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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 ...
Rabih Abou-Khalil: Em Portugues
by Ian Patterson
Musical alchemist, oud virtuoso and springer of surprises, Rabih Abou-Khalil has never been shy about immersing himself into challenging musical environments. So the suggestion by Ricardo Pais, director of the Teatro Nacional Sao Joao, Porto to have Abou-Khalil write music to the words of five Portuguese poets represented an irresistible challenge. The project sees Abou-Khalil utilizing ...
Gilad Atzmon: In Loving Memory of America
by Bruce Lindsay
This is an outstanding album. Reed man Gilad Atzmon has taken five standards, re-interpreting the versions recorded with strings by Charlie Parker, added six of his own compositions, and created an original, supremely enjoyable and affecting piece of work. The album's title refers to an imagined land--the country that Atzmon envisaged when, as a 17 year-old ...
Lee Konitz & Minsarah: Deep Lee
by Wilbur MacKenzie
Saxophonist Lee Konitz possesses a somewhat austere take on jazz improvisation and who has spent well over half a century finding new ways to express his unique viewpoint. Deep Lee finds him in a quartet with three musicians working together under the name Minsarah. Featuring German pianist Florian Weber, Israeli-born drummer Ziv Ravitz and American bassist ...
Streams
Label: Enja Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Voltozatok; Obsession; Suche; Suave; Ear to Ear; Xenos; Strawberry
Jam; Hangolas; Rose; Toni's Zirkus.
