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Avishai Cohen: Almah
by Bruce Lindsay
After a dozen albums as leader and a career that has seen him perform with Chick Corea, Mark Guiliana and Alicia Keys, Almah finds bassist Avishai Cohen returning to his first loves. Those “first loves," according to the press notes, are classical music and, more particularly, chamber music. Almah is a return to these loves, but ...
Dominic Lash: Opabinia
by John Sharpe
As British bassist Dominic Lash explains in the liners to his Quartet's debut Opabinia, both the album and several of the tracks on it are named after extinct creatures excavated as fossils from the Burgess Shale of British Columbia. That inspiration arises from both the fabulous nature of the animals and paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould's musings ...
The Frank DiBussolo Group: Songs to Write Home About
by Vince Lewis
Guitarist Frank Dibussolo has long been a highly regarded performer and educator, with a career that has included work with Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Dizzy Gillespie. DiBussolo is currently residing in Pennsylvania, where he continues his teaching and has now assembled this fine combination of musicians. The selections here are tried and true ...
Konvoj Ensemble: Colors Of:
by Eyal Hareuveni
The Konvoj Ensemble is a Pan-European quintet based in Malmö, Sweden, and run by Swedish saxophonist Ola Paulson. This quintet is comprised of experienced free improvisers--Danish saxophonist Lotte Anker and lap-top player Jakob Riis, Lithuanian saxophonist Liudas Mockūnas, and Swedish drummer Anders Uddeskog, augmented for its debut recording by British sax legend Evan Parker and Swedish ...
Phil Grenadier: Shimmer
by Glenn Astarita
Boston, MA, based trumpeter Phil Grenadier is a highly regarded jazz artisan, performing and recording with famous crooners, rock bands and ingratiating his wares within numerous progressive jazz fronts. He's also taught at New York City's prestigious Mannes College of Music and for the most part, has enjoyed status as a go-to session ace amid a ...
Ahmad Jamal: Saturday Morning
by Maurizio Zerbo
L'ottantatreenne Ahmad Jamal dispensa con questo nuovo CD l'ennesima lezione di piano jazz. Le undici tracce proposte ci restituiscono l'intatta voglia di comunicare gioiose note, che svettano leggere sul pentagramma come farfalle nel cielo stellato. La sua creativa cifra personale si impone a tutto tondo, passando con invadibile souplesse dallo swing ai solari percorsi funky.
Matt Wilson Quartet + John Medeski: Gathering Call
by Vincenzo Roggero
La partenza con un brano di Duke Ellington non è solo l'omaggio ad un gigante della musica del Novecento ma un vero e proprio manifesto programmatico del Matt Wilson Quartet. In Gathering Call ritroviamo alcuni tratti distintivi del pensiero musicale di Duke: la leggerezza elevata ad arte, l'abilità nel condensare in brani di pochi minuti mondi ...
Folkabola: Jolla Pipiola
by Alberto Bazzurro
Provenienti da Avola, a sud di Siracusa, i quattro componenti di Folkabola suonano e cantano insieme dal 2000, rappresentando una delle più solide realtà folkloriche della Sicilia orientale. Questo lavoro, che li vede generosamente supportati da numerosi colleghi, ne testimonia eloquentemente il valore, attraverso una musica fortemente calata nella tradizione ma non per questo scevra da ...
Mike Longo: Step On It
by Dan Bilawsky
If you want to hear what pianist Mike Longo enjoys, and how he thinks, you listen to his big band--The New York State Of The Art Jazz Ensemble--which is featured on Live From New York! (Consolidate Artists Productions, 2013); if you just want to hear Mike Longo, you listen to this trio. Step ...
Bob van Luijt's Square Orange: The Core
by Bruce Lindsay
What's the appeal of a square orange? Place it on a table and it stays put. That's about it. The musical equivalent, in the shape of Dutch bass guitarist Bob van Luijt's Square Orange, has much greater appeal. The quintet's debut album, The Core, features van Luijt's original compositions: a set with impressive stylistic range.
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