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Tineke Postma, Greg Osby: Sonic Halo
by Vincenzo Roggero
Che quintetto! Perché se è vero che la front-line affianca uno dei sassofonisti più influenti degli ultimi decenni -Greg Osby -ad uno dei suoi discepoli più interessanti -la contraltista olandese Tineke Postma -il trio ritmico che completa la formazione fa meraviglie. La complessa struttura delle composizioni -equamente divise tra i due leader -le linee intricate, la ...
Fabio Selvafiorita: Fleurs d’X – Quaderni I-II-III
by Alberto Bazzurro
Quarantaquattro microbrani, svarianti dai 23" ai 2'50," compongono questo album firmato dal quarantaduenne autore milanese Fabio Selvafiorita e affidato alla chitarrista Elena Casoli. I tre quaderni che li comprendono coprono il quinquennio 2007/2012, mentre l'incisione risale al marzo 2013. L'approccio alla materia è volutamente (almeno così ci fa sapere Selvafiorita, in altre circostanze ...
Laurie Dapice: Parting the Veil
by C. Michael Bailey
Vocalist Laurie Dapice's debut recording was an intensely personal affair. That is revealed both in her extensive liner notes and the music she presents here. First efforts require much of an artist and many debut recordings reflect the downside of the demands. Not so with Parting the Veil. Dapice presents herself a fully realized vocalist, arranger, ...
Daniel Bennett Group: The Mystery at Clown Castle
by Mike Oppenheim
The Daniel Bennett Group's 2015 release The Mystery at Clown Castle, the successor to 2013's Clockhead Goes to Camp, picks up where the latter left off with a fresh and distinct new feel. The personnel has changed, with Daniel Bennett joined by guitarist Nat Janoff, bassist Eddy Khaimovich, and drummer Matthew Feick. Special guests include pianist ...
Roberto Magris Trio & Herb Geller: An Evening with Herb Geller & the Roberto Magris Trio: Live in Europe 2009
by C. Michael Bailey
Italian pianist and bandleader Roberto Magris has been on dual trajectories in the past number of years. The first is his recent study of hard bop as evidenced by his recent J-Mood releases including Mating Call (2010), Morgan Rewind: A Tribute to Lee Morgan Vols. 1 & 2 (2012, 2013) and One Night in With Hope ...
Chick Corea: Trilogy
by Maurizio Zerbo
Magnifico triplo CD registrato nel corso di alcune tournée in giro per il mondo, Trilogy documenta un Chick Corea in stato di grazia. Immergiamoci allora in questa limpida cascata di note, circonfusa da una lussureggiante vegetazione di gustose parafrasi. Non è ovviamente questa la sede per ripercorrere le caratteristiche di un pianismo ormai storicizzato.
Dominic Egli's Plurism with Feya Faku: Fufu Tryout
by Alberto Bazzurro
Non ancora quarantenne (è nato in prossimità di Zurigo nel 1976), il batterista Dominic Egli ha fondato il trio Plurism nel 2011, e due anni dopo (settembre 2013), allargandolo a quartetto (non in tutti i brani) con l'inserimento del trombettista sudafricano Fezile Feya Faku (New Brighton, Port Elisabeth, 1962), ha inciso questo album, che si colloca ...
Jean-Michel Pilc: What Is This Thing Called?
by Budd Kopman
Pianist Jean-Michel Pilc has produced an extraordinary musical document with the release of What Is This Thing Called?. Superficially, the CD is a set of improvisations on Cole Porter's tune What Is This Thing Called Love?," and it can be listened to in that manner. However, it is really an invitation into Pilc's sound ...
Adam Berenson: Lumen
by Karl Ackermann
More than forty years ago, Harry Nillson coined the phrase A point in every direction is the same as no point at all" and as an axiom it has stood the test of time very well. However, Adam Berenson topples the adage with his unlimited imagination and a refined command of weaving multiple genres and sub-genres ...
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
by Nenad Georgievski
In any kind of art form, music including, there are pathfinders who probe new territory and establish new trails, and this breed of people is indeed of a rare kind than the many who follow behind and eventually benefit from their trailblazing. One such pathfinder in the 20th century music was the great Miles Davis.Throughout his ...

