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Ensemble Progresivo: Hesitancy
by John Eyles
Ensemble Progresivo was formed in 2007 by saxophonist/clarinetist Ricardo Tejero after he had an idea of working with improvisation within a compositional context. Although he was not the first to have such an idea, Tejero says that his method of making music was born with the band. As with several other successful London-based improvising ensembles (Roland ...
Samo Salamon: 2Alto
by Hrayr Attarian
Slovenian guitarist Samo Šalamon is ever the intrepid adventurer of modern music. With each release he explores new sonic textures and harmonic ideas. The 2014 2 Alto on Steeplechase is no different. Šalamon combines his polyphonic guitar-work with the contrasting and complementary sounds of saxophonists Loren Stillman and John O'Gallagher and the propulsive beats of frequent ...
Roy Nathanson's Sotto Voce: Complicated Day
by Paolo Peviani
Roy Nathanson, Curtis Fowlkes, Sam Bardfeld... Non sono i Jazz Passengers, peraltro recentemente “Reunited," ma poco ci manca. Sono i Sotto Voce, band di cui Roy Nathanson è unico leader, e che si muove su territori simili a quelli dei Jazz Passengers ma con maggiore enfasi sull'orecchiabilità, sulle voci, sulla parola (tutti i brani dell'album sono ...
Gianni Mimmo & Alison Blunt: Lasting Ephemerals
by Neri Pollastri
Il trentasettesimo volume edito dall'etichetta indipendente Amirani Records è un LP da 180 grammi, stampato in 250 copie numerate, che documenta un concerto completamente improvvisato, tenuto nella chiesa di St. Leonard's Shoreditch a Londra da Gianni Mimmo al sax soprano e Alison Blunt al violino. Il lavoro segue la cifra stilistica della Amirani ...
Signal Problems: Signal Problems
by Libero Farnè
Il trombettista Danny Gouker, dopo anni di attività a capo del quartetto Signal Problems, ha deciso di lasciarne traccia discografica. In questa sua prima fatica come leader firma tutti i brani, che si basano su un'idea semplice ma efficace, forse non estremamente originale, ma condotta con personalità e polso sicuro: quella di partire da moduli ritmici ...
Francesco Cusa "Skrunch": Body-Soul-Spirit
by Neri Pollastri
In bilico tra molti generi diversi, questo lavoro del batterista siciliano Francesco Cusa, anima di Improvvisatore Involontario, si muove tra atmosfere che mutano dalla sospensione ricca di suggestioni--che si avvale di voci e rumori campionati da Emilio Galante--alla materica intensità downtown--sostenuta dall'ipnotico basso elettrico di Carlo Natoli. Il disco è incorniciato da due ...
The David Ullmann 8: Corduroy
by Dave Wayne
I have to admit to suffering a bit of cognitive dissonance upon listening to David Ullmann's Corduroy. Ullmann's original compositions, expertly played by an ensemble comprised of Brooklyn's top-drawer modern jazz talent, are ostensibly inspired by television themes from the 70s. For me, 70s television themes evoke gritty, urban sounds full of clavinet, fuzz-wah Rhodes, funky ...
Steve Heckman Quintet: Search for Peace
by Dan Bilawsky
Saxophonist Steve Heckman's Search For Peace serves as something of a companion piece to his previous album--Born To Be Blue (Jazzed Media, 2013). Both albums feature the same band, present (mostly) familiar material, and walk pleasingly straightforward paths. So what's different? Well, for starters, Matt Clark played piano on Heckman's last date, but he's taken to ...
Lloyd Cole: Standards
by Doug Collette
Lloyd Cole and his band the Commotions were one of the few bright spots of rock and roll in the Eighties, his fetching melodies and sly lyrics woven in and out of understated musicianship via semi-detached vocals. Since then, Cole's often moved into realms that belie his arch persona, such as Sinatra-styled orchestration, but Standards carries ...
Diva: A Swingin' Life
by Richard J Salvucci
Back in 1967, Buddy Rich was one of the headliners on a summer replacement television broadcast for “The Jackie Gleason Show." If I remember correctly, the show's theme, which Rich and the band did was “Away We Go." It was subsequently released on a Pacific Jazz record The New One. Why is it that the opening ...
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