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Bill Frisell - Solos: The Jazz Sessions

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 11, 2011

Bill Frisell Solos: The Jazz Sessions MVD Visuals Valutazione: 4 stelle Bill Frisell non ha alcuna difficoltà nell'affrontare il palco in perfetta solitudine. Anche se questo format non è per lui quello abituale, la sua padronanza della chitarra e degli effetti, la sua capacità di raccontare storie che profumano di America è al di sopra di ...

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Greg Osby - Solos: The Jazz Sessions

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 23, 2010

Greg Osby Solos - The Jazz Sessions MVD Visuals Valutazione: 3,5 stelle La collana di DVD “Solos: The Jazz Sessions" presenta alcune figure di riferimento della scena jazzistica internazionale (Bill Frisell, Andrew Hill, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, John Abercrombie, ....), riprese in performance solitarie. Una scelta indubbiamente coraggiosa, che rende la collana assai intrigante per il jazzofilo incallito, ...

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Eric Clapton: Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010

by Doug Collette
December 4, 2010

Eric ClaptonCrossroads Guitar Festival 2010Rhino2010 The latest in a series of festivals created, in part, to gather funds to subsidize the rehab center guitarist Eric Clapton founded in 2004, Crossroads 2010 may not have had the longest roster or the most varied list of participants, but most ...

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It Might Get Loud

by Nenad Georgievski
November 21, 2010

The Edge, Jimmy Page, Jack White It Might Get Loud Sony Pictures Classics 2009 In the hands of the right people, musical instruments become more than just objects for producing sounds. They become cultural icons symbolizing eras and styles in music. There is no other instrument in this ...

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The Rolling Stones: Ladies & Gentlemen The Rolling Stones

by Doug Collette
November 20, 2010

The Rollling StonesLadies & Gentlemen The Rolling StonesEagle Vision2010 In surmounting the difficulties arising from recording the album Exile on Main Street (Rolling Stones, 1972) and the hasty prep work necessary for its release, the Rolling Stones must have known it had something ...

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Phish: Coral Sky

by Doug Collette
November 14, 2010

PhishCoral SkyJemp2010 What's most striking at the outset of Phish's Coral Sky DVD is how much the band's presentation here, in November 1996, is so remarkably similar to the sound and vision of the Vermont-based jamband since its reunion in 2009. From the sight of drummer Jon ...

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Transatlantic: Whirld Tour 2010 Deluxe Edition

by John Kelman
November 13, 2010

TransatlanticWhirld Tour 2010: Deluxe EditionRadiant Records/Metal Blade Records2010 When Transatlantic wowed a Montreal, Canada audience back in April 2010, as part of its Whirld Tour in support of the 77-minute progressive rock epic, The Whirlwind (Radiant/Metal Blade, 2009), a few things stood out. First, for a group who, ...

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Rory Gallagher: Ghost Blues & The Beat Club Sessions: The Story Of Rory Gallagher

by Doug Collette
November 13, 2010

Rory Gallagher Ghost Blues & The Beat Club Sessions: The Story of Rory Gallagher Eagle Video 2010 Guitarist Rory Gallagher never wanted to be a star. He only wanted to make music on his own terms and have the opportunity to play that music for an audience ...

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Miles Davis Live in Stockholm 1973 (DVD)

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 4, 2010

Miles Davis Solos - The Jazz Sessions Rare Jazz Footage (distr. Egea) Valutazione: 4 stelle Il retro copertina di questo DVD riporta l'elenco della date del tour che il settetto di Miles Davis fece in Europa fra fine ottobre e metà novembre del 1973. Un elenco che suscita bei ricordi in chi scrive, visto che ebbe ...

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Nils Lofgren: Cry Tough

by Doug Collette
October 24, 2010

Nils LofgrenCry ToughEagle Rock2010 It's no small irony that guitarist and vocalist Nils Lofgren has been a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band for over 25 years. There was a time in the mid 1970s when both men seemed to hold the future of rock ...