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Samo Salamon Bassless Trio: Unity
by Mark Sullivan
Adventurous Slovenian guitarist Samo Salamon is one of the most wide-ranging jazz guitarists working today, and one of the most prolific. This is his 19th album as a leader, and his third employing the bassless trio" format, following Little River (Sazas, 2015) and Duality (Samo Records, 2011). British saxophonist Julian Argüelles (Loose Tubes, Django Bates, Carla ...
Terry Adams: Talk Thelonious: NRBQ + Terry Adams plays Terry Adams Arrangements of Thelonious Monk Songs
by Chris M. Slawecki
Thelonious Monk's music has been more misunderstood and misinterpreted than most composers.' How you play Monk's music is just as important as what you play, and what you don't play is often just as important as what you do. The first Monk song I heard was when I was about 14--it was 'Off Minor' ...
Per Texas Johansson: De langa rulltrapporna i flemingsberg
by Vincenzo Roggero
Curiosa, anche se non del tutto insolita, la storia di Per Texas Johansson. Fino alla metà degli anni novanta era tra i musicisti più in vista dell'emergente rinascimento jazzistico svedese che aveva come punta di diamante l'Esbjorn Svensson Trio. Poi il ritiro dalla scena musicale, gli studi come infermiere ed il lavoro nel reparto maternità dell'Huddinge ...
Laszlo Gardony: Life in Real Time
by Maurizio Zerbo
Questa incisione conferma il progresso artistico di Laszlo Gardony, particolarmente sotto il profilo degli equilibri sonori. Arrivato al quattordicesimo album, il pianista espande per l'occasione la sua tavolozza timbrica, riservata fino ad oggi all'esplorazione delle possibilità espressive del trio con pianoforte-basso-batteria. Cambiano quindi le dinamiche e le strategie in questo concerto bostoniano, con l'apporto di tre ...
Ian Smith: Windmap
by John Eyles
Recorded at home, in London, in December 2013, and available as a limited edition CD or download, Windmap consists of nineteen short tracks (ranging in length from thirty-four seconds to three minutes and six seconds, a total playing time of some forty minutes) of solo trumpet or flugel, played by Irish trumpeter Ian MacGowan, Some of ...
Wesli: Ayiti Etoile Nouvelle
by James Nadal
There is no other country in the western hemisphere that has been so grossly neglected and misunderstood as Haiti. In a historical context, it has contributed much in spite of overwhelming conditions, and has socially and culturally remained vibrant and vital. Vodou, the national religion of Haiti, has also suffered from lack of acceptance and understanding ...
Dewa Budjana: Hasta Karma
by Chris M. Slawecki
In the mid-1990s, Gary Burton organized sessions that truly deserved to be called all-star"--teaming the ace vibes player with guitarist Pat Metheny, pianist Chick Corea, bassist Dave Holland and drummer Roy Haynes--and which resulted in the acclaimed Like Minds (1998, Concord). With all respect due to the amazing credentials of Burton and friends, Dewa Budjana's Hasta ...
Andrew Bishop: De Profundis
by Alberto Bazzurro
Polistrumentista, compositore e docente alla Michigan University di Ann Arbor, Andrew Bishop rielabora in questo suo nuovo album il De Profundis Clamavi di Josquin Desprez, autore franco-fiammingo a cavallo fra Quattro e Cinquecento, riprendendone le sei parti nelle tracce dispari del presente lavoro, con risultati senz'altro degni di attenzione. Le temperature indulgono prevedibilmente ...
Kevin Mahogany: The Vienna Affair
by Angelo Leonardi
Il numero dei cantanti jazz di sesso maschile è sempre stato esiguo rispetto al preponderante universo femminile, oggi più che mai. La recente scomparsa di Mark Murphy (il massimo vocalist moderno, già da qualche anno in semi-ritiro) ha accentuato la carenza anche se l'ingresso in scena di Gregory Porter ha portato una ventata d'aria ...
Anenon: Petrol
by Mark Sullivan
Anenon is Los Angeles-based saxophonist Brian Allen Simon in hybrid mode, blending jazz, classical, ambient and electronic musics. The music on Petrol was born out of a series of improvisational sessions with friend and collaborator, drummer Jon-Kyle Mohr, who overlaid live drums over Simon's saxophone, digital production/digital drum programming, and arrangements. No matter how electronic the ...

