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Dan Peter Sundland: Elevenette
by Eyal Hareuveni
Eleventte is the ambitious debut album of Norwegian, 27-year- old bassist Dan Peter Sundland that attempts to merge compositions for chamber ensembles, improvised segments and texts from contemporary American poets. Sundland's group consists of four classically-trained musicians, plus seven musicians with backgrounds in modern jazz and free improvisation, most notably tenor saxophonist Hanna Paulsberg and drummer ...
Marc Cary: For the Love of Abbey
by Angelo Leonardi
Marc Cary è uno dei massimi pianisti della sua generazione ma i progetti da leader che ha realizzato, a partire da Cary On -suo debutto del 1995- fino alle produzioni col Focus Trio, non hanno avuto i riconoscimenti che meritavano. Le cose sembrano andare diversamente per questo suo debutto in solo, che sta ottenendo ...
AA.VV.: Rhythms of Azerbaijani Dances
by Alberto Bazzurro
Nell'ambito di una documentazione quanto mai capillare della musica azera, la Felmay raggiunge l'apice con questo bellissimo CD, dedicato alle musiche legate all'universo-danza. Lo strumentario è quello già incontrato in altre antologie o album di singoli artisti (la zurna, dal classico suono acuto, penetrante e nasale, il balaban, più simile al duduk turco, ...
Matthew Shipp Trio: Root of Things
by Troy Collins
Root of Things is the third recording by pianist Matthew Shipp's working trio with bassist Michael Bisio and drummer Whit Dickey, following Elastic Aspects (Thirsty Ear, 2012) and the group's live debut The Art Of The Improviser (Thirsty Ear, 2011). Over the past three decades, Shipp has demonstrated the reach of his artistry in myriad ways, ...
Marc Halbheer's 5th Edition: Confidence in Symmetry
by Ian Patterson
Swiss drummer/bandleader Marc Halbheer couldn't be accused of lumping his eggs in one basket. His more orthodox projects encompass a jazz standards quartet, and the contemporary Trio Edition with bassist Arild Andersen and guitarist Christy Doran. Halbheer's more exotic collaborations embrace the folk musics of China, Central Asia, the Alps and the Balkans in genre-defying fusions. ...
John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension: The Boston Record
by John Kelman
Ever since guitarist John McLaughlin formed the 4th Dimension--his first electric fusion band in a decade--fans have been hoping he'd dig a little further into his back catalog. The wait is over with The Boston Record, a live album recorded in 2013 at Boston's Berklee College of Music. This isn't 4th Dimension's first live ...
Regina Carter: Southern Comfort
by Dan Bilawsky
Violinist Regina Carter's debut for Sony Masterworks finds her knee-deep in history once again. Carter has become something of a genre-blind and stylistically-inclusive musicologist, marrying her violin, family history and more to music of various shapes and origins. She paid tribute to the dark lord of the violin on Paganini: After A Dream ...
As Deafness Increases: As Deafness Increases
by Mark Corroto
Do not attempt to adjust the speed setting on your turntable. The music delivered by As Deafness Increases is indeed punk, or perhaps noise. It's just that the punk presented is at a glacial pace, or maybe it's the noise of Merzbow performed as if there were a sleeping baby in the room. Released ...
ACV: Busk
by Claudio Bonomi
I britannici ACV, qui alla loro seconda prova dopo l'ottimo esordio di Fall in Wood del 2010, fanno il botto e danno alle stampe una felice collezione di otto brani che faranno felici gli appassionati di un certo jazz d'oltremanica che rifulge di nobili ascendenze canterburiane. Il quintetto, guidato dal contrabbassista-compositore Andy Champion, ...
Francesco Giampaoli: Danza del ventre
by AAJ Staff
Ricco di ingredienti appetitosi il nuovo lavoro del contrabbassista dei Sacri Cuori, Francesco Giampaoli, uno che si diverte parecchio quando può mettere le mani in una pasta baluginante di briciole tex-mex, farina jazz, sale folk, zuccherini freak e lievito circense. Ne esce una pietanza quasi stordente per la ricchezza di spunti, un sapore ...

