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Sam Leak and Dan Tepfer: Adrift

Read "Adrift" reviewed by Roger Farbey

by Roger Farbey

Adrift is an unusual recording featuring two pianos in an original work by Sam Leak. It's hard to neatly categorise since it presumably draws its influences from a variety of sources. It could be described as neo-classical, minimalist or chamber jazz but is most probably a mixture of all these elements since it assiduously resists any ...

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Sean Noonan: The Aqua Diva

Read "The Aqua Diva" reviewed by Don Phipps

by Don Phipps

Surreal, comic, wistful, and whimsical, Sean Noonan's The Aqua Diva provides a unique journey into a world that is part Tom Waits, part Mose Allison, part Frank Zappa, and a whole lot of Sean Noonan. Noonan articulates and sings odd ditties and lyrics which introduce us to the Aqua Diva, Bubbles, the Smoking Man, and other ...

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Flying Machines: New Life

Read "New Life" reviewed by Roger Farbey

by Roger Farbey

It takes barely a couple of plays but then the main hook line of Alex Munk's stonking title track grabs you and won't let go. This is very much in the vein of mid-period Frank Zappa with Munk's guitar wired to the extreme end of the jazz/metal spectrum. But it's not all sound and fury, as ...

Article: Album Review

Matthias Schriefl: Keine Angst vor... Schreefpunk

Read "Keine Angst vor... Schreefpunk" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala

by Giuseppe Segala

Chi ha frequentato l'Alto Adige Jazz Festival negli ultimi anni, ha avuto modo di incrociare spesso il trombettista e polistrumentista germanico Matthias Schriefl, sia con proprie formazioni e realizzazioni, che in qualità di ospite o in lavori a lui espressamente commissionati. Tra le altre cose, segnaliamo la sua presenza di solista pirotecnico nel bel gruppo Plankton, ...

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Article: Album Review

Evil Genius: Experiments on Human Subjects

Read "Experiments on Human Subjects" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

It would be an uplifting experience to see this trio go at it in a live setting. For those who need comparisons, think of a cross-pollination between some of John Zorn-produced kinetic avant-garde jazz fusion, psych and rock ensembles along with Frank Zappa influences, and punk jazz groups. Guitarist Max Kutner is the lead ...

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Anais Drago & The Jellyfish: Anais Drago & The jellyfish

Read "Anais Drago & The jellyfish" reviewed by Mario Calvitti

by Mario Calvitti

Tra i giovani talenti che si affacciano alla ribalta della scena jazzistica merita attenzione la giovane (classe 1993) violinista piemontese Anais Drago, che in questi giorni pubblica il suo CD d'esordio per la label francese Another Music Records. Il lavoro rappresenta lo sviluppo della sua tesi di laurea in composizione jazzistica e consiste nella rielaborazione di ...

Article: Interview

Anais Drago - Un violino per Zappa (e oltre)

Read "Anais Drago - Un violino per Zappa (e oltre)" reviewed by Mario Calvitti

by Mario Calvitti

Tra i tanti materiali musicali che ci passano quotidianamente tra le mani, ogni tanto ce n'è qualcuno che ci colpisce particolarmente, per un motivo o per l'altro. Questa volta è toccato al CD che rappresenta l'esordio discografico di Anais Drago, sia per l'eclettico curriculum della giovane violinista di Biella che per il fatto di essere un ...

Article: Live Review

The Yellow Shark di Frank Zappa al Romaeuropa Festival

Read "The Yellow Shark di Frank Zappa al Romaeuropa Festival" reviewed by Mario Calvitti

by Mario Calvitti

The Yellow Shark di Frank Zappa Romaeuropa Festival Parco della Musica Roma 10.10.2018 The Yellow Shark è l'ultima opera orchestrale realizzata da Frank Zappa nel corso della sua vita, e rappresenta la summa (e probabilmente anche l'apice) della sua attività di compositore e musicista “serio," come ha sempre voluto ...

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Article: Interview

Guido Harari, dietro al mirino come un jazzista

Read "Guido Harari, dietro al mirino come un jazzista" reviewed by Luca Muchetti

by Luca Muchetti

"Potresti dire che sono un fotografo jazz, alla faccia di chi mi definisce da sempre un fotografo rock!." Guido Harari scherza volentieri sulla sua nomea di “fotografo musicale," autore di alcuni degli scatti entrati nell'immaginario collettivo e che ritraggono artisti come David Bowie, Tom Waits, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Leonard Cohen, Fabrizio De André (alcuni dei ...

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Article: Album Review

Claudia Döffinger: Monochrome

Read "Monochrome" reviewed by Jerome Wilson

by Jerome Wilson

There are a lot of very fine composers working with large jazz ensembles today, but what Claudia Doffinger does is in a class by itself. A native of Germany, here she leads the Austrian Graz Composers Orchestra in a program that mixes the colors and gestures of big band jazz with the language and rhythms of ...


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