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Alexander McCabe / Paul Odeh: This Is Not A Pipe

Read "This Is Not A Pipe" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
October 30, 2014

The title is, presumably, a nod to “Ceci, C'est Ne Pas Une Pipe," the phrase which Rene Magritte wrote on his famous painting La Trahison Des Images. The painting wasn't, of course, a pipe, just a painting of a pipe. This Is Not A Pipe isn't a pipe either--it isn't even a painting of a pipe. ...

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Makiko Hirabayashi: Surely

by Budd Kopman
October 30, 2014

Surely, the pianist Makiko Hirabayashi Trio's third album, is both utterly captivating and immediately enjoyable. It is also, however, rather disquieting to anyone who listens more deeply because this music flatly refuses to be pinned down. Here, the whole is much more than the sum of the parts, but the parts remain in paradoxical relation to ...

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Mary Halvorson, Michael Formanek, Tomas Fujiwara: Thumbscrew

by AAJ Staff
October 30, 2014

È un trio intrigante, quello composto da Mary Halvorson alla chitarra, Michael Formanek al contrabbasso e Tomas Fujiwara alla batteria. Organismo collettivo, mette in contatto musicalità molto forti già individualmente e in grado di condividere processi di improvvisazione sempre mobili. Forme aperte che però mantengono sempre una forte coerenza interna, inerpicandosi a volte ...

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Pete Mills: Sweet Shadow

Read "Sweet Shadow" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
October 30, 2014

Canadese di nascita ma statunitense d'adozione, Pete Mills pubblica il suo quarto disco confermando alcuni abituali partner, come il propulsivo batterista Matt Wilson o il chitarrista Pete McCann (entrambi in Art and Architecture del 2004). Siamo in pieno straight ahead jazz ma la fantasia e l'inventivo groove del leader trovano piena risposta nei partner ...

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Dylan Ryan / Sand: Circa

by Troy Collins
October 29, 2014

Sand is the latest project from forward-thinking drummer Dylan Ryan, leader and principal composer of Herculaneum, a progressive ensemble that skillfully negotiates the tenuous divide between avant-garde jazz and instrumental post-rock. This smaller lineup (featuring guitarist Timothy Young and bassist Devin Hoff) evinces a similar aesthetic, exploring the harmonic, melodic and rhythmic intricacies of creative improvised ...

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Emilio Solla Y La Inestable De Brooklyn: Second Half

Read "Second Half" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
October 29, 2014

What do you get when you blend a bit of Tango, Jazz, Latin and some chamber music? The answer? Pianist Emilio Solla y La Inestable de Brooklyn nine-piece orchestra delivering their Second Half album of World fusion music that is quite enticing. The album is the culmination of several years performing this particular ensemble in some ...

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Sundae + Mr. Goessl: Cheek to Cheek

Read "Cheek to Cheek" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
October 29, 2014

Sundae is singer Kate Voss and Mr. Goessl is guitarist Jason Goessl. Both parties hail from Seattle, WA, where Mr. Goessl has his thumb in numerous musical pies, including Trimtab, The Pornados and the present Sundae + Mr. Goessl, just to name a few. Cheek to Cheek is touted as “a 1930s pop ...

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Skyggespill: Morphing Between Spaces and Phases

Read "Morphing Between Spaces and Phases" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
October 29, 2014

Skyggespill (shadow play in Norwegian) is the moniker of Norwegian keyboards player, electronics and sound designer Kjetil Husebø for his first (and only) electronics recordings project. Husebø references local Norwegian and international sonic explorers like Biosphere (aka Geir Jenssen), Deathprod (aka Helge Sten, known from the acclaimed Supersilent outfit, who mastered this project), Christian Fennesz or ...

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Ryan Keberle & Catharsis: Into the Zone

Read "Into the Zone" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero
October 29, 2014

Into the zone, ossia quello stato mentale che permette ai musicisti di astrarsi completamente dalle distrazioni esterne per concentrarsi esclusivamente sul processo creativo. Prende forma così una condizione di estrema confidenza, di palpabile intimità tra musicisti, le cose accadono con estrema naturalezza e le idee fluiscono senza impedimento alcuno. È questo l'approccio dichiarato dal trombonista e ...

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The Star Pillow Meet Bruno Romani: Via Del Chiasso

Read "Via Del Chiasso" reviewed by Claudio Bonomi

by Claudio Bonomi
October 29, 2014

Dietro al progetto The Star Pillow si agitano due bravi musicisti: Paolo Monti (chitarra elettrica) e Federico Gerini (tastiere). Si tratta di una geniale micro realtà musicale che ha già all'attivo lavori degni di nota. Primo fra tutti quel prezioso “contenitore" di emozioni che è Fattore Ambientale, CD uscito nel 2012, e che non è azzardato ...