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Tomas Sauter: Double Life

Read "Double Life" reviewed by Budd Kopman

by Budd Kopman
December 23, 2014

Tomas Sauter, known heretofore as a fine guitarist, leads a quartet--Ralph Alessi, trumpet and bass; Luzius Schuler, electric keyboards; Dominik Burkhalter, drums--as an electric bassist on the intriguing album, Double Life. For those who are always looking for, and expecting, new sounds, this session will shock in how retro it sounds. The overall vibe ...

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Russ Johnson: Meeting Point

Read "Meeting Point" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
December 23, 2014

Trumpeter Russ Johnson has been all over the progressive jazz map. He's been an A-list performer for several years. A longtime resident of New York, he recently relocated to Chicago and has become a major contributor to its fertile improvisational scene. On this release, he utilizes the talents of the region's prominent artists who push the ...

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Luis Tabuenca: Volavérunt

Read "Volavérunt" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
December 23, 2014

As a performer and composer, Spanish percussionist Luis Tabuenca focuses on the contemporary and experimental, blurring distinctions between improvised and composed music. He has studied in esteemed modern ensembles such as the Ensemble Intercontemporain and the Ensemble Recherche and he has written music for solo percussion, contemporary dance, documentaries and visual artists. ...

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Ali Jackson Jr.: Amalgamations

Read "Amalgamations" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
December 23, 2014

Stretto collaboratore di Wynton Marsalis, il trentottenne Ali Jackson è l'attuale batterista della Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. Nato a Detroit, laureato in composizione alla New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, è stato allievo di Elvin Jones, Max Roach e ha operato in vari contesti assieme a Joshua Redman, Kurt Rosenwinkel, George Benson, James Carter, Marcus ...

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Brian Groder Trio: Reflexology

Read "Reflexology" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro
December 23, 2014

È curioso che fra i tredici nomi che circumnavigano la pianta del piede che campeggia in copertina non compaia quello di Shorty Rogers. Se dovessimo infatti trovare un ipotetico progenitore di questo disco (e questo trio) il primo nome che ci verrebbe in mente sarebbe proprio quello del trombettista californiano (in realtà nativo del Massachusetts), idealmente ...

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Alex García’s AfroMantra: This Side of Mestizaje

Read "This Side of Mestizaje" reviewed by Roger Farbey

by Roger Farbey
December 22, 2014

From the word go, this tight band shows its mettle with upbeat lyricism as evidenced in the opener “Believe." A Chick Corea Return to Forever era influence is apparent with “11:11 Spirit," Fender Rhodes to the fore. The title track clearly displays what a drum-led group sounds like, Alex Garcia's intelligent and incisive percussion ...

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Per Zanussi 5: Live in Coimbra

Read "Live in Coimbra" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
December 22, 2014

Here, Norwegian master bassist Per Zanussi is the leader and director of operations. Recorded live at a Portuguese jazz festival, the three-man reed section weaves mega contrasts and disparate tonalities into the mix with subtle or pronounced variances, contrapuntal phrasings, and sweltering, rough-hewn ostinatos. They embrace Middle Eastern modalities, free bop, funk and other genres via ...

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Jean-Luc Petit: Matière des Souffles

Read "Matière des Souffles" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
December 22, 2014

French reed player Jean-Luc Petit mastered his art through extensive, mostly free improvised, solo work with actor and poet Daniel Crumb (including the staging of Charles Bukowski poems) and various duets with double bassist Benjamin Duboc, percussionist Didier Lasserre and sax players Daunik Lazro and Sylvain Guérineau among many other forward-thinking local improvisers.

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Marc Ducret: Tower-Bridge

Read "Tower-Bridge" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero
December 22, 2014

Nell'arco del triennio 2011-2013 il repertorio del progetto di Marc Ducret denominato Tower ha visto come interpreti un quintetto franco-danese (Vol. 1), un quartetto franco-americano (Vol. 2), un sestetto francese (Vol. 3), e un solo di chitarra acustica ( Vol. 4). Il quinto capitolo di questa avventura riunisce in un ensemble di dodici elementi tutti i ...

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Marco Sanguinetti: 8

by Karl Ackermann
December 22, 2014

Argentine pianist and composer Marco Sanguinetti had established a solid and unique style with his solo effort Improvisiones (MDR, 2005). His penchant for emphasizing percussive effects and recurring variations of phrases are elements that he has consistently employed in his recordings. With El otro (Acqua, 2011) he placed a stronger prominence on lyricism while maintaining a ...