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Steve Lawson: A Crack Where the Light Gets In / The Way Home

by Geno Thackara
October 5, 2016

British bassist Steve Lawson likes to tag his music as “the soundtrack to the day you wish you'd had." That's not to say that it's bright and cheerful all the time (though that's nice when it happens); rather it's colorful and evocative enough to make each respective kind of day a little richer. Whether playing in ...

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Massimiliano Milesi, Giacomo Papetti, Enrico Merlin

by Vincenzo Roggero
October 4, 2016

Massimiliano Milesi, Giacomo Papetti Dimidiam UR Records Valutazione: * * * ½ Basta l'iniziale “Come Sunday" per capire dove il duo Massimiliano Milesi/Giacomo Papetti vada a parare. Il brano di Duke Ellington è a stento riconoscibile non grazie a stravolgimenti epocali o a chissà quali stramberie interpretative ma perché la ...

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Cyrille secondo Tononi

by Tiziano Tononi
October 3, 2016

Tiziano Tononi è da sempre un ammiratore di Andrew Cyrille, dal cui senso del ritmo ha tratto ispirazione per i numerosi progetti che da decenni porta avanti cercando un ideale ponte culturale tra la scena jazzistica afro-americana e quella italiana. Abbiamo approfittato della uscita, quasi contemporanea, dei CD “Proximity" e “The Declaration of ...

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In Jazz We Trust: On The Politically Inspired Work Of Delfeayo Marsalis and Ted Nash

by Dan Bilawsky
October 2, 2016

The current state of American politics--a veritable cesspool that makes reality television seem sane by comparison--leaves little to feel good about. Moral compasses are skewed, elected officials bicker like fractious toddlers, and candidates ranging from the lunatic sybarite variety to the bumptiously insincere seek the highest office in the land with strong approval from the loud ...

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Paul G. Smyth: Weekertoft downloads

by John Eyles
September 24, 2016

The Weekertoft label was set up jointly by English improvising guitarist John Russell and pianist Paul G. Smyth of the Irish rock band The Jimmy Cake. Their partnership dates back to September 2001 when they played as a duo at Project Arts Centre in Dublin, followed in December 2001 by a duo at Mopomoso, the London-based ...

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Steel Guitar, Snow and Sunny Beaches: Five New Albums on Losen Records

by Jakob Baekgaard
September 7, 2016

Odd Gjelsnes' Norwegian label, Losen Records, has been incredibly prolific in recent years, releasing a staggering amount of quality albums. However, with so much music, it is hard to keep up with the pace. Here is an attempt to summarize a little portion of the recent recording activity of the label. Old names return, new names ...

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Le anime (convergenti) di Andrea Bolzoni

by Alberto Bazzurro
September 6, 2016

Il giovane chitarrista Andrea Bolzoni ci ha fatto pervenire in un sol colpo cinque suoi CD incisi fra il 2012 e il 2015 e pubblicati, tutti su etichetta Bunch Records, fra il 2013 e il 2015. Gli organici svariano dal solo al trio. Vediamo di addentrarci all'interno della materia. Andrea Bolzoni, Luca Pissavini ...

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Piano & More: Rich Halley 5, Casey Golden Trio, Jeff Denson Quartet, Fred Hersch Trio, Peter Erskine Trio, & Sirius Quartet

by Mark Sullivan
August 23, 2016

An assortment of striking jazz/improvisation recordings. Three of them are piano trios--each with their own unique character--but two of them have no piano, or any other harmonic instrument. Rich Halley 5 The Outlier Pine Eagle Records 2016 Tenor saxophonist Rich Halley's longstanding quartet with trombonist Michael Vlatkovich, ...

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Angular Mass/Soul Stream

by Vincenzo Roggero
August 10, 2016

Michiyo Yagi, Paal Nilssen-Love, Lasse Marhaug Angular Mass PNL Records Valutazione: * * * ½ Trio anomalo quello formato dal batterista norvegese Paal Nilssen-Love, dal mago dell'elettronica Lasse Marhaug e dalla virtuosa di koto Michiyo Yagi. E trio particolarmente convincente. I primi due brani ne rivelano il lato dionisiaco, ...

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Latin Jazz Roundup: Mike Freeman ZonaVibe, Terceto Kali, Will Jarvis, Livio Almeida, & Sergio Pereira

by Mark Sullivan
August 9, 2016

A wide variety of recent Latin jazz releases. Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, and flamenco influences are all represented. Mike Freeman ZonaVibe Blue Tjade VOF Recordings 2015 Vibraphonist Mike Freeman leads his ZonaVibe group through an exciting program of Latin jazz originals on his sixth album as leader. The title tune ...