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John Coltrane: Live in '60, '61 & '65
by Jim Santella
John Coltrane Live in '60, '61 & '65 Jazz Icons 2007 Filmed in black & white for television, these three European sessions, featuring saxophonist John Coltrane in his prime as leader, run approximately 30 minutes each. One of the most seminal improvisers in jazz, he's represented well here with powerful ...
Bob Berg & Niels Lan Doky Trio: New Morning, The Geneva Concert
by AAJ Italy Staff
Bob Berg & Niels Lan Doky Trio New Morning, The Geneva Concert Inakustik (2007) Valutazione: 5 stelle È un documento live emozionante e nostalgico, per un mucchio di ragioni. Ad iniziare dalla celebrazione di un talento puro del sax tenore che con la sua energia, la sua grinta ha segnato profondamente l’evoluzione dello strumento. Per poi ...
Sarah Vaughan: Live in '58 & '64
by Jim Santella
Sarah Vaughan Live in '58 & '64 Jazz Icons 2007 With the camera on Sarah Vaughan and the microphone picking up every pearly note from her performance, these three black and white sessions work wonders for the soul. She was one of the best. No one could deliver ...
Wes Montgomery: Live in '65
by Jim Santella
Wes Montgomery Live in '65 Jazz Icons2007 If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many pages equate to the feeling that you get from a video? As the saying goes, “It's the next best thing to being there.These three sessions, produced for Reelin' In ...
Paul Bley/Archie Shepp/Bill Dixon/Cecil Taylor: Imagine the Sound
by Greg Camphire
Paul Bley/Archie Shepp/Bill Dixon/Cecil Taylor Imagine the Sound Films We Like 1981/2007 The state of jazz in America in 1981 has remained a sort of lost history, in no small part due to the resounding indifference met by a brilliant film of the same year: Imagine the Sound. Now, with ...
Randy Brecker & Niels Lan Doky Trio: New Morning, The Geneva Concert
by AAJ Italy Staff
Randy Brecker & Niels Lan Doky Trio New Morning, The Geneva Concert Inakustik (2007) Valutazione: 4 stelle Randy Brecker ha navigato a vista nei mari della contaminazione. Maestro nell’applicazione degli insegnamenti di Miles Davis su octaver e harmonizer, il trombettista non si fece di certo pregare quando nel lontano 1966 si unì alla pazza avventura dei ...
Sabbath in Paradise
by Elliott Simon
Claudia Heuermann Sabbath in Paradise Tzadik 2007 Fifteen years ago, saxophonist/producer John Zorn and several of his downtown NYC musical cohorts held what was termed a “Radical New Jewish Culture Festival in Munich, Germany. Shortly thereafter, a similar event was held at NYC's Knitting Factory. At that time, ...
Mahmoud Ahmed & Either/Orchestra: Ethiogroove
by Jerry D'Souza
Mahmoud Ahmed & Either/Orchestra Ethiogroove Buda Musique 2007 Either/Orchestra has found a unique groove in Ethiopian music. Russ Gershon, the leader of the 10- piece big band, included three Ethiopian tunes on the ensemble's CD, More Beautiful Than Death (Accurate Records, 2000). Gershon continued to incorporate Ethiopian music ...
Oscar Peterson Trio - The Berlin Concert
by AAJ Italy Staff
Oscar Peterson The Berlin Concert Inakustik (2007) Valutazione: 4 stelle Il trio di Oscar Peterson in concerto alla Filarmonica di Berlino. Che dire? Un classico dei classici. Il piacere di riascoltare un talento immenso, la rabbia (se così si può dire) nel vedere questo talento messo un po' troppo al servizio dello spettacolo, dell'esibizione tecnica fine ...
Arni Egilsson - NHØ Pedersen - Wayne Darling: Live In Vienna
by AAJ Italy Staff
Arni Egilsson - NHØ Pedersen - Wayne Darling Live in Vienna MVD Visual (2007) Valutazione: 4 stelle Il 17 febbraio 2005, poche settimane prima di morire a 59 anni per infarto, NHØ Pedersen partecipò a questo summit di contrabbassisti, accanto ad Arni Egilsson e Wayne Darling più il supporto del pianista Fritz Pauer e del batterista ...
