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Reginald Cyntje: Elements of Life

Read "Elements of Life" reviewed by Geannine Reid

by Geannine Reid
July 24, 2014

Born on the island of Dominica and raised on St. Thomas, USVI, trombonist Reginald Cyntje has been mixing cultural heritage with black American music from the beginning. Growing up in the US Virgin Islands (USVI), Cyntje was immersed in the rich cultural music known as Quelbe (the official music of the USVI), which is based primarily ...

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Gian-Carla Tisera: Nora La Bella

Read "Nora La Bella" reviewed by Geannine Reid

by Geannine Reid
July 24, 2014

Gian-Carla Tisera was raised in Bolivia and completed her Masters in Opera Performance at the University of Southern California. In 2004, she recorded Bolivian Baroque with Florilegium early music ensemble under the Dutch label Channel Classics and has toured with Florilegium throughout Europe, Bolivia, Turkey, Singapore and the United States. In 2012 Tisera produced and recorded ...

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Lithium J Quartet: Psychedelic Light

Read "Psychedelic Light" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero
July 24, 2014

La collaborazione tra il batterista Pietro Iodice e il trombonista Mario Corvini ha solide radici fin dall'allestimento nel lontano 1993 della storica Roma Jazz Ensemble Orchestra divenuta nel 2005 Parco della Musica Jazz Orchestra, una tra le più quotate formazioni europee. Su questo asse portante si innestano con grande autorevolezza il giovane ed eclettico contrabbassista, nonché ...

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Till Martin: Regarding a Line

Read "Regarding a Line" reviewed by Luigi Sforza

by Luigi Sforza
July 24, 2014

Regarding a Line--settima prova discografica da leader del sassofonista tedesco Till Martin--riesce a trovare una sintesi tra jazz e musica europea, lungo percorsi Third Stream. Il disco manifesta armoniosamente l'ossimoro che scaturisce dalla condensazione musicale tra la disciplina seriale di Arnold Schoenberg e la libertà espressiva del jazz. L'importanza della scrittura emerge chiara a ...

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Sean Jones: Im•pro•vise-Never Before Seen

Read "Im•pro•vise-Never Before Seen" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
July 23, 2014

Sean Jones, the former lead trumpeter of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, never hides behind anything or anyone when he plays. That being said, it's still worth noting that he's pulled back the curtain on this one, revealing more of himself than in the past. This album--his seventh album in ten years on the Mack ...

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Jason Ajemian: A Way A Land Of Life

Read "A Way A Land Of Life" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
July 23, 2014

While the talented cast dazzles, what comes across most strongly on this 42-minute LP is the controlling mind of bassist Jason Ajemian. Part of the fertile underground scene in Chicago, Ajemian has featured with Ken Vandermark and Matt Bauder, as well as cornetist Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra. But none of that really prepares one for ...

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Jerrold Dubyk Quintet: Invitations

Read "Invitations" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
July 23, 2014

Canadian saxophonist Jerrold Dubyk delivers his third album as leader on Invitations , where he blends an array of fresh original music with a few cover tunes in forging an audacious musical experience of modern-styled jazz. An educator by profession, Dubyk is the Director of Music at Strathcona High school as well as serving on the ...

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Kenny Lavender: Conscious Journey Part 1 & 2

Read "Conscious Journey Part 1 & 2" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello

by Nicholas F. Mondello
July 22, 2014

"Big D, Texas!" If that's the “Final Jeopardy" answer based on this recording, the obvious and very correct question would be: “Where does the featured artist on Conscious Journey Part 1 & 2 come from?" Yep, it's where everything is expansive, free-wheeling and hot--and ditto this recording. Spanning two CDs and offering a ...

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Denny Zeitlin: Stairway to the Stars

Read "Stairway to the Stars" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
July 22, 2014

Pianist Denny Zeitlin's Stairway to the Stars recording sparkles to life on the familiar Great American Songbook jewel, “There Will Never Be Another You." This version has everything that the best piano trio efforts offer: elegance, inspired three-way interplay, a vivacious groove--thanks to drummer Matt Wilson and bassist Buster Williams--and Zeitlin's always supple touch and endless ...

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John Escreet: Sound, Space and Structures

Read "Sound, Space and Structures" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro
July 22, 2014

Inciso a fine settembre 2013, questo lavoro del trentenne pianista inglese John Escreet, autore della suite in nove parti che lo compone, vanta anzitutto il non indifferente dono della partecipazione di Evan Parker, musicista generoso che non ha mai lesinato la propria adesione a prove discografiche e concertistiche di musicisti anche--come si suol dire--emergenti o di ...