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Ich Bin N!ntendo: Look

by Eyal Hareuveni
March 7, 2014

A year has passed since Norwegian punk-jazz trio Ich Bin N!ntendo released its debut release with Swedish sax titan Mats Gustafsson and fortunately little has changed in its uncompromising, raw approach. The worries that the Nintendo corporation might sue the trio evaporated and its members gathered experience in less tougher and noisier outfits--guitarist Christian Skår Winther ...

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Dan Willis and Velvet Gentlemen: The Satie Project II

Read "The Satie Project II" reviewed by Maurizio Zerbo

by Maurizio Zerbo
March 7, 2014

Più che un mero omaggio a Erik Satie, Dan Willis opera una superba ristrutturazione delle già rivoluzionarie partiture originali mediante l'aggiunta di parti composte per l'occasione. Il musicista statunitense si conferma così autorevole esponente contemporaneo di una musicalità trasversale, aperta alle contaminazioni. È sufficiente l'ascolto del brano di apertura, “Gnossienne # 7," per rendersi conto di ...

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Liberation Prophecy: Invisible House

Read "Invisible House" reviewed by Luca Muchetti

by Luca Muchetti
March 7, 2014

I Liberation Prophecy del sassofonista Jacob Duncan tornano a far parlare con un nuovo “oggetto musicale non identificato" a sette anni esatti dal primo, autoprodotto Last Exit Angel. Lo fanno nel migliore dei modi, confezionando un album intitolato Invisible House, dalla filigrana musicale ricchissima e complessa. Tante sono infatti le tracce che fanno di queste dieci ...

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Quintetto Nigra: Sonno fortunato

Read "Sonno fortunato" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro
March 7, 2014

Il nome del quintetto rimanda al canavesano Costantino Nigra, figura di primo piano della vita politica risorgimentale e post-risorgimentale, letterato e diplomatico, mentre i brani interpretati provengono tutti dal bacino pedemontano-provenzale, utilizzando, come idiomi, piemontese, occitano, francese e italiano (i due episodi riuniti nella nona traccia, tra cui “Sento il fischio del vapore," che diede a ...

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Lena Bloch: Feathery

by Jack Bowers
March 6, 2014

On one level, the Russian-born, New York-based tenor saxophonist Lena Bloch's debut album is like stepping into a time machine; on the other hand, one could argue that her approach to music in general and jazz in particular is timeless. Foremost among Bloch's influences are Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh and Lennie Tristano, and the mood on ...

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Christoph Stiefel Inner Language Trio: Big Ship

Read "Big Ship" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
March 6, 2014

Big Ship is the latest album to grace the extensive discography of Swiss pianist Christoph Stiefel and the fourth release from his Inner Language Trio. Stiefel is an underrated pianist. He lacks, so far, the public profile of other European players such as Joachim Kuhn or Michael Wollny but that's no reflection on his talent--as Big ...

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Achim Kaufmann & Michael Moore: Furthermore

Read "Furthermore" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
March 6, 2014

Award-winning alto saxophonist, clarinetist, Michael Moore has performed on seminal modern and avant-garde jazz albums, spanning several decades via numerous projects and stints that include Clusone, The ICP Orchestra, bands led by drummer Gerry Hemingway and bassist Mark Helias; the list goes on. He's a California native who has resided in Holland since 1982 and is ...

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Clovis Nicolas: Nine Stories

Read "Nine Stories" reviewed by Gabriel Medina Arenas

by Gabriel Medina Arenas
March 6, 2014

Ron Carter's judgment regarding the talent of a fellow double bassist can't be wrong. The acclaimed musician, who has recorded more than 2,500 albums and was a fundamental member of the Miles Davis Quintet, highly praises the sound and compositions of Clovis Nicolas. Carter wrote the liner notes to Nicolas' Nine Stories, the first ...

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Kvintetten Som Sprängdes: Svänger Så Det Svartnar

Read "Svänger Så Det Svartnar" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
March 6, 2014

The sophomore release of Swedish quintet Kvintetten Som Sprängdes (The Quintet That Blew Up in English), after Järnet! (Found you Recordings, 2012) features a band with a mature, highly personal sound. The quintet's concise, articulate compositions by its founder, Gothenburg-based saxophonist Niklas Persson, stress dynamic and nuanced narratives, characterized by brief, surprisingly creative free improvisations and ...

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The Inventions Trio (Marvin Stamm, Bill Mays, Alisa Horn): Life's a Movie

Read "Life's a Movie" reviewed by Maurizio Zerbo

by Maurizio Zerbo
March 6, 2014

In un avvincente incontro tra jazz e mondo classico si sviluppa questo splendido progetto in cui riluce il palpitante violoncello di Alisa Horn. Gli equilibri interni sono dettati da Bill Mays, ma è il camerismo della Horn a brillare in un percorso di grande nitore formale. Il suo toccante eloquio nella rilettura dell'evansiano “Turn Out the ...