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Tommaso Starace: Italian Short Stories

Read "Italian Short Stories" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi

Il sassofonista Tommaso Starace divide la sua attività artistica tra l'Italia, la Svizzera e l'Inghilterra ma è più conosciuto nel Paese d'Oltremanica, dove s'è trasferito nel 1994 all'età di 19 anni, perfezionando i suoi studi al Birmingham Conservatoire e alla Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Ha al suo attivo cinque album da leader e collaborazioni ...

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Article: Album Review

The Sirkis/Bialas International Quartet: Come To Me

Read "Come To Me" reviewed by Roger Farbey

by Roger Farbey

Drummer Asaf Sirkis co-leads this international group along with Polish singer Sywia Bialas (who actually resides in Germany) and two British musicians, Frank Harrison and Patrick Bettison. Sirkis has been making waves on the jazz scene over the past few years, playing with the likes of Larry Coryell and Tim Garland. Five of the ...

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Article: Album Review

Ma: Live

Read "Live" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay

Ma is part of London's endlessly intriguing Loop Collective, a grouping of younger-generation musicians and bands that includes pianist Ivo Neame, vibes player and drummer Jim Hart, trumpeter Rory Simmons and many others. Saxophonist Tom Challenger leads Ma: he's joined in the core trio by Matt Calvert on synths and laptop and by Dave ...

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Article: Rediscovery

Haken: The Mountain

Read "Haken: The Mountain" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Haken The MountainInside Out Records2013 For a group as young as Britain's Haken to find The Mountain selected by Prog Magazine's readers as one of “The 100 Greatest Prog Albums Albums of All Time"--and at an über-respectable position of #54--is a remarkable enough feat for a group with only two albums ...

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Article: Album Review

Rick Wakeman and The English Rock Ensemble: Out Of The Blue

Read "Out Of The Blue" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

Rick Wakeman (Yes, Strawbs) and Keith Emerson (The Nice, Emerson, Lake & Palmer) were among the primary catalysts of the infant 70s progressive rock scene and helped elevate the genre into a viable art-form, steeped in multifaceted electro-acoustic components with a concentrated focus on superior musicianship. With dazzling virtuosity and heavy use of Moog synths, complementing ...

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Article: Album Review

Patrick Naylor: Days of Blue

Read "Days of Blue" reviewed by Roger Farbey

by Roger Farbey

"Baba" opens this album by British guitarist Patrick Naylor, with a middle eastern-tinged sax melody embellished with fast, acrobatic interplay between guitar and sax. Vocalist Stephanie O'Brien guests on the exquisitely executed song “Naggar" with elegant cello from Natalie Rozario, and this is all underpinned by graceful accordion from Daniel Teper. On “Rifferama" Naylor's ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti (Deluxe Edition)

Read "Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti (Deluxe Edition)" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

After nearly five years that saw the group release five albums--from 1969's earth-shattering eponymous debut to 1973's less consistent Houses of the Holy (all on Atlantic Records)--and incessant touring that saw the group break numerous attendance records and reach the top of the charts worldwide, Led Zeppelin finally took a much-needed break in 1974. Still, while ...

Article: Album Review

Paul Rutherford Trio: Gheim - Live at Bracknell 1983

Read "Gheim - Live at Bracknell 1983" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro

Già pubblicato nel 1986 su cassetta Ogun limitatamente ai primi due “Gheim" (poco meno di cinquanta minuti live il 2 luglio 1983) e poi già in questa forma-CD (quindi con gli altri ventisei minuti, registrati in studio cinque mesi dopo) nel 2004, torna disponibile questo importante lavoro di Paul Rutherford, scomparso ormai da oltre sette anni ...

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Article: Album Review

Spin Marvel: Infolding

Read "Infolding" reviewed by Luca Muchetti

by Luca Muchetti

Nuove eruzioni dal vulcanico batterista britannico Martin France, alla guida degli Spin Marvel. Il musicista già ascoltato al fianco di Django Bates, Evan Parker, Kenny Wheeler, Lee Konitz, Dave Holland, Arild Andersen, e Ralph Towner firma quest'anno un nuovo capitolo della sua storia musicale lanciando per RareNoiseRecords Infolding, affascinante e acido sbocco musicale che al jazz ...

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News: Radio

Happy 25th Anniversary Jazz FM!

Happy 25th Anniversary Jazz FM!

On Wednesday 4th March, Jazz FM celebrates its 25th Anniversary. It all started ten years before launch, in 1980, with a letter to the (then) IBA from Jazz FM co-founder, jazz pianist Dave Lee: “Dear Sir, I hereby apply for a licence to open a jazz radio station in London." Dave had been inspired by listening ...


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