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La via dei suoni di Luca Aquino

Read "La via dei suoni di Luca Aquino" reviewed by Luigi Sforza

by Luigi Sforza

Poliedrico esploratore di esperienze musicali, adogmatico ascoltatore di musiche, trombettista molto ricercato per la sua tendenza a conciliare in forma sempre originale istanze sonore provenienti da ambiti musicali diversi e spesso lontani tra loro, Luca Aquino incarna l'immagine esemplare dell'esploratore sonoro contemporaneo, che pur rivolgendo lo sguardo ad un ampio panorama musicale -alla storia del jazz ...

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News: Video / DVD

Weekend Extra: Steps Ahead, Still Ahead

Weekend Extra: Steps Ahead, Still Ahead

The modern jazz sub-genre called jazz fusion emerged in the 1960s, attracted a wide audience and received extensive radio air play through the second half of the twentieth century. The music combined elements of rhythm and blues, jazz, rock, funk and, often, time signatures that were challenging for both musicians and listeners. Fusion came in for ...

Article: Album Review

Inventionis Mater: Kong's Revenge

Read "Kong's Revenge" reviewed by Mario Calvitti

by Mario Calvitti

La musica di Frank Zappa, a oltre vent'anni dalla sua scomparsa, continua a fornire uno stimolo importante a artisti di varia estrazione, e sempre più spesso fa capolino nel repertorio di musicisti di formazione classica. Il clarinettista Pierpaolo Romani e il chitarrista Andrea Pennati sono appunto due giovani toscani maturati negli ambienti accademici, che hanno recentemente ...

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Article: Album Review

Tom Tallitsch: All Together Now

Read "All Together Now" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

All Together Now--the sixth overall effort from tenor saxophonist Tom Tallitsch, and his third for the Posi-tone imprint--is a well-balanced musical affair built around a surefooted and wholly capable sextet. Tallitsch works with a rhythm section and two other horns here, creating smart and uncluttered settings that showcase the musicians without boxing them ...

Article: Book Review

Frank Zappa. Rock come prassi compositiva

Read "Frank Zappa. Rock come prassi compositiva" reviewed by Mario Calvitti

by Mario Calvitti

Frank Zappa. Rock come prassi compositiva Giordano Montecchi 144 Pagine ISBN: 978-8862313773 Arcana 2014 Sono sempre più numerosi i libri su Frank Zappa pubblicati dopo la sua scomparsa avvenuta oltre 20 anni fa, ma la maggior parte si limita a esaminare l'aspetto biografico del personaggio, spesso da parte di ...

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Article: Live Review

Brilliant Corners Jazz Festival 2015

Read "Brilliant Corners Jazz Festival 2015" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

Brilliant Corners Jazz FestivalBelfast, Ireland March 25-28 , 2015 Brilliant Corners may not be the biggest jazz festival in Northern Ireland--that accolade belongs to the City of Derry Jazz and Big Band Festival--but in just three editions it can already lay claim to being the best. Eschewing the populist ...

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Article: Jazz Art

Ziga Koritnik and The Eye

Read "Ziga Koritnik and The Eye" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

In a time when cameras are more pervasive and invasive than they've ever been--with iPhones, iPads, Androids and low-price point-and-shoot devices lending the impression that everyone is a photographer--photo artists like Žiga Koritnik, paradoxically, stand out more than ever. Sure, anyone can take a picture, but to get to the heart of a subject and truly ...

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Article: Album Review

Marius Neset: Pinball

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by Ian Patterson

Though Marius Neset thrives in small ensemble settings, his writing has increasingly exhibited orchestral ambition, as witnessed on the thrilling Birds (Edition Records, 2013), which saw his quintet augmented by brass, accordion and woodwind instruments to spectacular effect, and on Lion (ACT Music, 2014), a powerful outing with the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra. The aptly named Pinball ...

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Article: Interview

Mauro Ottolini: Sousaphonix and Beyond

Read "Mauro Ottolini: Sousaphonix and Beyond" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi

Il Sousaphonix di Mauro Ottolini non ha bisogno di presentazioni. È una delle formazioni italiane più appassionanti e creative dell'ultimo decennio, dalla musica saldamente ancorata alla tradizione del jazz (fino a comprendere gli albori) e aperta a mille stimoli, dal rock all'avanguardia. In questi giorni è stato pubblicato il loro terzo album, Musica per ...

Article: Album Review

Ernie Watts: A Simple Truth

Read "A Simple Truth" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi

In una carriera professionale di quasi mezzo secolo (iniziò nella metà degli anni sessanta con Buddy Rich) gran parte del lavoro di Ernie Watts è stato svolto negli studi di registrazione partecipando a centinaia d'incisioni (anche di Marvin Gaye, Frank Zappa, Chaka Khan, Barbra Streisand etc...). Le sue credenziali jazz si sono sviluppate nei ranghi delle ...


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