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Stefano Bollani: Piano Solo

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by Ian Patterson
January 30, 2007

From Best New Talent in 1998 to Best Musician and Best Album of 2006 in Italy's Jazz Musica magazine polls, it is safe to say that Stefano Bollani's star is in the ascendancy. Piano Solo, his second album of unaccompanied piano pieces, but his first for ECM, repeats the eclecticism of Smat Smat (Label Bleu, 2003) ...

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Ximo Tebar: Eclipse

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by Ian Patterson
January 22, 2007

Spanish jazz guitarist Ximo Tebar is a restless explorer. Over the years he has experimented with the blues and organ/guitar/drum trios with the likes of Lou Bennet, Lonnie Liston Smith, and most notably Joey DeFrancesco, with whom Tebar led the pulsating band The Champs. His excursions into pop (or Mediterranean Son, as Tebar himself ...

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Jeremy Monteiro: Jazznotable

by Ian Patterson
January 16, 2007

In a career spanning thirty years, Singaporean pianist Jeremy Monteiro has done it all. He's played with everyone from Michael Brecker to Charlie Haden, from James Moody to Toots Thielemans and from Cassandra Wilson to Simon and Garfunkel. He has performed all over the world and his performance at the 1988 Montreux Jazz Festival alongside bassist ...

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Alex Machacek: Boy That's Sick!

by Ian Patterson
January 1, 2007

Since Alex Machacek last spoke to AAJ four years ago a lot has changed for the Austrian guitar wizard; he left Austria for Los Angeles, got married, and has received glowing praise for his music from, amongst others, guitar icon John McLaughlin. Recently he signed a record deal with Abstract Logix with ...

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Article: Live Review

Bangkok Jazz Festival 2006

by Ian Patterson
January 1, 2007

Bangkok Jazz Festival Sanam Suepa December 15-17, 2006 Coming just a week after Bangkok's first-rate Jazz Royale Festival with heavyweights such as McCoy Tyner and Ahmad Jamal, the 4th Bangkok Jazz Festival ran the risk of seeming tame by comparison. However, the success of the festival was assured by an eclectic ...

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Jazz Kamikaze: Mission 1

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by Ian Patterson
December 29, 2006

Jazz Kamikaze, yet another progressive group from Scandinavia, won the Young Nordic Jazz Comets award in 2005 and wasted no time at all in recording this memorable first album. The group's very name, coupled with the cartoon-depiction of the musicians on the album's cover, implies perhaps an eccentricity and certain irreverence towards the jazz tradition, but ...

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Jazz Royale Festival Bangkok, December 9-10

by Ian Patterson
December 26, 2006

Jazz Royale Festival Suanam Suapa, Bangkok 9-10 December 2006“I'm ashamed of Thailand, Mr. Jitpleecheep confessed to me, crushing an empty beer can rather mournfully. It wasn't corruption and the as-yet-uninvestigated extra-judicial killings of two and a half thousand alleged drug dealers under the old regime of Prime minister Thaksin; ...

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Dave Burrell: Momentum

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by Ian Patterson
November 29, 2006

A traditionalist with respect for the avant-garde, or an avant-garde acolyte with respect for tradition? Dave Burrell would appear to have a foot in both camps. On Momentum the pianist is supported and augmented by the outstanding new rhythm section of bassist Michael Formanek and drummer Guillermo E. Brown. The music manages to be quirky yet ...

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Erik Truffaz: Another Day Another Life

by Ian Patterson
November 13, 2006

Most musicians would be content with one successful band, but Swiss trumpeter Erik Truffaz is not the typical musician. Not content with leading two internationally acclaimed bands, he also finds time to collaborate with the likes of saxophonistsMichael Brecker and Joe Lovano, tablaist/producer Talvin Singh and trumpeter Jon Hassell. And if he's not playing a live ...

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Rez Abbasi: Bazaar

by Ian Patterson
November 8, 2006

The nine tunes on Bazaar, Rez Abbasi's fine debut recording for Zoho, have a structural depth which rewards repeated listening, and harmonic and rhythmic qualities which are instantly pleasing to the ear. Abbasi's totally convincing fusion of jazz with southern Asian rhythms and textures is supported by wonderful musicianship throughout. The opening title track ...