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Dub Colossus: Dub Colossus: Addis To Omega
by Fiona Ord-Shrimpton
If you're a sucker for BIG horn sections, or something like the sounds of UB40 and Groove Armada, still have a 'lickle ting' for Bob Marley and Finley Quaye records and your Pops obsession with Two-Tone (as do we all surely), then you're probably going to like Addis to Omega from Dub Colossus produced by Dubulah ...
Helga Plankensteiner: Plankton
by Paolo Peviani
Come il plancton si lascia portare dalle onde del mare, la musica del nuovo progetto internazionale di Helga Plankensteiner spazia con grande scioltezza tra diversi stili. Le note di copertina del CD, che per una volta descrivono e riassumono molto bene le atmosfere contenute nell'album, si aprono con questa puntuale considerazione.
Benedicte Maurseth, Åsne Valland Nordli: Over Tones
by Alberto Bazzurro
Ha le stimmate della musica di tradizione popolare, però con un aplomb decisamente “colto," questo album delle due giovani artiste norvegesi, sia che al centro delle operazioni ci siano temi effettivamente tradizionali (quattro), sia composizioni originali (sette). Voce e Hardanger fiddle--che è poi l'antico violino norvegese, molto simile a quello canonico, però con ...
Chris Schlarb: Making The Saint
by Ian Patterson
Having spent four years cutting and pasting fifty trusted musicians on his stunning debut solo recording, Twilight & Ghost Stories (Asthmatic Kitty Records, 2007) guitarist/composer Chris Schlarb may understandably have felt like scaling back. Instead, Schlarb invested similar time and resources to sculpt the beautifully meditative folk-jazz ambient suite Psychic Temple (Sounds Are Active/Asthmatic Kitty Records, ...
Rich Halley 4: The Wisdom of Rocks
by Bruce Lindsay
Tenor saxophonist and composer Rich Halley believes in the wisdom of rocks, or so one must assume from the title of his 16th album as leader, The Wisdom Of Rocks. It's probably smart to acknowledge Halley's expertise in such matters: as a qualified field biologist who lives in Oregon he's no doubt encountered more than a ...
Marcus Roberts: Portraits in Blue
by Marc Davis
This has to be the most raucous, the most bluesy, the most improvisational “Rhapsody in Blue" ever recorded. And not all of the best improvisation is by Marcus Roberts. Wailing clarinets and wandering trumpets abound. And it is all in a spirit of the original, so much so that I believe jazz-loving George Gershwin would have ...
Jamie Saft, Steve Swallow and Bobby Previte: The New Standard
by Glenn Astarita
Inimitable bassist Steve Swallow has pretty much seen and done it all. His vast achievements, historic alliances, and easily recognizable sound are firmly ingrained into the jazz idiom. Yet drummer Bobby Previte and keyboardist Jamie Saft are among the more notable modern trendsetters. They've both played significant roles in New York City's nonconforming downtown scene amid ...
Keith Jarrett, Charlie Haden: Last Dance
by Mario Calvitti
Dopo una decina d'anni di stretta e continua collaborazione, tra il 1967 di Life Between the Exit Signs (esordio da leader del ventenne pianista in trio) e il 1976 di Eyes of the Heart e Survivors Suite (ultimi frutti del cosiddetto 'American Quartet'), le strade di Keith Jarrett e Charlie Haden erano rimaste separate per più ...
People: 3xaWoman: The Misplaced Files
by Troy Collins
3xaWoman is the third genre-defying album from the avant-rock band People and the group's very first recording as a trio for the Telegraph Harp imprint. Originally founded by vanguard guitarist Mary Halvorson and irrepressible drummer Kevin Shea, the intrepid duo's prior efforts were issued by I And Ear Records. Joined by bassist Kyle Forester, this session ...
Jeff Colella/Putter Smith: Lotus Blossom
by Dan Bilawsky
Lotus Blossom is an absorbing date that projects plaintive beauty, reflective moods, and introspective ideals. It's a meeting of two master musicians who engage in thoughtful conversation that's quietly emotive. Pianist Jeff Colella, who's worked with everybody from vocalist Lou Rawls to arranging-composing legend Bill Holman, and bassist Putter Smith, whose credits include ...
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