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A Peep Into The World of Putumayo
by Raul d'Gama Rose
The Putumayo label has been doing a remarkable job of bringing music from different corners of the world to hungry new ears, always including an element of surprise in the repertoire. Almost every album is brimful with tracks that delight and are a reminder that there are many more musicians out there than the industry is ...
Rufus Reid: Out Front and with Old Friends
by J Hunter
Great bassists are worth their weight in Maine lobster. Aside from maintaining the foundation so the drummer can stick and move, a great bassist can offer a substantial counterweight to a soloist, plus an additional voice that expands a band's capacity for dialogue. By those measures, Rufus Reid is a great, great bassist, with a strength ...
Norberto Tamburrino: Solo and Ensemble
by Bruce Lindsay
Pianist Norberto Tamburrino is based in the sunny climes of southern Italy, but his jazz influences come for the most part from the thriving US scene of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. He's happy to credit Bud Powell, Hank Jones, Lennie Tristano and Art Tatum as influences, but above all it's the influence of Thelonious Monk ...
Ralph Bowen, Dan Pratt, Brandon Wright: Posi-Tone strikes gold again
by J Hunter
Traditional jazz does not have to be boring. It does not have to be staid, or re-fried or adhere to a formula concocted in a New Orleans barroom over nine decades ago. A lot of the large labels don't get that. Fortunately, the creative triumvirate at Posi-Tone Records not only understands this concept, but they practice ...
Sopla, Andrea Brachfeld! Blow!
by Javier AQ Ortiz
A visit to a New York afterhours dive during the heyday of salsa in the mid 1970s would most likely afford the chance to see charanga groups such as Típica Novel, Orquesta Broadway or Charanga 76, furiously competing against each other-- with flutist Andrea Brachfeld holding her own among a bunch of hardcore characters, musical and ...
Daniel Kelly, Gary Peacock & Marc Copland, Allison Miller: Solo, Duo, Trio
by J Hunter
It can be argued that a quartet offers jazz listeners maximum effect with minimal personnel. It allows for two solo voices without compromising the rhythm section, and gives a composer access to a wider range of colors than could be provided by a smaller group. Then again, there are players doing much more with much less. ...
Great Vibes: Nova NOLA and The Wee Trio
by J Hunter
Despite the current iteration of the Jazz is Dead" riff, it is impossible to throw a rock without hitting one of the music's latest wave of horn players, reed players, keyboardists, bassists or drummers. The one area that lacks ground-breaking new personnel in 2010 is mallets" (vibraphone and marimba), although every recent generation has had its ...
Le ultime incisioni di Gianni Basso per Dejavu: l'addio di un Maestro
by AAJ Italy Staff
L'ultima stagione discografica di Gianni Basso è segnata, oltre che dalla copiosa produzione Philology, da due proposte del produttore Paolo Scotti: il sestetto con Dino Piana e l'incontro con Irio de Paula. La nascita del progetto Idea6 è approfondita dal trombonista nella nostra intervista, concessa assieme al figlio Franco. In breve, Scotti ricordava le musiche suonate ...
Zlatko Kaučič / Kombo: Bici / 30th Anniversary Concerts
by AAJ Italy Staff
Kombo Bici Kaz Records Zlatko Kaucic 30th Anniversary Concerts Splasc(H) Records Percussionista tra i più versatili della scena europea, Zlatko Kaučič è molto conosciuto in Friuli, dove collabora regolarmente con i musicisti del Triveneto, ma un po' meno nel resto d'Italia. Questi dischi colmano la lacuna offrendo un quadro esauriente delle capacità strumentali e di leadership ...
Mark Turner: International Alliances
by Tom Greenland
Diego Barber Calima Sunnyside Records 2008 Mamasaal Quartet Mamasaal feat. Mark Turner SAZAS 2008 Saxophonist Mark Turner, a notable bandleader and distinctive voice in his own right, ...


