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Dena DeRose: United

Read "United" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan

by C. Andrew Hovan

Loathe as one might be to admit it, there are far too many singers today who consider themselves jazz vocalists. The fact of the matter is it is far too easy to scat a few lines, come up with some nouveau riche lyrics, and press your album at 45 rpm than to really function as a ...

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Curtis Stewart: Of Colors

Read "Of Colors" reviewed by Tyran Grillo

by Tyran Grillo

Curtis Stewart's biography may read like a playlist of his biggest influences--not least of all his father, jazz tuba pioneer Bob Stewart, and mother, Greek violinist and composer Elektra Kurtis--but the blazing violinist has made an indelible mark with his debut record as a jazz leader, Of Colors. From among said influences, Curtis pays homage to ...

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Ryan Baker: Timeless Again

Read "Timeless Again" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco

Las Vegas-based vocalist Ryan Baker has always had a strong affinity for the standards and as a singer, draws inspiration from the great Frank Sinatra, Mel Torme and others. Timeless Again is Baker's tribute to the classics delivering a vocal jazz album putting his own unique style on oft-recorded songs that make them sound almost new. ...

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Henry Threadgill Ensemble Double Up: Old Locks and Irregular Verbs

Read "Old Locks and Irregular Verbs" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala

by Giuseppe Segala

Il criterio dell'integrazione a coppie di strumenti omologhi o affini è uno degli aspetti che maggiormente caratterizzano la musica di Henry Threadgill. Già nel gruppo Very Very Circus si incontrava il raddoppio di chitarra e tuba, mentre l'impianto di Zooid, nato come sestetto in cui si specchiavano chitarra acustica e oud da un lato, violoncello e ...

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Dominique Pifarély: Time Before and Time After

Read "Time Before and Time After" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri

Dominique Pifarély è un raffinato interprete del violino, sempre a cavallo tra jazz e contemporanea, che ha scritto pagine importanti nelle sue collaborazioni con Louis Sclavis (fin dai lontani tempi degli splendidi Rouge, 1992, e Acustic Quartet, 1994), Francois Couturier (Poros, 1998) e Stefano Battaglia (Re: Pasolini, 2007). Da anni impegnato in esibizioni dal vivo d'improvvisazione ...

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Stefano Leonardi, Stefano Pastor, Fridolin Blumer, Heinz Geisser: Conversations about Thomas Chapin

Read "Conversations about Thomas Chapin" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala

by Giuseppe Segala

Il dato che più risalta all'ascolto di questo CD è la densità: densità espressiva, di ispirazione, timbrica, dialogica, comunicativa. Una densità in parte diversa da quella che caratterizza la musica di Thomas Chapin, lo straordinario artista al quale questo lavoro è rivolto con grande affetto e adesione emotiva. La densità di Chapin è estroversa, travolgente, legata ...

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Thomas Chapin: Never Let Me Go

Read "Never Let Me Go" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala

by Giuseppe Segala

L'ascolto di questo cofanetto fa rinascere aspra l'amarezza per la scomparsa prematura, nel 1998 a soli quarant'anni, di Thomas Chapin. Una raccolta che contrasta l'oblio e aggiunge qualche motivo di stupore e riflessione all'esperienza di chi ha apprezzato la fulminea, ricchissima eppure troppo breve vicenda artistica di quel grande musicista, straripante di vitalità e umanità.

Article: Album Review

William Hooker, Thomas Chapin: Crossing Points

Read "Crossing Points" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

L'aggiornato e appassionato blog Free Jazz dedica a questo disco una recensione di pochissime righe, quasi una lista di tags che forse meglio di ogni ragionamento riesce a dare le coordinate della musica del duo tra il batterista William Hooker e il sassofonista Thomas Chapin. Certo, a elencare qualità [a volte anche apparentemente ...

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Gregory Porter: Take Me To The Alley

Read "Take Me To The Alley" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

The ineffable charms of Gregory Porter can't help but woo and win over the ear. He's the epitome of soulful sophistication--part tender poet, part cogent preacher, fully a man of the people--and he has a voice that can make the angels weep. While we often bemoan the choices that fame's fickle index finger makes, it pointed ...

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Walt Weiskopf: The Way You Say It

Read "The Way You Say It" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan

by C. Andrew Hovan

For quite some time, saxophonist Walt Weiskopf had a forum for expressing his growth and development via his many albums for Criss Cross Jazz. While that fruitful partnership ended in 2010 with See the Pyramid, Weiskopf seems to have found a new home with Marc Free's Posi-Tone imprint. With three releases added to his already healthy ...


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