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Matteo Sabattini: Dawning
by Ian Patterson
Perhaps due to New York's dynamism--and no doubt in part the result of the city's pivotal role in jazz's history--New York jazz ensembles are frequently characterized by bold playing and a hard edge that's arguably less common in many European jazz groups. Italian-born alto saxophonist Matteo Sabattini's New York Quintet builds a bridge between a melodic ...
Jazzkaar 2011: Tallinn, Estonia, Days 4-6
by John Kelman
Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-8 Gourmet Duo / Joel Remmel Trio / Rebecca Kontus / UMA & Andi Pupato Jazzkaar Festival 2011 Tallinn, Estonia April 23-25, 2011 It may be small--both geographically, sandwiched between the Baltic Sea and Russia, with only 159.2 square kilometers and ...
Matteo Sabattini: Dawning
by Dan Bilawsky
A sense of melody seems to be sacrificed in a lot of modern jazz these days, as newcomers try to get some press as the next big thing by subscribing to a stranger-is-better aesthetic. Matteo Sabattini is a rare exception, an alto saxophonist whose music is unique in its provision of comfort and a natural sense ...
Adam Niewood: Epic Journey, Volumes I & II
by Karl Ackermann
Post modern jazz musicians like New York-based multi-reed instrumentalist Adam Niewood are sometimes more adroit at pushing boundaries in terms of incorporating non-traditional instruments and equally non-traditional compositions. Niewood wrote most of the tracks on Epic Journey, Volumes I & II, composing with a mind toward letting the instruments speak in their own voices while overlapping ...
TransAtlantic Collective: Traveling Song
by Bruce Lindsay
In recent years jazz groups have begun to give themselves names that give nothing away about their composition or style. The TransAtlantic Collective bucks the trend with a name that offers a more helpful description of itself: a group of musicians from the USA, Britain and mainland Europe. American saxophonist Patrick Cornelius, British trumpeter Quentin Collins, ...
Jeff Dayton-Johnson's Best of 2008
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
When the world economy entered into a tailspin this year, Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner dubbed the event the “Jazz Effect“ given that it emanated from the United States (she was drawing a parallel, for example, to the 1994 “Tequila Effect" that followed a botched currency devaluation in Mexico). I was so happy that a ...
