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Two Tastes of Monk: Magical Mystery and Strayhornmonk
by Ken Dryden
John DiMartino Romantic Jazz Trio Magical Mystery Venus 2007 Strayhornmonk Strayhornmonk Unit Records 2007 The music of Thelonious Monk has long fascinated jazz musicians for its many challenges, including ...
Ristampe della Dreyfus Jazz
by AAJ Italy Staff
Comincia ad essere numericamente rilevante la collana della Dreyfus dedicata ai giganti del jazz. Cannonball Adderley Bohemia After Dark Dreyfus Records (2007 - distr. Egea) Valutazione: 4 stelle A beneficio soprattutto del pubblico più giovane, il disco esalta l’altro versante della sua espressività, non tutto muscoli e guizzante velocità. Una peculiarità anche qui messa in luce, ...
Profilo della Pirouet records
by AAJ Italy Staff
La Pirouet Records di Monaco di Baviera sta conquistando il cuore degli appassionati in patria con una serie di titoli curata nei minimi particolari: uno studio proprio, la precisa direzione musicale del sassofonista Jason Seizer, le belle confezioni in digipack. Alcuni dei musicisti presentati, come i pianisti Bill Carrothers e Marc Copland, hanno trovato qui una ...
Phish: Live in '93, '97 and '98
by Doug Collette
Originally conceived in 2001 to document Phish's previously-recorded live adventures while the band was in hiatus, the LivePhish series has evolved into a much more purposeful project since the band went into retirement in 2004. Offering digital downloads as well as eco-friendly CD packaging, the series is extending the legacy of the band by ...
Larry Gelb: I'll Remember Love / Song for Pickles
by Jack Bowers
Larry Gelb says he can't remember a time when he wasn't writing songs. That may not be overstating the case, as Gelb, now fifty-six, recorded his first album at the ripe old age of thirteen and has written more than eight hundred songs, thirty-six of which enliven these two delightful albums ("The Honeymooners Now" and I'm ...
Le imprevedibili traiettorie della Rossbin
by AAJ Italy Staff
Abbiamo più volte parlato in queste pagine dei dischi prodotti dalla Rossbin Records, coraggiosissima e mai troppo celebrata etichetta italiana che in questi ultimi anni ha dimostrato di sapere proporre un raggio davvero ampio di proposte all'interno delle sonorità contemporanee meno usuali, senza mai rinunciare a una istintiva libertà di approccio. Proprio per questo motivo ci ...
Joe Beck: Trio 7 & Coincidence
by Budd Kopman
Guitarist Joe Beck's career has spanned fifty years, mostly below the below the radar since he has not spent much time as a leader, but rather has played behind many performers, inside and outside of jazz. His talent has been recognized by his receiving the Most Valuable Player Award five times by the National Academy of ...
Van Morrison: Remasters at Last
by Doug Collette
Van Morrison's position as one of the leading white soulmen of our times is as firmly grounded as his begrudging acceptance of celebrity status. The Belfast Cowboy so reviles the cult of personality that has surrounded him since his days leading Them, that it has resulted in his steadfact refusal, since the advent of the compact ...
Max Roach: Jazz Contrasts & Introducing Johnny Griffin
by Francis Lo Kee
Kenny Dorham Jazz Contrasts (Keepnews Collection) Riverside-Concord 2008 Johnny Griffin Introducing (RVG) Blue Note 2008 These two fantastic recordings feature the great drumming of the late Max ...
Lee Morgan: Vols. 2 and 3
by Joel Roberts
Lee Morgan was just 18 when he led these exemplary hard bop dates for Blue Note in the winter of 1956 and spring of 1957. But, as these newly remastered Rudy Van Gelder editions attest, the Philadelphia-born trumpet phenom was mature far beyond his years, with a hard-driving, take-no-prisoners style that gained the attention of band ...


