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Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York: Shiki
by Hrayr Attarian
Pianist Satoko Fujii's Shiki is an intriguing albeit somewhat flawed album. Its dramatic title track and centerpiece clocks over 35 minutes and is filled with sweeping and thrillingly dissonant harmonies and provocative musical ideas. Opening with mournful, expectant drone it goes through a series of alternating symphonic vamps and stimulating instrumental conversations and monologues. These individual ...
Charles Evans: Subliminal Leaps
by Neri Pollastri
Lavoro complesso dalle atmosfere quasi sinfoniche quello realizzato dal giovane baritonista e compositore Charles Evans, avvalendosi della collaborazione di valenti ed esperti musicisti tra i quali spicca Dave Liebman, che di Evans è stato anche maestro. La presenza di Liebman era nella mente di Evans fin dalla scrittura del lavoro, che ha nel ...
Jane Bunnett and Maqueque: Jane Bunnett and Maqueque
by Maurizio Zerbo
Forse stanca della trascurabile attenzione riservatale fin qui dai mass media, l'ottima jazzista canadese avrà pensato di annacquare la sua rigorosa progettualità. Scelta legittima ma discutibile, che dà luogo ad un percorso duplice ed ambivalente, dai differenti esiti artistici. Questa volta, le ormai consuete influenze afrocubane, che la Bunnett ha affrontato con migliori esiti per tre ...
Afro Latin Vintage Orchestra: Pulsion
by Chris M. Slawecki
A musician friend whose opinion I greatly respect shared with me that he enjoys listening to Pulsion, the fourth release by the Afro Latin Vintage Orchestra (ALVO), in two layers: The frothy jazz-influenced horn, brass and string arrangements on top and, like a musical parfait, the churning Latin, AfroCuban and other funk rhythms underneath.
Eric Vloeimans' Oliver's Cinema: Eric Vloeimans' Oliver's Cinema
by Dan Bilawsky
Dutch trumpeter Eric Vloeimans isn't afraid to try different things. In fact, he seems to relish the opportunity to work in a variety of settings. Vloeimans tangled with pianist John Taylor, bassist Marc Johnson, and drummer Joey Baron on Bitches and Fairy Tales (Challenge Records, 1999); he went the electric route with a quartet known as ...
Dave Liebman Big Band: A Tribute to Wayne Shorter
by Jack Bowers
In a career spanning almost half a century, soprano saxophonist Dave Liebman has appeared on more than five hundred recordings including seventy as leader of various groups. His latest, A Tribute to Wayne Shorter by the Dave Liebman Big Band, may well be the best one yet. Why? Because every single component, from choice of material ...
Zebrina: Hamidbar Medaher
by Glenn Astarita
Eminent American clarinetist Ben Goldberg is an integral component of this Canadian ensemble's buoyant and cleverly articulated blend of traditional Jewish music, rock and modern jazz for John Zorn's enterprising New York-based Tzadik record label. In effect, the band traverses through luxuriant musical terrain, comprised of popping grooves, hummable melodic hooks and crisp, keys-based jazz fusion ...
Enten Eller: Pietas
by Claudio Bonomi
25 anni portati benissimo. Parliamo degli Enten Eller, oggi uno dei più vispi e concreti quartetti che il jazz tricolore possa vantare, le cui radici risalgono appunto a circa un quarto di secolo fa, intorno al 1986 quando l'ensemble fondato dal batterista e percussionista Massimo Barbiero, allora ventitreenne, e dal chitarrista elettrico Maurizio Brunod, entrambi piemontesi, ...
Elliott Sharp: Momentum Anomaly
by Vic Albani
Elliott Sharp. Uno dei nomi su cui, davvero, ci si sarebbe da scrivere parole su parole. Amato e odiato. Compreso e incompreso. In breve, un fiume inarrestabile di musica; una discografia monumentale. Torrenziale come i miliardi di note che diffonde nell'universo musicale d'avanguardia da metà degli anni Settanta. Decine e decine di progetti: ordine e disordine, ...
Dimitrije Vasiljević: Metaphor
by Chris M. Slawecki
The second solo piano release by composer, pianist and Serbian native Dimitrije Vasiljević, Metaphor seems to embody the very best of the European (Eastern and Western) and American classical and jazz piano traditions. With his austere yet light approach to melody and rhythm, Vasiljević reflects both emerging pianists such as Eldar Djangirov and more longstanding stalwarts ...
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