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Verneri Pohjola: Bullhorn
by Roger Farbey
Trumpeter Verneri Pohjola's third album as leader manages to succeed on several different levels. The opener, “Another Day" captures the listener's attention with plangent piano chords and a soaring trumpet theme. “Girls Of Costa Rica" is a paean to Miles Davis' “Filles De Kilimanjaro," the first few bars echoing (but not entirely copying) the ...
Jay Smith Group: Too Many Notes
by Glenn Astarita
Based in Bakersfield, CA, keyboardist, composer Jay Smith's second album is titled Too Many Notes via comments by his fan base, alluding to his often blazing phraseology on the 88s. Nonetheless, Smith possesses an active mind as the program boasts a cornucopia of bop, jazz fusion, Latin jazz, rock, pulsating cadences and explosive flights of fancy. ...
Niccolò Faraci: It Came to Broadcast the Yucatan
by Luigi Sforza
La copertina dell'ultimo CD del contrabbassista Niccolò Faraci illustra una serie di personaggi incastrati su un piano di costruzioni Lego. It Came to Broadcast the Yucatan è un progetto che si divide in undici tracce, tutte caratterizzate dalla sana spregiudicatezza di chi vuol essere fuori dalle logiche convenzionali e autoreferenziali del jazz. Il disco è una ...
Vijay Iyer Trio: Break Stuff
by Karl Ackermann
From the time of his debut as a leader nearly twenty years ago on Architextures (Asian Improv Records, 1996), pianist and composer Vijay Iyer has been a great experimenter. The Albany, New York native successfully utilized duplicated patterns and phrasing in a variety of settings from solo piano to ensembles. Advanced as his earlier techniques were, ...
Dave McDonnell Group: The Dragon & the Griffin
by Stefano Merighi
Chicagoano ma attivo a Cincinnati, Dave McDonnell è sassofonista jazz, insegnante di musica e tecnologia, inventore di software, protagonista in diversi gruppi tra cui Herculaneum. Il gruppo in questione coinvolge nomi ben noti della attuale scena di Chicago, tra cui Joshua Abrams e Frank Rosaly, poderosa sezione ritmica che in questo caso garantisce solidità a una ...
Chantale Gagné: The Left Side Of The Moon
by Dan Bilawsky
Pianist Chantale Gagné isn't afraid to wear her heart on her sleeve. With each release she's become more demonstrative in the manner in which she presents her music. Silent Strength (Self Produced, 2008) was her first step, and the first look at how she functioned with the high-end rhythm section of drummer Lewis Nash and bassist ...
Mike Collins: And Suddenly, Evening
by Bruce Lindsay
Based in the Georgian splendour of the west of England town of Bath, pianist Mike Collins writes and plays music characterized by a melodic sensibility that seems to match his home town's air of respectability. Of course, the respectable surface of this Georgian town can readily hide an undercurrent of romance and powerful emotions--as Jane Austen ...
Happy Family: Minimal Gods
by Glenn Astarita
Since its self-titled Happy Family (Cuneiform, 1995) and Toscco (Cuneiform, 1997) this sinewy and agile Japanese quartet has remained relatively dormant. But with Minimal Gods, the ensemble's colossal power and mesmerizing agility reemerges with massive doses of adrenaline and robust compositional prowess. Indeed, they haven't lost their touch or one iota of chutzpah during the interim. ...
Matt Pavolka: The Horns Band
by Vincenzo Roggero
A dispetto della sua ventennale presenza sulla scena musicale newyorchese, apprezzato e trasversale collaboratore di musicisti quali Lee Konitz, Paul Motian, Ben Monder, Tony Malaby, per citarne alcuni, Matt Pavolka è solamente al suo secondo album da leader. Inspiegabilmente aggiungiamo noi, perché questo The Horns Band è album con i fiocchi e rivela le eccellenti doti ...
Daniele Tittarelli: Fresh Fish
by Neri Pollastri
Daniele Tittarelli, uno dei giovani jazzisti nostrani oggi più considerati, assembla un quintetto di altri giovani emergenti attorno a una proposta che prova a uscire dalle tracce del mainstream attraverso brani tendenzialmente lunghi, lontani dalla struttura tradizionale e dall'identità processuale, all'interno della quale creare spazi espressivi con scambi continui e utilizzare forme espressive sviluppate dai protagonisti ...
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