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Ristampe Blue Note: Silver / Morgan/ Gordon / Turrentine
by AAJ Italy Staff
Quattro nuove ristampe impreziosiscono lo storico catalogo della Blue Note, per testimoniare ancora una volta la straordinaria stagione jazzistica degli anni '60. Mirabilmente rimasterizzati da Rudy Van Gelder, questi dischi continuano ad avere un'influenza decisiva su larga parte del jazz suonato oggi, sia a livello compositivo che sul piano dell'organizzazione sonora. Dal marchio di fabbrica targato ...
Solo Piano: From My Field; Solotude
by Donald Elfman
Both these solo piano discs have the feel of “recital" recordings by virtuosos, though the virtuosity is not about a lot of notes or about a fancy “look at me technique, but about telling stories at the keyboard. Adam Makowicz From My Field Self Published 2005 Adam Makowicz ...
Poignant Records Presents Bobby Sharp and Natasha Miller
by Jim Santella
The San Francisco Bay area is home to Poignant Records, the brainchild of Natasha Miller. Like many smaller, independent labels, this one provides a window to the creative spirits of those among us who deserve greater recognition. It doesn't come easy, and nothing in this world is automatic; but we're fortunate to have 'em. ...
Jazz Super Hits & Soul Party
by Jim Santella
These two albums from Tower Records' “Exclusive CDs from Blue Note compilation series feature classic jazz in a celebration of good music and how it makes us feel. It's uplifting. Each of these selected gems connects as the feeling goes right through us. Various Artists Jazz Super Hits Blue Note ...
Joe Morris: Beautiful Existence and Rob Brown: Radiant Pools
by Clifford Allen
Improvised music is based on conviction, the belief in the “rightness of what one is playing, a sort of forward-moving directive of sound hinging in part on the ability of one's work to stand equally with the entire history of music (to paraphrase art critic Michael Fried). But improvisation, though certainly a defining action, is also ...
Enrico Rava: Easy Living; Tati; La Dolce Vita; Full of Life
by Donald Elfman
In a career that has spanned over 40 years, Enrico Rava has expressed himself purely, finally emerging as one of the most original voices in contemporary music. He's always had beautiful things to say, but now, in the way he works with other musicians, those statements become poetry of the most exquisite colors. Enrico Rava
Inside the "Box of Thrills": A Brief History of Musette
by Peter Aaron
Watch any old movie that's set in Paris and the soundtrack is sure to be musette, the charming, accordion-fueled music so identified with the city's romantic aura. But before it became clichéd Hollywood shorthand for a location change, it was the social music of Paris' unsavory criminal underclass. Much like American jazz, blues and country, musette ...
Spirit Song; Cityscape
by Andrew Rowan
Ernie Watts Spirit Song Flying Dolphin 2006 Ernie Watts radiates such warmth and lyricism throughout Spirit Song that even a fast-paced, angular tune like “ASFEW ('A Song for Ernie Watts'), where his keening upper register is on display, ends up singing. While he's an ebullient, energetic player, Watts does not ...
Essence; Live at Vision Festival X, NYC
by Jeff Stockton
Don Ellis Essence Mighty Quinn 2005 Trumpeter Don Ellis was at the nexus of West Coast jazz in the late '50s and early '60s, a veteran of several big bands who appeared on Mingus Dynasty before recording Essence in 1962 (here reissued for the first time). The styles ...
Waltz Again; Solitude
by Jeff Stockton
David Murray 4tet & Strings Waltz Again Justin Time 2005 Because he has been so prolific, David Murray's greatest challenge has been facing up to his own recorded legacy. But recording with strings is as much a rite of passage for tenor players as recording “Body and Soul, ...
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