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Due nuove gemme riaprono lo scrigno di Steve Lacy

by Alberto Bazzurro
February 8, 2016

Ogni nuova occasione per ascoltare materiale inedito o comunque raro di Steve Lacy rappresenta un indiscutibile piacere (fra l'altro neanche poi così frequente), soprattutto per quanti lo reputano uno dei grandi maestri del jazz--diciamo così--post-parkeriano, tutto sommato ancora non adeguatamente messo a fuoco nel suo reale valore (e chissà se mai lo sarà). I due album ...

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Roger Waters: The Wall Live

by Nenad Georgievski
February 6, 2016

Roger Waters and Sean Evans Roger Waters the Wall Universal 2014 It is interesting how things from a distant past still resonate deeply with people even decades after they were first made and introduced. Pink Floyd's seminal album The Wall (EMI, 1979) was the pinnacle of this ...

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Three Treader releases conclude label’s first decade in fine style

by John Eyles
February 4, 2016

Since 2004 when Ashley Wales and John Coxon--collectively known as Spring Heel Jack (SHJ)--set up Treader records and released its first three CD's, the label has enjoyed a reputation for high quality music and distinctive packaging. Following Spring Heel Jack's switch from drum 'n' bass and jungle to free improvisation, they built up an impressive network ...

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Uno sguardo alla chitarra nel jazz contemporaneo

by Mario Calvitti
January 25, 2016

La chitarra è ormai da decenni uno degli strumenti più popolari e diffusi nel jazz; tanti sono stati, e sono tuttora, gli interpreti di questo strumento, protagonisti di un suo progressivo affrancamento dalle iniziali convenzioni per arrivare a renderlo sempre più libero e trasversale, al servizio di una maggiore e completa espressività del musicista che lo ...

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Cowboy: Reach for the Sky & 5'll Getcha Ten

by Doug Collette
January 22, 2016

The one act on Phil Walden's Capricorn Records that did not sound at all like the Allman Brothers Band, Cowboy didn't just boast a down-to-earth charm all their own. This loose aggregation led by Scott Boyer and Tommy Talton predates the Americana genre by some four or five decades and functions without any of the self-conscious ...

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Jeff Beck Group: Rough and Ready & Jeff Beck Group a/k/a 'The Orange Album'

by Doug Collette
January 21, 2016

The early phases of iconic British guitarist Jeff Beck's solo career proceeded in fits and starts, due in no small part to his admittedly temperamental nature, but also via twists of fate that, in fairly quick succession, stymied his progress then accelerated it proportionately. The original Jeff Beck Group, including vocalist Rod Stewart, bassist Ronnie Wood, ...

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David Bowie and His Legacy

by Nenad Georgievski
January 12, 2016

Very few musicians can boast to having an artistic career that changed the course of music history in the way singer David Bowie has had. A legend in his lifetime, he had a more varied and influential career than any other single performer in popular music. Bowie was an example of what an artist should be--brave, ...

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Simon and Garfunkel: The Complete Columbia Albums Collection

by Nenad Georgievski
January 4, 2016

Simon and Garfunkel The Complete Columbia Album Collection Music on Vinyl 2015 Probably the most celebrated duo in pop folk music, Simon and Garfunkel, were the essence of harmony. The duo's voices are definitely one of the most cherished sounds of the '60s. Their harmonizing game, where their voices sang ...

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Howard Riley: Reinventing the Jazz Piano Trio

by Duncan Heining
January 3, 2016

Even allowing for journalistic hyperbole, the phrase “reinventing the jazz piano trio" was a doozy. It all seemed a bit “Emperor's new clothes" or, as my late mother used to put it, “new coat and no knickers." For a time in the noughties, British critics variously applied the phrase to Esbjorn Svensson, Brad Mehldau, The Necks, ...

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Jazzy Christmas - Creole Christmas

by Angelo Leonardi
December 24, 2015

I canti natalizi si sono trasformati nel tempo da inni prettamente religiosi, derivati da laudi o ninne-nanne in onore a Gesù bambino, a pop song strutturate sul modello Tin Pan Alley, che celebrano il Natale in un'ottica secolarizzata, mantenendo i valori di amore e fratellanza. La relazione tra jazz e canti di ...