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Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood: Live From Madison Square Garden

by Doug Collette
July 18, 2009

Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood Live From Madison Square Garden Reprise Records 2009 The garish pseudo psychedelic cover graphics of guitarist Eric Clapton and keyboard player and guitarist Steve Winwood's Live From Madison Square Garden package mislead. These recordings taken from a three night run at the hallowed venue in ...

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Icons Among Us: An Epic Jazz Documentary, Part 1

by Nick Catalano
July 18, 2009

Part 1 | Part 2 A host of visionary producers in Seattle have produced an extraordinary TV documentary on the state of contemporary jazz art and artists. Dubbed Icons Among Us: Jazz In the Present Tense, the four-part program features a virtual who's who of young jazz performers talking about their creative struggles and ...

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Pat Martino: Martino Unstrung - A Brain Mystery

by George Kanzler
July 12, 2009

Pat Martino Martino Unstrung: A Brain Mystery Sixteen Films 2008 There is active dispute over whether guitarist Pat Martino's playing has the drive and edge it had before his brain surgery in 1980. Tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, one of the many (briefly) talking heads in this documentary, says: “I like his ...

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Incognito: Live at Java Jazz Festival – Jakarta

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 7, 2009

Incognito Live at Java Jazz Festival--Jakarta Inakustik (2009) Valutazione: 3,5 stelle Correva l'anno 1981. Gli Incognito pubblicavano il loro primo album, Jazz Funk iniziando un percorso che qualche anno dopo li avrebbe consacrati come uno dei gruppo di riferimento della scena acid-jazz. Da allora sono passati quasi tre decenni. Dell'organico originario è rimasto il solo Jean-Paul ...

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Gétatchèw Mèkurya and The Ex plus guests

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 29, 2009

Gétatchèw Mèkurya - The Ex Gétatchèw Mèkurya and The Ex plus guests étioSonic - distr. Egea (2008) Valutazione: 5 stelle Ascoltando un album spesso ci si chiede come veramente i musicisti compongano i brani o decidano come e se impostare e controllare le loro improvvisazioni. Eccoci, con telecamere e microfoni dentro al processo compositivo che testimonia ...

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The Story of the Yardbirds

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 23, 2009

Yardbirds The Story of the Yardbirds ABC Jazz (2008) Valutazione: 3 stelle Gli Yardbirds sono stati uno dei gruppi più importanti del rock inglese degli inizi, quando il blues americano era il riferimento principale per le giovani band d'oltremanica. Giorgio Gomelsky, manager dei Rolling Stones, propose loro di prendere il posto della band di Mick Jagger ...

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Diana Krall: Live in Rio

by C. Michael Bailey
June 18, 2009

Diana Krall Live In Rio Eagle Eye Productions 2009 There are some music critics who will fault a successful artist for “selling out," for appealing to the lowest common denominator with music that is either highly processed or mediocre for the sake of not being offensive (read that, ...

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John McLaughlin and Frank Vignola: Guitar Masters on DVD

by Jerry D'Souza
June 14, 2009

John McLaughlin and Frank Vignola present different approaches to the guitar and the music they subscribe to. McLaughlin has explored several musical idioms. He was the fire that ignited trumpeter Miles Davis's Bitches Brew (Columbia, 19690, and he found the soul of Indian music and gave it a prominent voice not only on his own recordings ...

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Live @ Belgrade

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 10, 2009

John McLaughlin and The 4th Dimension Live @ Belgrade Abstract Logix (2007) Valutazione: 3,5 stelle La musica Fusion sta cercando di rialzare la testa con due dei suoi alfieri principali: John McLaughlin e Chick Corea. I due, entrambi allievi di Miles Davis alla fine degli anni sessanta, hanno da poco formato un loro gruppo ('Five Peace ...

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Return To Forever: Returns - Live at Montreux 2008

by John Kelman
June 8, 2009

Return to Forever Returns: Live at Montreux 2008 Eagle Eye Media 2009 With one of the most successful tours of 2008 behind it--and the two-CD set Returns (Eagle Records, 2009) released to document the event--the reunion of fusion powerhouse Return to Forever-- keyboardist Chick Corea, guitarist Al Di Meola, bassist Stanley ...