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Jessy J: Second Chances
by Jeff Winbush
It's a paradox that what distinguishes Jessy J was the very thing she did not put enough emphasis upon; being a female Latin jazz artist. Through three albums of solid, if standard, smooth jazz grooves enlivened somewhat by more distinctive outbursts of originality the lady known as Jessica Spinella stumbled with the blandly generic Hot Sauce ...
Cacaw: Stellar Power
by Glenn Astarita
Cacaw evolved from an acoustic trio as a mechanism for keyboardist Landon Knoblock to merge his compositions with electronics, and a result of his affiliation with drummer Jeff Davis and saxophonist Oscar Noriega in a band that performed the music of jazz piano great, Andrew Hill. Time marches on, as Cacaw underscores its musicality with a ...
Glauco Venier 4et: Waits
by AAJ Italy Staff
Sembra che da qualche tempo le canzoni di Tom Waits suscitino l'interesse di alcuni jazzisti italiani e no (basti pensare, tra gli altri, a Diana Krall, Serena Spedicato e Laura Fedele). Tra questi il pianista friulano Glauco Venier che ha dato alle stampe un CD con ben 15 tracce estrapolate dal repertorio waitsiano di oltre un ...
Jimmy Masters: When Trees Speak
by Edward Blanco
Bassist Jimmy Masters from Virginia Beach, VA has been playing the bass for the better part of thirty years and has countless recordings as a side man to his credit. Though he continues to be a fixture in the local jazz scene and a regular at the Havana Nights Dining & Jazz club in Virginia Beach, ...
S.O.S.: Looking for the Next One
by AAJ Italy Staff
Santa Cuneiform! La preziosissima piccola etichetta americana, da tempo molto attenta anche al recupero dei più sottostimati patrimoni musicali degli anni passati, impreziosisce il proprio catalogo e le orecchie degli ascoltatori con un piccolo baule di meraviglie - curato dal grande nome di Michael King. Stiamo parlando di Looking for the Next One, vale a dire ...
Esa Helasvuo: Stella Nova
by AAJ Italy Staff
Autorevole esponente del jazz finlandese moderno, Helasvuo torna ad incidere con l'ambizioso intento di presentare brani composti sul momento. Liberata da rigide strutture, la musica proposta viene lasciata libera di fluire in un denso ribollire di idee. La pratica jazzistica del pianista è il punto di partenza per una colta riflessione musicale, che mette in campo ...
The Dickens Campaign: Oh Lovely Appearance
by AAJ Italy Staff
Le note di copertina ci informano che Oh Lovely Appearance è un omaggio allo studioso, etnomusicologo, produttore discografico Alan Lomax i cui viaggi attraverso gli Stati Uniti negli anni Trenta hanno documentato l'American life con oltre cinquemila ore di registrazioni sul territorio, i celeberrimi field recordings. Nel disco compaiono alcuni brani tratti dal libro “Our Singing ...
Brian Haas / Matt Chamberlain: Frames
by Chris May
It is not often an album confounds expectations to the degree that Frames does. And confounds them not just once but twice. The first expectation arises from the players' histories. Brian Haas is best known for his work with Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, the spectacularly trans-genre band which the pianist co-founded twenty years ago. ...
The Elec Tet: Shiny Metal Objects
by Dan Bilawsky
The Elec Tet started out as a fusion tribute band, but it quickly outgrew that designation. Drummer Ben Scholz originally formed the group as a vehicle to explore the sounds of now-classic '70s fusion outfits, but something else happened along the way: originality eclipsed imitation in The Elec Tet. Now, on the band's debut album, Scholz ...
Samo Salamon: Stretching Out
by Jakob Baekgaard
Cosmopolitan is a term that is often used to describe musicians, but in the case of Slovenian guitarist Samo Salamon, it is certainly a description that fits. Salamon has turned the restless nature of the travelling musician into an aesthetic strategy and has worked with two different quartets that represent his different musical ...
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