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Mieko Miyazaki, Suizan Lagrost: Kyoku

Read "Kyoku" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro
March 13, 2014

Tutta la seduzione della musica giapponese si direbbe racchiusa in questo bellissimo CD, che raccoglie pagine classiche comprese fra il diciassettesimo e il diciannovesimo secolo e composizioni attuali. Ne sono protagonisti Mieko Miyazaki, specialista del koto (a tredici corde) e in sott'ordine dello shamisen (che di corde ne ha solo tre), nonché cantante, che dal 2005 ...

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Jovino Santos Neto: Piano Masters Series, Volume 4

Read "Piano Masters Series, Volume 4" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri
March 13, 2014

Brasiliano residente negli USA, Jovino Santos Neto (classe 1954) ha iniziato la sua attività alla fine degli anni Settanta nel gruppo di Hermeto Pascoal e ha poi lavorato con Airto Moreira e Flora Purim, ma anche con gruppi a suo nome. Qui è alle prese con un repertorio che riassume molte sue esperienze, interpretato in solitudine. ...

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ti-an-guis: ti-an-guis

Read "ti-an-guis" reviewed by Mike Oppenheim

by Mike Oppenheim
March 12, 2014

ti-an-guis, the self-titled debut album of the group ti-an- guis, is a unique contribution to contemporary folk and world music. Vocalist Lovorka Hojevac, guitarists Francisco Medina, Carlos Henrique Jacques Anderson, bassist Noa Stroeter, and percussionist Pepe Garcia come together to form a world fusion ensemble that is truly global. The individual musicians come from Mexican, Croatian, ...

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Vincent Courtois, Daniel Erdmann, Robin Fincker: Mediums

by Anthony Shaw
March 12, 2014

This album of tunes from the cross-border, French-led trio features many elements of their native approaches to improvised music-- exploratory experimentation on the boundaries of the respective instruments, solo work of a high order, and a strong sense of playfulness. The three instruments concerned are all from the middle range of pitch, as ...

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Roberto Magris Trio: One Night In With Hope And More…vol. 2

Read "One Night In With Hope And More…vol. 2" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
March 12, 2014

Italian pianist and composer Roberto Magris continues his pilgrimage to the heart of hard bop with the release of his second volume of One Night In With Hope And More.... Volume 1 was critically well considered, focusing on the music of Elmo Hope, Andrew Hill, and Barry Harris. Magris' journey began several years earlier with the ...

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Lisa Mezzacappa Trio: X Marks The Question

Read "X Marks The Question" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
March 12, 2014

X Marks The Question is one of two concurrent September 2013 releases on separate record labels by burgeoning San Francisco Bay Area-based, bassist composer Lisa Mezzacappa. On Comeuppance (Not Two Records, 2013) she fronts a quartet featuring saxophonist Aaron Bennett but here, spearheads a power-packed progressive jazz trio, highlighting lead soloist, guitarist Chris Welcome. And as ...

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The Ambush Party: Circus

Read "Circus" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
March 12, 2014

The aptly named, Amsterdam-based The Ambush Party is a band that aims to take you by surprise. This international quartet-- Argentinian Natalio Sued, Norwegian cellist Harald Austbø, Dutch pianist Jan Hoogland and Brazilian drummer Marcos Baggiani--knows no boundaries. All is thrown into its inventive, joyful stew--noise, tango, drum n' bass, opera and obviously jazz. The quartet ...

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Alon Nechushtan: Ritual Fire

Read "Ritual Fire" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri
March 12, 2014

Nato in Israele nel 1974 e dal 2003 negli USA, il pianista Alon Nechushtan vanta tra i propri mentori anche Paul Bley e Bob Brookmeyer, i quali evidentemente gli hanno trasmesso quelle tracce del magistero di Jimmy Giuffre che caratterizzano questo eccellente lavoro d'improvvisazione--idealmente ispirato alla creatività pittorica istantanea di Jackson Pollock--e che vengono a più ...

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Jason Roebke & Tobias Delius: Panoramic

Read "Panoramic" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero
March 12, 2014

Il disco viene registrato nell'aprile 2011 presso gli studi BelAir quando la ICP Orchestra fa tappa a Chicago durante il tour per gli States. Tobias Delius, una delle colonne del portentoso ensemble olandese, incontra Jason Roebke, contrabbassista tra i più rappresentativi della scena jazz della Windy City, e prende forma Panoramic. Album nel quale l'inesauribile tensione ...

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Bill Evans, Bob Brookmeyer: The Ivory Hunters

Read "The Ivory Hunters" reviewed by Maurizio Zerbo

by Maurizio Zerbo
March 12, 2014

Solo nel jazz accadono simili incontri, dove le regole vengono stravolte. È il caso di questa seduta discografica del 1959, che vede entrare in sala di incisione un quartetto guidato da un pianista ed un trombonista. Grazie all'idea estemporanea del produttore, Bob Brookmeyer viene invitato a sedersi al pianoforte e ne discende un percorso davvero ragguardevole. ...