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Larry Coryell: Heavy Feel
by Maurizio Comandini
Con questo Heavy Feel il chitarrista Larry Coryell cerca di ripercorrere le strade che aveva battuto tanti anni fa, all'inizio della sua carriera solistica. Allora gli album si chiamavano Coryell, Lady Coryell, Basics, Fairyland e Spaces. Tanta acqua è passata sotto ai ponti e Coryell ha vissuto stagioni diverse che lo hanno visto diventare dapprima uno ...
Marcos Varela: San Ygnacio
by Dan McClenaghan
Bassist Marcos Varela, Houston-bred and now New York-based, opens his recording debut, San Ygnacio, with a big, brash version of the standard, “I Should Care." His rhythm section is rounded out by veteran pianist George Cables and drum icon Billy Hart, so a free swinging zest is expected, and delivered. Logan Richardson on alto sax makes ...
Jim Rotondi: Dark Blue
by C. Andrew Hovan
Back in 1997 when Introducing Jim Rotondi announced that a major new trumpeter star was on the ascent, few could have predicted how important and prolific Rotondi would become to the mainstream landscape. A foremost stylist in the lineage of Freddie Hubbard and Wood Shaw, Rotondi quickly proved he had absorbed the legacy, only to jettison ...
Ameen Saleem: The Groove Lab
by Alex Franquelli
Composer Irving Berlin once famously said that “everybody ought to have a Lower East Side in their life." True and, although technically speaking Brooklyn is not part of the octagon that thrives between Houston Street and FRD Drive, the groove, that precious intimate rumble of inspiration, is the one element that connects one area with the ...
Alfredo Dias Gomes: Looking Back
by Jim Olin
Alfredo Dias Gomes pays an exquisite homage to the greats that inspired him throughout his career in his album Looking Back, a labor of love to Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Billy Cobham, and more. His powerful drum beats match every saxophone note and guitar riff. Gomes also bravely adds his signature drum exhibitions to his heroes' ...
Renato Strukelj: Giammai
by Luigi Sforza
Omaggio alla musica e allo stile del sassofonista romano Maurizio Giammarco, Giammai -ultimo disco a nome del pianista friulano Renato Strukelj -è il risultato di una serie di confluenze e parallelismi stilistici convergenti. Di apprezzabile spessore mainstream, il disco concilia ciò che apparentemente risulterebbe inconciliabile: Fryderyk Chopin con Thelonious Monk e Charles Mingus ("Choponkus"), il cool ...
Renee Rosnes: Written in the Rocks
by C. Andrew Hovan
Always a major talent who has transcended the hokum that usually accompanies the precept of women jazz musicians, pianist Renee Rosnes offers a mature and individualistic touch that has been recorded on far too few occasions over the years. In fact, prior to this fabulous session, Rosnes' last U.S. release was a 2010 duo set with ...
Aruan Ortiz Trio: Hidden Voices
by Luca Canini
Confesso che fino a qualche settimana fa poco o niente sapevo di Aruán Ortiz. Non che il nome del pianista cubano non fosse mai arrivato alle mie orecchie (a suonare con gente come Don Byron, Steve Turre, Esperanza Spalding e Wallace Roney difficilmente si passa inosservati), ma nulla di quanto ascoltato aveva attirato la mia attenzione. ...
Avishai Cohen: Into the Silence
by Alberto Bazzurro
Titolo rivelatore se mai album ne ebbe uno: dentro e intorno al silenzio questo ragguardevole lavoro del trentottenne trombettista israeliano si muove e individua la sua stessa ragion d'essere. Intendiamoci: di silenzio, in senso cageano o meno, non ce n'è affatto, e tuttavia è--filosoficamente e poeticamente--questo il punto di partenza (e forse d'arrivo) del disco, nella ...
Ira Hill: Tomorrow
by Dan Bilawsky
Ira Hill. Remember that name, for you're likely to see it in print a lot more in the future. While this up-and-comer was still in his late teens when this album was recorded and released, you'd never know that from a blind listen. His debonair delivery, sure-voiced scatting, and all-around taste belie his years. And the ...
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