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Hild Sofie Tafjord: Breathing

Read "Breathing" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
June 24, 2014

Norwegian French horn player Hild Sofie Taford has re-written the instrument's sonic possibilities, in many previous free improvised formats that were fearless. She plays in the electro-acoustic free improv quartet SPUNK, the duo Fe-Mail (with Maja Ratkje of SPUNK) and the meeting of Fe-Mail with the prog- metallists of Enslaved in Trinacaria and collaborated with forward- ...

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Ken Peplowski: Maybe September

Read "Maybe September" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
June 24, 2014

Si colloca in una dimensione sospesa nel limbo dei ricordi, quest'album di Ken Peplowski, senza appartenere strettamente a un'epoca e il celebre quadro in copertina (Gas di Edward Hopper) ne raffigura i tratti in modo esemplare. In quell'opera si vede una stazione di servizio della provincia americana d'anteguerra, posta in un luogo indefinito sul ...

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The North: Slow Down (This Isn't the Mainland)

Read "Slow Down (This Isn't the Mainland)" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
June 23, 2014

When French pianist Romain Collin and Hawaii natives double bassist Shawn Conley and drummer Abe Lagrimas, Jr got together in Honolulu there was no special agenda; just three friends playing a few gigs in a relaxed environment, far from the hurly burly of their adopted cities of Los Angeles and New York. However, a trio chemistry ...

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Juanito Pascual: New Flamenco Trio

Read "New Flamenco Trio" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
June 23, 2014

While the trio may be the most overused grouping in jazz, it's not nearly as common in flamenco music. But that's not a problem for guitarist Juanito Pascual, a man skilled at tweaking established formulas. This Minnesota-born flamenco phenom is well-versed in the traditions, techniques and history of flamenco music, but he isn't ...

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Bobby Selvaggio: Short Stories

Read "Short Stories" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
June 23, 2014

Like the Japanese calligraphy art know as ensō, the condensed and succinct introduction alto saxophonist Bobby Selvaggio delivers on the track “Price Of Being (Intro)" is a disciplined stroke, delivered with an ease and elegance that belies the character and control required for such a statement. He works his instrument through this exercise with such command ...

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Jean-Louis Matinier / Marco Ambrosini: Inventio

by John Kelman
June 23, 2014

By this point heading for longstanding status with ECM Records, it's always intriguing to follow an artist through the label's discography, as one relationship seems to lead, inevitably, to another. While French accordionist Jean-Louis Matinier made his first appearance with the label on fellow Frenchman Louis Sclavis' Dans La Nuit (2000), it was his tenure with ...

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Daniel Carter, William Parker, Federico Ughi: Navajo Sunrise

Read "Navajo Sunrise" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero
June 23, 2014

Il 19 dicembre 2010 presso l'Area Sismica di Forlì il trio composto da Daniel Carter, storico altista della scena free newyorchese, da William Parker, gigante del contrabbasso, e da Federico Ughi, batterista nato a Roma residente da oltre dieci anni a New York, dà vita ad un concerto entusiasmante, per intensità, compattezza, osmotico interplay, brillantezza espressiva. ...

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Marc Cary Focus Trio: Four Directions

Read "Four Directions" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
June 23, 2014

Dopo la bella prova in solo per ricordare Abbey Lincoln (For The Love of Abbey, Motéma 2013), Marc Cary torna al Focus trio per realizzare il quarto album della formazione. Di nuovo in studio dopo le prove live del 2008 e 2009, Cary realizza uno dei lavori più eclettici e convincenti della sua già lunga carriera, ...

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Dexter Gordon: Soy Califa: Live From Magleaas Højskole 1967

Read "Soy Califa: Live From Magleaas Højskole 1967" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
June 21, 2014

Tenor saxophone legend Dexter Gordon lived for much of the '60s and '70s in Copenhagen. Popular with the media as well as with the fans, Gordon was a regular on radio and TV. On the afternoon of August 5, 1967, he played a special concert at the Magleaas Højskole, a college for aspiring musicians. Danish TV ...

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Ketil Bjornstad: Ketil Bjornstad: Sunrise (A cantata on texts by Edvard Munch)

Read "Ketil Bjornstad: Sunrise (A cantata on texts by Edvard Munch)" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
June 21, 2014

For a country with such a small population, Norway has much to be proud of when it comes to the arts...and not just music, though it remains a country whose support has certainly resulted in a disproportionate number of creative musicians across the broadest musical spectrum. Looking at the violin and its variants alone, there is ...