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Luca Rampini: Connections

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 23, 2013

Luca Rampini è un giovane sassofonista al debutto con un disco piuttosto eclettico, in cui più che alla ricerca di una tecnica strumentale fuori dall'ordinario sembra interessato allo sviluppo di idee compositive realizzate con gruppi di varia configurazione. C'è il classico quartetto jazz con uno swingante Massimo Pintori alla batteria ("Valse Rouge") oppure il settetto con ...

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TOTEM>: Voices of Grain

Read "Voices of Grain" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
October 23, 2013

It took five years for the New York-based trio TOTEM> to release its sophomore album (after Solar Forge ESP, 2008) but the waiting paid off. This leaderless trio--comprised of guitarist Bruce Eisenbeil, double bassist Tom Blancarte and drummer Andrew Drury--is more than the sum of its parts and stronger than ever. The ...

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3 Cohens: Tightrope

Read "Tightrope" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
October 22, 2013

It shouldn't come as a shock that the 3 Cohens stress the idea of interconnectedness in their music; soprano saxophonist Yuval Cohen, multi-reedist Anat Cohen and trumpeter Avishai Cohen are, after all, blood. With albums like One (Anzic, 2004), Braid (Anzic, 2007) and Family (Anzic, 2011), these three horn-playing siblings have made it clear that they're ...

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DePaul University Jazz Ensemble: Salutes Woody Herman

Read "Salutes Woody Herman" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello

by Nicholas F. Mondello
October 22, 2013

Anecdotes of all kinds about bandleader Woody Herman-- whose centennial is celebrated this year--circulate among musicians and fans to this day. From them, we deduce that “The Chopper" had a straight-razor tongue, wry humor, and less-than-zero patience for disingenuous fan-fawning over himself or his band's celebrity. Even as road-weary big bands faded from the scene and ...

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Arun Ghosh: A South Asian Suite

Read "A South Asian Suite" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
October 22, 2013

One second? No. Five seconds? Getting there. Ten? Almost. Fourteen seconds. That's how long it takes. Fourteen seconds into “The Gypsies Of Rajasthan," and the first of A South Asian Suite's irresistibly danceable grooves jumps out of the speakers. The idea that jazz is a music for dancing may sometimes seem a rather alien notion these ...

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Marc Sinan: Hasretim - Journey to Anatolia

Read "Hasretim - Journey to Anatolia" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 22, 2013

Hasretim - Journey to Anatolia - An exploration of musical roots. Mai giudicare un libro dalla copertina, diceva quel tale. Ma in questo caso, titolo e sottotitolo dell'album, una volta appurato che Hasretim significa anelito, desiderio, dicono tutto. Vi si scopre l'esigenza, il bisogno, che Marc Sinan avverte di andare alla ricerca delle proprie radici, musicali ...

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Atom™: Lassigue Bendthaus/Matter

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 22, 2013

Uwe Schmidt è un gigante. Artista di grande spessore e versatilità, sotto i vari pseudonimi AtoTM, Atom Heart o Señor Coconut, il musicista tedesco ha segnato con il suo lavoro alcune delle più intriganti traiettorie dell'elettronica europea degli ultimi decenni. Per inaugurare la propria etichetta e forte di un archivio personale di oltre duemila composizioni, AtomTM ...

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Maucha Adnet - Helio Alves: Milagre

Read "Milagre" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 22, 2013

Benchè dotato di ragguardevole statura artistica, il duo composto da Maucha Adnet e Helio Alves firma un CD anonimo ed irrisolto. Se l'intento era quello di svincolarsi dai consunti cliché brasiliani in favore di un andamento melodico più volatile, bisognava costruire un percorso capace di metabolizzare le due influenze stilistiche di riferimento (jazz e Brasile). Sia ...

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Jake Marmer: Hermeneutic Stomp

Read "Hermeneutic Stomp" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
October 22, 2013

Jake Marmer is an observant jew, poet, and dedicated scholar of beat poetry, the blues, and jazz legacy. He was born in Ukraine, emigrated to New York with a short time in between in Jerusalem, Israel. His poetry, perceived by himself as a work in progress, borrows colorful images from Jewish Talmudic texts and Chassidic chants, ...

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Etienne Charles: Creole Soul

Read "Creole Soul" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 21, 2013

Giunto al quarto album, il giovane trombettista di Trinidad conferma le splendide doti strumentali già rivelate nei suoi precedenti album, Culture Shock, suo debutto del 2006, Folklore (2009) e Kaiso (2011). Ma non c'è solo questo. Se i lavori passati coniugavano la tradizione hard-bop col variopinto folklore caraibico e le relazioni con l'Africa, stavolta Etienne amplia ...