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Sarah Elizabeth Charles: Inner Dialogue
by Dan Bilawsky
Trying to categorize or label vocalist Sarah Elizabeth Charles is a futile pursuit. Is she a hypnotic modern jazz vocalist? Is she a neo-soul experimentalist with jazz and R&B inflections oozing from her vocal cords? Is she an incredible talent, bewitching and beguiling with her every vocal gesture? Is she all of that, yet something completely ...
Wild Card: Organic Riot
by Bruce Lindsay
Music can signal rebellion, initiate change, influence the thoughts of an entire generation. Or it can cause thousands of disparate individuals to get up and dance and generally have a good time. Organic Riot, the third album from London-based funksters Wild Card, may not signal incipient revolution but it's certainly got the good-time, get up and ...
Tim Berne's Snakeoil: You've Been Watching Me
by Mark Corroto
The music of saxophonist Tim Berne has invariably raised the question: where have you been? His early self-released sessions (collected in the Empire Box (Screwgun, 1999)) from the late-1970s and early 80s gave no quarter to the neo-conservative jazz movement. Signed by Columbia Records (what were they thinking?) he forged ahead with his incendiary vision, only ...
Monty Alexander Harlem-Kingston Express Vol. 2: The River Rolls On
by James Nadal
Versatile pianist Monty Alexander has been around long enough, and played through a myriad of styles and ensemble configurations, in a constant quest to get it right. Since his foray back to his Jamaican roots in “Jamento" (1978 Pablo Records) there has been numerous reggae influenced recordings highlighted by his covering the Bob Marley catalog in ...
Chris Lightcap's Bigmouth: Epicenter
by Mark F. Turner
"Nine South" from New York bassist Chris Lightcap's Epicenter ignites the rhythm sense with its undeniable influence from West African music. Written as part of a commissioned work granted by Chamber Music America New Jazz Works, the piece was inspired by Lightcap's routine drive into Manhattan. Propelled by contagious hooks, fiery solos, and powerful harmonies, the ...
Domenico Caliri: Camera Lirica
by Vincenzo Roggero
Si è preso tempo Domenico Caliri (sono passati cinque anni da Buio Acceso sua ultima uscita da leader sempre per Caligola) e ascoltando Camera Lirica si può pensare che sia stato tempo di riflessione, di decisioni da prendere, di scelte da effettuare, di correzioni da apportare, di opportunità da sfruttare (la commissione da parte del Festival ...
Raffaello Pareti, Francesco Bearzatti, Mauro Ottolini, Walter Paoli: Il mondo che verrà
by Angelo Leonardi
Dopo il debutto quattro anni fa con The Roar at the Door il quartetto del contrabbassista toscano è tornato negli studi di Stefano Amerio per incidere un nuovo album in continuità col precedente: otto composizioni originali articolate nei tempi e nelle strutture che s'impongono per il trascinante drive ritmico e il veemente gioco di relazioni tra ...
Omar Sosa Quarteto AfroCubano: ilé
by Dan Bilawsky
"The word ilé, from the Lucumí tradition of Cuba, means home, earth." That single sentence, which gets the ball rolling for Omar Sosa's self-penned liner notes, says all that needs to be said about this return-to-roots project. Or does it? Ilé finds Sosa looking back to Camagüey, Cuba. He populates this album with ...
The Sirkis/Bialas International Quartet: Come To Me
by Mark Sullivan
The Sirkis/Bialas International Quartet demonstrates how well a vocalist can work as the featured soloist in a quartet. Even better, they make you forget the instrumentation in the beauty and joy of the music they make. The group truly deserves the “International" part of their name. Drummer Asaf Sirkis is an Israeli living in England; vocalist ...
Kuniko: Iannis Xenakis IX
by C. Michael Bailey
Sound is elemental. It is why the heartrate, composed of many individual heartbeats in succession is called a vital sign. Percussionist Kuniko understands this in an explicit and integral manner. Her previous recordings, Kuniko Plays Reich (Linn Records, 2012) and Cantus (Linn Records, 2013) were devoted to her command of the vibraphone and marimba. Iannis Xenakis ...
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