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Ralph Towner: My Foolish Heart
by Nenad Georgievski
There is no lack of poise in guitarist Ralph Towner's music. As the principle writer and guitarist for the band Oregon, a group which since 1970 has blended jazz, world music, and classical elements together, he has garnered a well-deserved reputation as one of the most virtuosic guitar players ever. For years, Towner has been consistently ...
Amina Claudine Myers: Sama Rou. Songs From My Soul
by Maurizio Zerbo
Gli spirituals sono parte integrante del mondo interiore di Amina Claudine Myers, che li ha rivisitati ciclicamente e sempre in forme diverse. In questo Sama Rou. Songs From My Soul il suo pianoforte è assistito da un vocalismo essenziale ma ispirato, con il quale interpreta alcuni grandi standard di un glorioso repertorio. A fare da trait ...
Neil Rolnick: Ex Machina
by Alberto Bazzurro
Alla soglia dei settant'anni (li compirà il prossimo 22 ottobre), il compositore texano Neil Rolnick dà alle stampe questo importante lavoro, che dispone lungo oltre cento minuti cinque sue ampie pagine (dai nove minuti alla mezz'ora) partorite fra il 2013 e il 2015. In tutte tranne una, dove c'è comunque chi lo rimpiazza nel ruolo, Rolnick ...
Nguyen Le & Ngo Hong Quang: Ha Noi Duo
by Ian Patterson
After exploring the pop culture of the 1960s/1970s in Songs of Freedom (ACT Music, 2011) and paying big-band tribute to Pink Floyd's iconic album on Celebrating The Dark Side of the Moon (ACT Music, 2014), French guitarist/producer Nguyên Lê returns to explore his Vietnamese ancestry on Hà Nôi Duo, with vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Ngô Hồng Quang and several ...
Joe Fiedler: Like, Strange
by Geno Thackara
It's not always easy for musicians to know what to call their own stuff, especially the kind of players who prefer not to settle into one cozy niche. Joe Fiedler certainly makes it difficult, being a fan of things from classic swing to avant-garde--some of which use the trombone in easily familiar ways, some of which ...
Jessica Ackerley: Coalesce
by Hrayr Attarian
The contemplative and captivating Coalesce is guitarist Jessica Ackerley's debut release. On it Ackerley, with her trio, interprets seven of her engaging originals with intelligence and passion. The intimate atmosphere is well suited for both the collective musical expressions and individual melodic embellishments. This results in a cohesive album that thrills and intrigues. The ...
DST: Il sistema periodico
by Nicola Negri
DST is the duo of Alberto Collodel on clarinets and Simone Di Benedetto on double bass, two young Italian musicians with an already long experience in the fields of jazz, contemporary music and free improvisation. The bulk of their debut recording Il sistema periodico, a suite of seven compositions by Collodel, was inspired ...
Carmen Lundy: Code Noir
by James Nadal
Being a genuine jazz singer requires a dedicated focus on sincerity, enhanced individuality, and a commitment to honoring tradition. With Code Noir, songstress extraordinaire Carmen Lundy reveals herself as a gifted griotte, a female singer of praises, exploring the musical and emotional realms encompassing the African diaspora through the music of Black America. As ...
Javier Girotto, Massimo De Mattia, Bruno Cesselli, Zlatko Kaučič: Il sogno di una cosa
by Neri Pollastri
Fortunato prodotto di un'occasione -un concerto a Villa Occhialini a Villaorba di Basiliano, nei pressi di Udine -questo CD in realtà mette a frutto le durature collaborazioni tra i musicisti, mediate dalla presenza di Zlatko Kaučič, che con Bruno Cesselli e Massimo De Mattia porta avanti da anni un lavoro comune e che al tempo stesso ...
The Milwaukee Jazz Orchestra: Welcome to Swingsville!
by Jack Bowers
Even as the likelihood of big-band success keeps shrinking, there are those who willingly laugh at the odds and stay true to their heart, which insists that they keep on swinging even when common sense says they would be better off pursuing other musical avenues. They can be found occupying small pockets of resistance in cities ...
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