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Monty Alexander: Harlem-Kingston Express Live!
by David Rickert
Many jazz musicians have mined the music of other cultures and countries for new ideas. Many of the most successful combinations have come from importing the music of warmer climates--Afro-Cuban and bossa nova to name but two. Monty Alexander has always done the reverse: a native of Jamaica who played straight-ahead jazz in the ...
JC Stylles: Exhilaration And Other States
by Dan Bilawsky
The photos that adorn the cover and back panel of guitarist JC Stylles Exhilaration And Other States make Stylles look like a cross between a '50s rockabilly musician and a Brian Setzer wannabe, but his music has nothing to do with either one. The Australian-born and New York-based guitarist deals in burning organ trio swing, with ...
Monty Alexander: Harlem-Kingson Express: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola
by Larry Taylor
Pianist Monty Alexander has always worn his Jamaican heart on his sleeve, incorporated his country's good time music with jazz for over 50 years. With Harlem-Kingston Express: Live, his Motéma debut, , he ventures even further into reggae territory. Six of the 11 tracks were recorded in 2010 at Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club Coca Cola Club ...
Lynne Arriale: Convergence
by AAJ Italy Staff
È la grande varietà stilistica l'elemento di Convergence che salta subito all'orecchio dell'ascoltatore di turno, perché il quartetto capitanato dalla pianista Lynne Arriale ha nelle proprie corde una nutrita scorta di frecce che, di traccia in traccia, vengono scoccate con precisione ed equilibrio. Sei originali e cinque rivisitazioni di brani dell'area pop-rock compongono una scaletta di ...
T.K. Blue: Latin Bird
by C. Michael Bailey
New York City native TK (Talib Kibwe) Blue has seven previously released CDs to his leadership credit. His eighth, Latin Bird, bears promise as his most integrated and well-conceived. Blue interprets nine pieces composed by or closely associated with Charlie Parker's Latin muse. “Chi Chi" and “Si Si" were givens, the former enjoying both Blue's alto ...
Roseanna Vitro: The Music of Randy Newman
by C. Michael Bailey
Randy Newman is an American treasure hidden in plain sight. An Academy and Grammy Award-winning soundtrack composer since the 1980s, a decade earlier, Newman established himself as a preeminent American song writer with Randy Newman (Reprise, 1968), 12 Songs (Reprise, 1970), and Sail Away (Reprise, 1972), and his songs have been covered by everyone from Three ...
Roseanna Vitro: The Music Of Randy Newman
by Dan Bilawsky
With Randy Newman's long-awaited Songbook Vol. 2 (Nonesuch, 2011) and vocalist Roseanna Vitro's album-length salute to his music hitting stores a week apart, it would seem that it's time for revived interest in all things Newman. While the singer/songwriter's release is a solo journey through his own catalog, Vitro's album presents ten of his pieces dressed ...
T.K. Blue: Latin Bird
by Dan Bilawsky
It would seem that the music of Bird has been born anew in 2011. Joe Lovano took to the skies with his expansive take on the music of Charlie Parker with Bird Songs (Blue Note, 2011), and now alto saxophonist T.K. Blue spreads his wings with Latin Bird. Both men take Parker's music in different directions, ...
T.K. Blue: Latin Bird
by Greg Simmons
For a fellow who's been dead since 1955, alto saxophonist Charlie Parker is having a really good year. Several high-profile projects have been released featuring his music, with various adjustments, tints, and abstractions, and some of these have been quite good. Now comes multi-woodwind player T.K. Blue, with Latin Bird, which adds some Latin flavor to ...
Jazz Accident: Jazz Accident
by AAJ Italy Staff
Fa piacere ascoltare un disco così, prodotto da una piccola realtà discografica italiana e suonato da un gruppo che, ascoltato a occhi chiusi, si potrebbe tranquillamente scambiare per una delle band americane che incidono per label di mainstream moderno del livello della Criss Cross o Double Time. I quattro protagonisti hanno studiato in giro per il ...
