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Chrome Hill: The Explorer
by Alberto Bazzurro
A cinque anni dal precedente Country Of Lost Borders e a dieci dall'opera prima Earthlings, ecco a noi questo che è il terzo album esplicitamente targato Chrome Hill (in precedenza, fra 2003 e 2005, ci sono due lavori come Damp, con diverso sassofonista), quartetto norvegese i cui membri sono curiosamente nati tutti nell'arco di un anno ...
Christian Sands: Facing Dragons
by Chris Mosey
Christian Sands is already being hailed as the greatest jazz pianist of his generation. The question now is will he follow in the footsteps of piano virtuosos like Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson and Errol Garner and concentrate on keyboard fireworks? Or will he choose other outlets for his immense talent, DownBeat magazine seemingly paving the way ...
Marcin Wasilewski Trio: Live
by Mike Jurkovic
Recorded by Flemish radio in Antwerp 2016 without the trio's knowledge, this accidental live disc not only delivers to followers of this long-lived Polish unit an essential live document, it washes over newcomers like a cresting baptismal wave that never stops cleansing the soul and senses.Nearing thirty years as a unit--they also served as ...
Caleb Wheeler Curtis: Brothers
by Dan Bilawsky
Brotherhood comes in multiple forms--genetic, fraternal, and professional, to mention the most applicable--but all are bound by a sense of fellow feeling and shared experience(s). That truth rests at the heart of this, saxophonist Caleb Wheeler Curtis' debut album. The obvious nods to brotherhood here come in the form of this album's title, ...
The Fearless Flyers: The Fearless Flyers
by John Bricker
The Fearless Flyers' self-titled debut EP, released on March 23, is a brief but rewarding collection of funk jams performed with impeccable chemistry. The Fearless Flyers are a quartet of some of the United States' grooviest virtuosos including Joe Dart on bass, Nate Smith on drums, and Cory Wong and Mark Lettieri on guitars. ...
Roz Harding - Mike Outram - Jim Bashford: Super Mood
by Glenn Astarita
The trio covers several acres of musical terrain on this inspiring debut led by British saxophonist/educator, Roz Harding (Mike Westbrook's Uncommon Orchestra, Paul Dunmall). Indeed, it's one of those unanticipated surprises that at the very least, adds a nouveau light to the possibilities of what a hip, small ensemble rendezvous can generate. Harding and ...
Giorgio Pacorig, Michele Rabbia, Giovanni Maier: Floating Lines
by Neri Pollastri
Ascoltando un disco di questo livello viene spontaneo chiedersi perché una formazione del genere non abbia un posto di primo piano sui palcoscenici, italiani ed internazionali. I musicisti sono tutti e tre ben noti e apprezzatissimi ai rispettivi strumenti: Giorgio Pacorig, tra i nostri migliori interpreti italiani del Fender Rhodes ma anche splendido pianista; Giovanni Maier, ...
Lydian Sound Orchestra: We Resist!
by Angelo Leonardi
Cogliere lo spirito del passato nell'affrontare il presente. Sembra essere questo il tratto peculiare della Lydian Sound Orchestra e del suo leader Riccardo Brazzale, un tratto che ritroviamo quanto mai esplicito in questo palpitante lavoro ispirato a We Insist! Freedom Now Suite, il disco-manifesto di Max Roach del 1960. L'album è stato inciso all'Auditorium Parco della ...
HHY & The Macumbas: Beheaded Totem
by James Fleming
Lurking somewhere between Sun Ra's Arkestra and the Chemical Brothers is Beheaded Totem's jarring, rocky soundscape. Every turn seems to loop back on itself in a never-ending cycle of music. The wide expanses of the synth and percussion combo create a sense of openness and space. Of a plain of sound where the horizons stretch out ...
Peter Hedrich: New Hope
by Jack Bowers
In a blindfold test, one would be hard-pressed to name the leader on the album New Hope. According to the jacket, young German-born trombonist Peter Hedrich leads the way but while he does solo on eight of eleven numbers he's basically one of the group, laying claim to no more blowing space than his colleagues, especially ...
