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Take Five With Ark Ovrutski
by AAJ Staff
Meet Ark Ovrutski:Ark started building his career in Kiev,Ukraine. By the time he graduated Kiev music college and moved to Moscow where he graduated Russian Academy of music in 1992. In the mid-1990s, Ark left Moscow and relocated to Poland, where he became highly-regarded through performances in multiple groups. From then, Ark's performance and ...
Brazilian Pianist Helio Alves Releases "Musica" On Jazz Legacy Productions, November 9
LABEL DEBUT FEATURES REUBEN ROGERS & ANTONIO SANCHEZ, AMONG OTHER SPECIAL GUESTS While growing up in Sao Paulo, Brazil, studying classical piano, Helio Alves did not pay much attention to the samba and other indigenous rhythms that surrounded him. Yet today, as one of the most in-demand and consistently creative pianists on the international jazz scene, ...
Adriano Santos Quintet: In Session
by Edward Blanco
Adriano Santos of Sao Paulo, Brasil is a drummer and percussionist currently on the faculty of the Drummers Collective school in New York whose drumming style has been compared to that of Airto Moreira. Residing in New York since the mid '90s and a fixture in the area's vibrant jazz scene, Santos puts his slant on ...
Adriano Santos Quintet: In Session
by Woodrow Wilkins
To say that everybody loves Brazilian music would be too general. But clearly, the sound has a mystique, as so many have embraced it. Percussionist Adriano Santos revisits the music of several Brazilian composers with In Session. Santos grew up in Sao Paulo and began study at the Zimbo Trio Music School at the ...
The Multi-Tasking State of David Binney 2010
by C. Michael Bailey
Saxophonist David Binney has been a ubiquitous presence in jazz since his first recording, Point Game (Owl, 1989), both as a leader and a sideman. So prolific is Binney, that any multiple-disc review featuring him will be dated immediately. Well, so be it, this is a summer 2010 snapshot of some of the recent activity of ...
Claudio Roditi: Simpatico & The Mastery of Passion
by George Kanzler
Claudio RoditiSimpaticoResonance2009 Harry SimonThe Mastery of PassionResonance2009 Claudio Roditi, along with Michael Brecker, was a “special guest" on two LPs the young keyboardist Harris Simon made for producer George Klabin ...
Adriano Santos: In Session
by Dan Bilawsky
Drummer Adriano Santos brings the rhythms of Brazil to the Big Apple when he performs. Santos, originally from São Paulo, has been an essential part of the jazz scene in New York since he moved there in 1995. His crisp, authentic and creative grooves have made him a first call drummer for Hendrik Meurkens, Vinicius Cantuaria, ...
Claudio Roditi: Simpatico
by Larry Taylor
Fresh off his 2009 success with the Grammy-nominated Brazilliance x4 (Resonance), Claudio Roditi has released the stand-out Simpatico. As well as his peerless skills on trumpet, this CD shows off his writing talent with several originals in a samba/bossa groove, as well as some solid straight-ahead tunes. From the Brazilian jazz tradition, Roditi has ...
For Latin Lovers: Mark Weinstein, Claudio Roditi, Emilio Solla
by J Hunter
In many ways, the description “Latin jazz" is no more useful than the umbrella description “jazz." There are sub-genres inside the sub-genre, all of them with subtle color changes that provide different flavors, even though it all can lead to the same satisfying result. Here are three early 2010 entrants into this musical conversation.
It's Clear
By Helio Alves
Label: Reservoir Music
Released: 2009
Track listing: Sweeping The Chimney; Duality; Doce de Coco; Helium; Intro; It's Clear; Ta Boa, Santa; Falando de Amor; Coisa #10; The Dolphin.
