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Fernanda Cunha: Olhos De Mar
by Budd Kopman
While vocalist Fernanda Cunha might seem to be a newcomer here in the States, Olhos de Mar is actually her sixth release dating back to 2002. Samba, bossa nova, the Brazilian ethos itself, including the language, all have a sensuousness which soothes life's troubles, and from this point of view, Olhos de Mar is ...
Das Kapital: Kind of Red
by Vincenzo Roggero
All'inizio c'è il “pezzone," quello che solitamente negli album rock è il brano da ascoltare fino allo sfinimento. Non necessariamente il migliore ma quello che colpisce in maniera diretta, epidermica per poi insinuarsi sotto pelle, smuovere il corpo, solleticare l'ugola. “Webstern" è proprio questo, il sax di Daniel Erdmann che parte sornione e ...
Michele Marini Organic Trio: Change Mood
by Neri Pollastri
Trentenne clarinettista e sassofonista pistoiese, Michele Marini non è ancora molto noto al pubblico e alla critica nazionali, sebbene abbia alle spalle alcune importanti esperienze che ne testimoniano il valore, come la collaborazione con la prestigiosa Vienna Art Orchestra come clarinetto solista e il premio Luca Flores assegnatoli da Barga Jazz nel 2009. Change Mood è ...
Kevin Kaska Jazz Orchestra: Shades of Rio
by Jack Bowers
Seductive melodies and danceable rhythms carry the day on Shades of Rio, a tasteful debut recording by the southern California-based Kevin Kaska Jazz Orchestra, which earns the name by using a full string section on most numbers to complement its well-upholstered twenty-three member core ensemble anchored by master drummer Harvey Mason. Kaska, a story unto himself, ...
Michel Benita Ethics: River Silver
by Karl Ackermann
The Algerian born bassist, Michel Benita, has been an active presence on the European jazz scene for three decades. Now Paris-based, he has played with guitarist Marc Ducret, Dino Saluzzi and Archie Shepp among many other well known artists. At the end of the 1990s he cofounded the ELB Trio with French guitarist Nguyên Lê and ...
Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet: Intercambio
by James Nadal
The music that commenced as accompaniment to ancestral rituals and gained its popularity in dancehalls and ballrooms, has come of age. Latin infused jazz, has been steadily evolving since the African drums came to the Caribbean, and melded with European musical influences. Trombonist, composer, arranger, and producer Wayne Wallace is aptly tuned into this evolutionary process ...
Simon Phillips: Protocol 3
by Glenn Astarita
This is the 3rd installment of all-universe drummer Simon Phillips' (The Who, Toto, Hiromi...) Protocol band. And he imparts a commanding presence via lyrically charged fills and mesmeric polyrhythmic flurries amid the resonating output from his large rock kit. Akin to the previous albums, the quartet intertwines jazz fusion, jazz rock and progressive rock into a ...
Dikeman, Parker, Drake: Live at La Resistenza
by Vincenzo Roggero
Quattro brani di dieci minuti l'uno registrati dal vivo a Ghent in Belgio, i primi due estratti dal primo set, il terzo e il quarto dal set conclusivo. Protagonisti due mostri sacri dell'improvvisazione come Hamid Drake e William Parker più il giovane John Dikeman, statunitense di nascita, giramondo per vocazione--alcuni anni passati al Cairo in Egitto ...
Max Nagl, Herwig Gradischnig, Peter Herbert, Michael Vatcher: A Day in My Life
by Alberto Bazzurro
Concepito come un LP, con un lato A (i primi quattro brani) e un lato B (gli altri quattro) e i canonici quaranta minuti di durata totale, questo CD trae spunto, almeno nel titolo, dalla canzone dei Beatles che chiude il leggendario Sgt. Pepper's..., “A Day in the Life," anche se poi, al di là della ...
William Hooker: Light The Early Years 1975-1989
by Mark Corroto
The good news is that record executives are no longer the gatekeepers of taste and style in music today. Inexpensive recording equipment and the advent of digital music allow the artist, and the audience to cast a wide net these days. This wasn't the case forty years ago, especially for the improvised jazz scene. Studio time ...
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