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Article: Year in Review

Dan McClenaghan's Best Releases of 2012

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Scores of excellent CDs were released in 2012. These are some of the finest. Click on the CD titles for more in depth reviews. Hal Galper Airegin Revisited Origin Records Pianist Hal Galper has been delving deeply into his rubato explorations of the standards, along with his ...

Article: Album Review

Anders Jormin: Ad Lucem

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Conosciuto principalmente per il notevole contributo dato ai gruppi di Bobo Stenson, Charles Lloyd e Tomasz Stanko, a fianco dei quali ha inciso numerosi album in veste di accompagnatore per tutti gli anni '90, il contrabbassista svedese Anders Jormin è in realtà anche un affermato compositore, operando in diversi ambiti extrajazzistici che vanno dal folk tradizionale ...

Article: Album Review

Nik Bärtsch's Ronin: Live

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L'ascolto del doppio CD Live sarà di sicuro interesse sia per chi attendeva da tempo un disco come questo da parte di Nik Bärtsch, sia per chi si avvicina per la prima volta a questo artista e alla sua band Ronin. Registrato dal vivo in diverse località dove il pianista svizzero si è esibito nel corso ...

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Article: Album Review

Eivind Aarset: Dream Logic

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The ingredients are all electric on guitarist Eivind Aarset's Dream Logic: plugged-in guitar and bass; programming; samples; dictophone; and electronics. The resulting atmospheric layering of sound with subtle dynamics and inorganic drones could be described as sterile, but what a beautiful, mysterious sterility it is.The Norwegian guitarist has contributed to several ECM Records recordings, ...

Article: Album Review

Jon Balke: Magnetic Works 1993-2001

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Questo doppio CD raccoglie una selezione della produzione della Magnetic North Orchestra di Jon Balke, tratta dagli album Further (1994), Solarized (1999) e Kyanos (2002). La riedizione, opportuna e interessante, permette di ricordare e tener conto di quanto si muoveva in Norvegia a cavallo del nuovo secolo, mentre l'accostamento dei tre lavori consente di apprezzare in ...

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Article: Album Review

Benedikt Jahnel: Equilibrium

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He may be better known internationally to ECM fans for his participation in the pan-cultural Cyminology, but German pianist Benedikt Jahnel has been devoting just as much attention to his multinational trio featuring Spanish bassist Antonio Miguel and American drummer Owen Howard. Releasing the trio's debut in 2008 on Viennese guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel's Material Records imprint, ...

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Article: Album Review

Eivind Aarset: Dream Logic

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With the exception of trumpeter Nils Petter Molvær and singer Sidsel Endresen--who each left the label after contributing two fine albums as leaders--there seems to be an increasing number of Norwegian artists who, after establishing themselves on smaller labels, are gaining greater international exposure by moving to the venerable ECM label. Trumpeter Arve Henriksen and Cartography ...

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Article: Album Review

Kim Kashkashian: Kurtag/Ligeti: Music for Viola

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There are more jokes about the viola, perhaps, than any other member of the violin family, but there are also exquisitely written pieces of music that in the hands of virtuosos come alive with vivid emotion and erudite articulation. Boston-based Kim Kashkashian is one of the premier violists in the world and has ...

Article: Album Review

Steve Kuhn Trio: Wisteria

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Classe 1938, Steve Kuhn resta tra i pochi grandi pianisti della sua generazione e sa procurare forti emozioni anche nell'abusata formula del trio. Kuhn ha sviluppato negli anni uno stile personalissimo, che si distingue per il tocco limpido, l'equilibrio delle dinamiche e il raffinato senso ritmico. La sua partnership con Joey Baron va avanti da due ...

Article: Album Review

John Abercrombie Quartet: Within a Song

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Il nuovo lavoro del chitarrista John Abercrombie lo vede alla guida di un inedito quartetto. Del precedente, con cui ha inciso vari dischi nell'ultimo decennio, resta il solo Joey Baron, mentre il sassofonista Joe Lovano, già al suo fianco ai tempi di Open Land, sostituisce il violinista Mark Feldman, e Drew Gress prende il posto del ...


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