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Trio ELF: 746
by Dan McClenaghan
With Trio ELF, Walter Lang takes the traditional piano trio format off on a dance groove tangent. The German pianist works and records prolifically with different piano trios, mostly acoustically, with a Bill Evans-like lyricism, a great respect for the form and an erudite depth to his artistry--which makes the groove-laced 746 a surprise for those ...
Chet Baker / The Bradley Young Trio: Chet In Chicago
by Andrew Velez
The reservation approaching this late-in-his-career and previously unreleased 1986 set happily proved to be unwarranted. Attending a dismal Chet Baker set in a brief-lived New York Village club that same year left me sad and depressed at the state of his playing and appearance, vowing to enjoy him only on record. Yet here he is in ...
Renaud Garcia-Fons: La Linea del Sur
by Raul d'Gama Rose
What would happen if the dense yet lyrical imagery of Garcia Lorca's Romancero Gitano was woven into the aural tapestry of bassist Renaud Garcia-Fons' offering, that traverses Europe, the Mediterranean, the Middle East and America? A bewitching mix of flamenco, Arabic, jazz and Latin-American music would collide, resulting in a perfect offering such as La Linea ...
Enja Records
by Donald Elfman
Matthias Winckelmann's favorite recording of the hundreds he's made is the one just finished. Over the years, he's documented music from all over the world and of many different stripes and has always been eloquent and passionate. His label Enja has been in existence for 38 years and a look at the catalogue tells you that ...
Roy Nathanson: Subway Moon
by Mark F. Turner
If the expression “renaissance musician" existed in the dictionary, it would probably show a picture of saxophonist Roy Nathanson. The leader of the Jazz Passengers has undergone numerous artistic rebirths throughout his career as a member of The Lounge Lizards, performing with Debbie Harry, Elvis Costello, and Marc Ribot, composing for film and theater, acting, teaching, ...
Billy Hart Trio: Live at the Cafe Damberd
by AAJ Italy Staff
Batterista tra i più stimati e richiesti del jazz contemporaneo, Billy Hart ha inciso relativamente poco in veste di leader: di fronte a più di cinquecento partecipazioni discografiche, le registrazioni a suo nome sono meno di dieci, spesso difficilmente reperibili. Risulta quindi particolarmente gradito questo bel disco della Enja, che vede Hart dal vivo in Belgio ...
Motohiko Hino: It's There
by AAJ Italy Staff
L'etichetta Enja ripropone su CD una registrazione del 1993 del batterista giapponese Motohiko Hino (fratello del più famoso Terumasa Hino) che ha due elementi distintivi importanti. Il primo è costituito dalla presenza, in qualità di sidemen, di musicisti molto noti che prestano la loro arte per la buona riuscita del progetto. L'altro elemento distintivo è costituito ...
Roy Nathanson: Subway Moon
by Joel Roberts
Subway Moon, alto saxophonist Roy Nathanson's ambitious new album of jazz and spoken word, defies easy categorization. It mixes an accessible brand of avant-garde jazz with R&B, hip hop, Jewish music and multi-vocal harmonies; poignant biographical revelations with humorous observations of urban life; high-art concept with a gritty New York street sensibility. This eclecticism should come ...
Attila Zoller Trio: Common Cause
by Mike Neely
Among the legions of neglected jazz guitar players, the late Attila Zoller is one of the best. Enja's reissue of Common Cause presents all the evidence needed to make the case. Bassist Ron Carter and drummer Joe Chambers round out this fine trio recording, one that suggests a reassessment of Zoller is long overdue. ...
Livio Minafra: La fiamma e il cristallo
by AAJ Italy Staff
Figlio d'arte (il padre Pino è apprezzatissimo trombettista, la madre Margherita Porfido clavincembalista classica), Livio Minafra s'era messo in luce negli ultimi anni come membro delle formazioni del padre, ma anche in varie esperienze su versanti trasversali (la Municipale Balcanica) e in un interessante piano solo, La dolcezza del grido. Un'ecletticità che caratterizza anche questo ardito ...
