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Kevin Hays Trio: You've Got a Friend

Read "You've Got a Friend" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Quattro brani del repertorio pop ed altrettanti standard del jazz per un disco informe, che strizza l'occhio sia al grande pubblico che a chi ama il jazz, finendo con lo scontentare entrambi. Un percorso illuminante per giudicare la cifra stilistica irrisolta del pianista statunitense, bravo ma incapace di dare una svolta significativa alla sua carriera di ...

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The Kevin Hays Trio: You've Got a Friend

Read "You've Got a Friend" reviewed by John Barron


Pianist Kevin Hays and long-time collaborators Doug Weiss (bass) and Bill Stewart (drums) explore a set of jazz and pop classics on You've Got a Friend, a well-conceived piano trio affair. The Carol King-penned title track and Paul Simon's “Bridge Over Troubled Water" begin the disc with a laid-back gospel vibe, tranquil and unhurried. Hays approaches ...

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Seamus Blake Quartet: Live in Italy

Read "Live in Italy" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins


Born in London, England and reared in Vancouver, Canada, saxophonist Seamus Blake has established himself as both a leader and an effective sideman. He brings those leadership skills to the two-disc Live in Italy.Blake has gained recognition from Down Beat and Jazz Times magazines, and he finished first in the 2002 Thelonious Monk International ...

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Seamus Blake Quartet: Live in Italy

Read "Live in Italy" reviewed by Warren Allen


Back in 2002, Seamus Blake established himself firmly as tenor player of interest with a first place finish in the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition. Since then, his rapidly growing discography, as well as collaborations with artists like John Scofield, suggests that the attention is well-deserved. Even still, Blake's first live release ...

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Love, Peace and Jazz!

Label: Jazz Eyes
Released: 2008
Track listing: The Chief; E.S.P.; Blue in Green; Peter's Mood; Brandyn; Fungii Mama.

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Al Foster Quartet: Love, Peace and Jazz!

Read "Love, Peace and Jazz!" reviewed by Joel Roberts


Al Foster is probably best known as Miles Davis' drummer for much of the '70s and '80s, and as a well-regarded sideman for jazz giants including Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins and Joe Henderson. He's also, somewhat quietly, been leading a first-rate unit of his own for more than a decade, one that has only released two ...

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Al Foster Quartet: Love, Peace and Jazz!

Read "Love, Peace and Jazz!" reviewed by John Barron


Al Foster is one of the most celebrated drummers in modern jazz, having worked as a sideman with a who's who of artists, including Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner and Joe Henderson. Recorded in April 2007 at the Village Vanguard in New York City, Love, Peace and Jazz! finds the veteran Foster leading ...


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