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Sunna Gunnlaugs: Distilled

Read "Distilled" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
July 18, 2014

La scena musicale islandese non ha prodotto solo Björk, Sigur Rós e, per quanto riguarda il jazz, Mezzoforte e Skúli Sverrisson. La pianista di questo trio, Sunna Gunnlaugs (il cognome per esteso è Gunnlaugsdóttir) è un'artista pregevole che ha vissuto negli anni Novanta a New York suonando con Drew Gress, Tony Malaby, Loren Stillman ...

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Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra: The L.A. Treasures Project

Read "The L.A. Treasures Project" reviewed by Dr. Judith Schlesinger

by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
July 18, 2014

The exciting opener of this CD--the high-swinging welcome of “I Love Being Here with You"--foreshadows the next 64 minutes of tight, crackling arrangements that are impeccably rendered and full of joy. The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, (CHJO) founded in 1985, has always been known for its full-hearted, world-class playing. The “L.A Treasures" of this title refers to ...

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Michael Lake/Gerry Pagano: Roads Less Traveled

Read "Roads Less Traveled" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
July 17, 2014

The title of this album isn't just talk; it basically defines Michael Lake's entire career in music. Lake has made his way in the music world by playing the alto trombone--an instrument that many would simply look at as a novelty horn. Many years ago, his teacher at Arizona State University--a graduate assistant named Kevin Hedges--turned ...

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Peter Brotzmann/Sonny Sharrock: WHATTHEFUCKDOYOUWANT

Read "WHATTHEFUCKDOYOUWANT" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
July 17, 2014

Gone, now more than twenty years ago, guitarist Sonny Sharrock passing in 1994 seems like just yesterday. Maybe it is because his inexhaustible larger-than-life sound still permeates the music of today's free jazz community. This recording, from 1987 is a hidden gem and treasured fragment, perhaps another Rosetta Stone that allows listeners to appreciate how the ...

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Duo Gazzana: Poulenc Walton Dallapiccola Schnittke Silvestrov

Read "Poulenc Walton Dallapiccola Schnittke Silvestrov" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
July 17, 2014

The unifying theme of Italian sisters, violinist Natascia Gazzana and pianist Raffaella Gazzana's second release is a celebration of neoclassicism in modern music. The Duo Gazzana performs five 20th and 21st century compositions that, in one manner or another, draw inspiration from mostly the Baroque era.The focal point of the album is one of ...

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Samo Salamon: 2Alto

Read "2Alto" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero
July 17, 2014

Settantacinque minuti di musica e non sentirli. Merito del chitarrista di origine slovena Samo Salamon e del suo bassless quartet, formazione atipica, una sorta di espansione dei differenti trii che Salamon ha allestito con musicisti del calibro di Tim Berne, Tom Rainey, Paul McCandless, Achille Succi. L'assenza del contrabbasso, se da un lato è uno spot ...

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Isabel Sörling: Farvel

Read "Farvel" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri
July 17, 2014

Isabel Sörling è una cantante svedese di ventisette anni, già autrice di altri album, che qui si presenta con un curioso e originale lavoro dal forte contenuto drammaturgico, alla testa di un sestetto classico, con tromba e sax tenore a fianco della ritmica. Quel che risulta piuttosto originale è l'impianto della musica, di ...

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U.S.U. Jazz Orchestra: Europa

Read "Europa" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
July 16, 2014

Most jazz fans probably don't go chasing college ensembles around looking for the next hot CD release. Those college orchestras are learning grounds. But a well directed college group can indeed treat the ears to top level sounds. The proof is here, with Europa, by the U.S.U. (Utah State Universality) Jazz Orchestra. Under the ...

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Nate Wooley/Hugo Antunes/Chris Corsano: Malus

by John Sharpe
July 16, 2014

Named musician of the year in the El Intruso 2013 critics poll, trumpeter Nate Wooley looks to be on a roll. That's in spite, or perhaps that should be because, of being so hard to pin down. His output stretches from experimental solo works such as Trumpet/Amplifier (Smeraldina-Rima 2011) and The Almond (Pogus Productions, 2011), to ...

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Meade Lux Lewis: The Blues Piano Artistry of Meade Lux Lewis

Read "The Blues Piano Artistry of Meade Lux Lewis" reviewed by Marc Davis

by Marc Davis
July 16, 2014

In three decades of professional writing, I don't think I've ever used the word “twee." But I'm about to. Look it up. Dictionary.com says “twee" means “affectedly dainty or quaint." Put another way: Unnaturally cute. That's the celeste in jazz. It's cute and dainty and thoroughly unnatural. What's more, it's a mood ...