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Francois Cotinaud / Barre Phillips / Henri Roger / Emmanuelle Somer: No Meat Inside

Read "No Meat Inside" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
October 5, 2013

This live documentation of an ad-hoc French free improvising quartet was done at the festival Jazz sous les bigaradiers at La Gaude near Nice in November 2012. The friendly atmosphere of the club So What as well as the warm reception of the audience inspired the quartet for this noisy, wild, poetic and free performance.

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Sergio Wagner / Alan Zimmerman: Backstage Sally

Read "Backstage Sally" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard

by Jakob Baekgaard
October 5, 2013

Those listeners enamored with the classic sound of hard bop modernism that Blue Note propelled in the '50s and early '60s will be well served by Argentinian label Rivorecords whose catalog basks in the swinging sounds of the past, but adds a contemporary touch of urgency. Label boss Justo Lo Prete has found ...

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Ron Aprea: Remembering Blakey

Read "Remembering Blakey" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello

by Nicholas F. Mondello
October 5, 2013

Legendary drummer Art Blakey, he of the eponymous Jazz Messengers, is regularly attributed with saying: “Jazz washes away the dust of everyday life." Well, if that's the case, this superb recording from saxophonist Ron Aprea and his cleaning crew certainly left the studio spotless, and themselves, to be somewhat crude but oh-so accurate, assless.This ...

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Mariano Loiacono Noneto: Hot House

Read "Hot House" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard

by Jakob Baekgaard
October 4, 2013

Bigger isn't necessarily better, but there's no denying that the expanded line-up of the nonet is a format that adds new nuances to the Argentinian trumpeter Mariano Loiacono. Loiacono is one of the mainstays on Justo Lo Prete's Rivorecords and has previously released the excellent What's New? (Rivorecords, 2011) and Warm Valley (Rivorecords, ...

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Fatum Brothers Jazz Orchestra: Live in Chicago

Read "Live in Chicago" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
October 4, 2013

For their second album, the talented Fatum brothers (twins, as it happens), Michael on trumpet, John on drums, introduced their admirable Jazz Orchestra to an appreciative audience at Chicago's venerable Jazz Showcase in July 2013 for a concert of mostly original compositions on which unbridled old-school swinging is the order of the day. Jazz standards by ...

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Nicolas Bearde: Visions

by Dan Bilawsky
October 4, 2013

Vocalist Nicolas Bearde has carved out a comfortable niche in the soul-meets-jazz area of the music world. His previous albums--Crossing The Line (Right Groove Records, 2003), All About Love (Right Groove Records, 2004) and Live at Yoshi's--a Salute to Lou (Right Groove Records, 2008)--showcase his songwriting and suave delivery while also pointing toward those who've inspired ...

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Nate Wooley - Peter Evans - Jim Black - Paul Lytton: Trumpet and Drums: Live in Ljubljana

Read "Trumpet and Drums: Live in Ljubljana" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
October 4, 2013

Given the unorthodox instrumentation, there's a little more than meets the eyes and ears on this quartet effort recorded at a jazz festival in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Each musician is highly respected within the progressive and avant jazz communities. Yet the band doesn't bridge the playing field with tireless bashing and cacophonous exchanges, which are components that ...

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Yelena Eckemoff Trio: Glass Song

Read "Glass Song" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 4, 2013

Russa di formazione classica, ma ormai dal 1991 trasferitasi negli USA e dedita crescentemente al jazz, la pianista Yelena Eckemoff da alcuni anni sta realizzando album in trio con formazioni talentuose, di cui quest'ultimo - con due autentiche “leggende" quali Arild Andersen e Peter Erskine - pare la punta di diamante. La musica è tutta della ...

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Jeff Lederer's Swing n'Dix: Jeff Lederer's Swing n'Dix

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 4, 2013

L'operazione non è nuova. Prendere una manciata di classici riferiti ad un'epoca o ad un ambito stilistico - in questo caso il Dixieland - attualizzarli con un opportuno mix di rispetto filologico e personalizzazione interpretativa, irrobustire il tutto con composizioni originali che a quell'epoca e a quello stile rimandino più o meno esplicitamente. La riuscita dell'operazione ...

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The Mac Chrupcala Trio: One More For The Road

Read "One More For The Road" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
October 4, 2013

Pianist-composer, band leader and producer Mac Chrupcala has worked extensively in the southern New England and eastern Canada area for most of his career, and has recently added the southwest Florida (North Port) community to his stomping grounds. A leader of big bands and a veteran player with thirty-five recordings to his credit, Chrupcala's new working ...