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Jane Ira Bloom: Wingwalker

Read "Wingwalker" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
January 16, 2011

The soprano saxophone often gets a raw deal. Many people see it as a relic from the early ages of jazz, a smooth jazz delivery method or a secondary axe that's only to be used when their alto saxophone, tenor saxophone or clarinet needs a break. While these attitudes are prevalent throughout a large portion of ...

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Ballake Sissoko / Vincent Segal: Chamber Music

Read "Chamber Music" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
January 16, 2011

Until quite recently, the kora was a curiosity which generally required the bracketed explanation (a 16 or 21 string West African harp) when referred to in print. Today, with “world music" part of the cultural mainstream, the instrument is almost commonplace. More so, in jazz anyway, than the cello (a four string viol pitched above a ...

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Jake Fryer / Bud Shank: In Good Company

Read "In Good Company" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
January 16, 2011

Young British composer/alto saxophonist Jake Fryer joins forces with veteran bopper Bud Shank and his favorite West Coast rhythm section, to form the Jake Fryer / Bud Shank Quintet for In Good Company. It's a lively and engaging album, a mix of standards and Fryer originals that brings the two alto saxophonists together for a recording ...