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Due facce del Second Time di Claudio Cojaniz

by Neri Pollastri
September 18, 2018

Sviluppando la sua ricerca sulla musica africana, che aveva già prodotto Blue Africa in duo con Franco Feruglio, e il lavoro su ensemble complessi che lo aveva condotto al progetto (per ora inedito) Hispanish & Blue Songs, il pianista e compositore Claudio Cojaniz realizza questi due lavori editi da Caligola, uno su CD e l'altro su ...

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Iglooghost Takes Brave Step Forward With Electronic EPs

by John Bricker
September 17, 2018

Iglooghost's companion EPs, Steel Mogu and Clear Tamei, both released on August 8, simultaneously overload the senses with chaos and seamlessly coalesce into one challenging, fulfilling step forward for electronica. Irish-born Seamus Malliagh has earned his reputation as an untameable creative under the Iglooghost name, pumping out densely produced electronic beats ever since the ...

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Iluso Records: DIY from two dreamers

by Mark Corroto
September 17, 2018

Australian drummer Michael Caratti and Spanish-born New York-based guitarist Álvaro Domene founded the record label Iluso in 2013 to release their quartet recording Gran Masa. The pair found they shared similar interests while in school at Middlesex University in London. And why not put out their own music? That way they could control the content and ...

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Joseph Daley: Tuba Maestro!

by Giuseppe Segala
September 14, 2018

Ci sono musicisti che con il proprio suono e con il proprio carattere hanno saputo dare un'impronta a numerosi e differenti contesti, pur non apparendo in qualità di leader. Joseph Daley, solista eccellente di tuba ed eufonio (ma anche di trombone a pistoni), si mise in luce per l'agilità e la precisione del suo contributo, in ...

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Max Johnson: In the West; Borderlands Trio: Asteroidea

by Stefano Merighi
September 12, 2018

Max Johnson In the West Clean Feed Records Un talento multiforme quello del bassista Max Johnson, in grado di spaziare dal rock al bluegrass, dal jazz d'avanguardia alla musica da camera. Tutte queste capacità mimetiche precipitano nel suo album In the West, disco che sembra contenere a fatica l'insieme ...

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Il rock'n jazz di Kathya West, Danilo Gallo e Valerio Scrignoli

by Neri Pollastri
September 11, 2018

Never Too Soon to Be Late di Skan The Skin e Oxymoron dei Di Vi Kappa 3 sono due dischi per molti versi gemelli, sebbene non omozigoti. Usciti rispettivamente nel 2017 per Blue Serge e nel 2018 per Caligola, entrambi vedono dei jazzisti al lavoro su un materiale rock e hanno al centro i medesimi protagonisti, ...

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Duck Baker, un chitarrista tra passato e presente

by Mario Calvitti
September 10, 2018

Duck Baker è un chitarrista abbastanza difficile da inquadrare; mentre la tecnica che usa è rigorosamente fingerstyle, la musica che compone e interpreta spazia lungo tutta la storia del jazz, dai vecchi standard al modale, dal blues al bebop, dallo swing al free. I suoi interessi si estendono inoltre a tutta la American Music, che interpreta ...

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Nouveau Fusion: Superette And Visitors

by Doug Collette
September 8, 2018

Bereft of forced funk and over-complicated compositions, jazz-rock fusion can be as liberating as the best rock and roll. That is, if the technical expertise brought to bear is restrained and sublimated to the unity of the ensemble and the musicians involved play with the unity of a true band. Then the emotional expression usually contained ...

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Two on Umlaut Records with bassist Sébastien Beliah

by John Eyles
August 28, 2018

The Paris-based double-bassist and composer Sébastien Beliah has quite a history, being in smaller ensembles such as Wark (alongside alto saxophonist Marc Baron, tenor saxophonist Antoine Daures and percussionist Guillaume Dommartin), R.Mutt (with alto saxophonist Pierre-Antoine Badaroux and percussionist Antonin Gerbal) and Un Poco Loco (with tenor saxophonist/clarinetist Geoffroy Grombone and trombonist Fidel Fourneyron), and also ...

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Forward Into The Past

by Jerome Wilson
August 19, 2018

It's in the nature of most jazz musicians to reach out for the new but a few find their inspiration in the music of the pre-bebop era. Here are three examples. Ernie Krivda and Swing City A Bright And Shining Moment Capri Records 2018 Saxophonist Ernie Krivda is ...