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Donny McCaslin: Casting For Gravity
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Tenor saxophonist Donny McCaslin has bravely developed a uniquely personal sound that proudly claims its heritage in the long mainstream of jazz, yet sounds freshly innovative. He has released eleven albums under his leadership, among which Recommended Tools (Greenleaf, 2008), with its punishing, revealing trio format, was a high-water mark. McCaslin deploys sheets-of-sound density inherited from ...
Donny McCaslin: Casting For Gravity
by Mark Corroto
If saxophonist Donny McCaslin stuck a toe into the ocean of electric jazz with his previous album Perpetual Motion (Greenleaf, 2010), then with Casting For Gravity he dives headfirst into the sea. But don't worry, with his musical dexterity and adeptness on horn, he is in no danger of sinking. In fact, he takes to these ...
Dave Douglas Quintet with special guest Aoife O'Donovan: Be Still
by AAJ Italy Staff
Nuovo disco e nuova formazione per Dave Douglas, che riunisce in Be Still un manipolo di ex emergenti ormai sbocciati e con importanti carriere soliste in divenire (Jon Irabagon al sax, Matt Mitchell al piano, Linda Oh al contrabbasso e Rudy Royston alla batteria). Nuovo gruppo quindi e nuova svolta musicale per il trombettista di Montclair ...
Linda Oh: Initial Here
by AAJ Italy Staff
L'apporto di musicisti di origine asiatica alla creatività del jazz di oggi è un elemento che, seppure con le dovute attenzioni per evitare slogan e banalizzazioni, sta dando risultati molto interessanti. Si pensi, solo per fare qualche esempio, al ruolo centrale che stanno giocando le sintesi espressive proposte dal pianista Vijay Iyer o dal sassofonista Rudresh ...
Dave Douglas Quintet with Special Guest Aoife O' Donovan: Be Still
by Glenn Astarita
Eminent trumpeter/composer Dave Douglas models change through innovation. Among the more important progressive jazz musicians of the past three decades, he's evolved into a motivator and guiding light for scores of seasoned jazz artisans and progressive music upstarts. This 2012 campaign bridges Americana with equal parts jazz, folk, and hymnal pieces with a translucent melding of ...
Matt Ulery: By a Little Light
by AAJ Italy Staff
Da qualche tempo a questa parte si va affermando una generazione di musicisti dalla prospettiva musicale decisamente indirizzata verso l'aspetto compositivo/organizzativo del fare musica. Che avvenga attraverso ensemble di stampo jazzistico (lo splendido Overseas IV di Eivind Opsvik ne è una recente testimonianza) o con formazioni dalle caratteristiche più vicine alla musica classica e contemporanea (è ...
Matt Ulery: By A Little Light
by Franz A. Matzner
A unique blend of traditional jazz, classical, Eastern European folk, and modern idioms, Mat Ulery's By A little Light is steeped in a melancholic grace and shadowy beauty that provides the two-disc set its unifying force. Throughout, Ulery has chosen detail and the oblique over the grandiose to etch his dusky scenes and portraits that seem ...
Linda Oh: Initial Here
by Mark F. Turner
President Theodore Roosevelt's famous quote, “Walk softly and carry a big stick," epitomizes Linda Oh, the soft-spoken bassist/composer who draws total respect with her intrepid musicianship. With her highly acclaimed self-released debut, Entry (2010), and increased visibility through recording dates and gigs like Dave Douglas' “Tea for 3" Tour, Oh is emerging as one of jazz's ...
Dave Douglas – So Percussion: Greenleaf Portable Series Volume 3: Bad Mango
by AAJ Italy Staff
Nel suo peregrinare (in positivo, si capisce) tra formule e assortimenti vari, Dave Douglas incontra in questo album - il terzo della seria Greenleaf Portable Music, dopo Rare Metals e Orange Afternoons con due quintetti diversi - un quartetto di tutti percussionisti (spesso più aromatici che squisitamente ritmici, in verità, e comunque muniti anche di tastiere ...
Dave Douglas: Greenleaf Portable Series Volume 1: Rare Metals
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il titolo Rare Metals è quanto mai appropriato per questo CD, perché di rado capita di imbattersi in gemme rilucenti come questa. In primo piano un inusuale tappeto timbrico ed una front-line dominata dai timbri scuri e cupi di trombone e tuba, per contraltare la squillante tromba del leader. Douglas si rivela ancora una volta il ...
