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Frank Zappa, due decenni dopo

by Mario Calvitti
November 3, 2014

Il 4 dicembre 2013 cadeva la ricorrenza del secondo decennale dalla scomparsa di Frank Zappa. Sono passati venti anni da quando una delle maggiori personalità musicali del XX secolo è venuta a mancare, stroncato da un male incurabile, lasciando un vuoto incolmabile nel mondo dell'arte contemporanea. Anche se la sua musica ha avuto un'enorme influenza su ...

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Novità dalla Intakt

by Maurizio Zerbo
October 29, 2014

Dalla label svizzera Intakt provengono sempre proposte interessanti, che ci forniscono un significativo spaccato della ricerca jazzistica europea. Pur facendo i conti con i clichè di riferimento (l'avanguardia degli anni '70), si impongono modalità di grande spessore espressivo. Irène Schweizer-Jürg Wickihalder Spring Valutazione: * * * ½ Intakt Records (2014) ...

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Diatribe Records Solo Series II

by Ian Patterson
October 27, 2014

Four years on from Diatribe Records' outstanding Solo Series I, which featured solo piano recordings by Izumi Kimura and Isabelle O'Connell, a guitar solo offering from Simon Jermyn and a clarinet solo work from Paul Roe, the Dublin label is back with the equally impressive Solo Series II. The four musicians presented in this second round ...

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Another Timbre’s Berlin Series goes from strength to strength

by John Eyles
October 27, 2014

Another Timbre's Berlin Series began slowly and gathered momentum gradually. The first issue in the series appeared in spring 2013 and set a pattern for the series by being split between two of the city's fine duos--Michael Thieke/Olivier Toulemonde and Lucio Capece/Jamie Drouin. Despite that volume garnering considerable praise, the second one did not appear until ...

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A Different Drummer: Two Sides of Janis Görlich

by Jakob Baekgaard
October 24, 2014

Things are happening in the jazz underground in Berlin. One of the labels to look out for is Shoebill Music. The label was founded in 2006 by Johannes Haage, Philipp Gropper, Christian Lillinger, Roland Schulz, and Sebastian Sternberg, but today it is run solely by Johannes Haage. In recent years, the label has taken a turn ...

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Gilberto Gil: Gilbertos Samba / Sergio Mendes: Magic

by Maurizio Zerbo
October 21, 2014

Gilberto Gil Gilbertos Samba Valutazione: * * * * Sony Music (2014) Nell'incontro con partner sensibili di generazioni differenti, l'ex ministro brasiliano della cultura sfodera una classe cristallina non sempre valorizzata nelle incisioni discografiche. In primo piano, la rilettura con voce e chitarra di alcuni standard della bossa nova. Superbo ...

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The Poetry of Places: Paula Shocron and Bjørn Solli

by Jakob Baekgaard
October 20, 2014

There is something about places. A particular place can create a special mood. When it comes to music, a place can create a unique frame that adds inspiration and ambience. Just think of the music recorded at the Village Vanguard. The name itself is enough to send shivers down the spine. However, unique ...

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Dave's Picks Volume 11: 11/17/72 and Wake Up to Find Out: 3/29/90

by Doug Collette
October 19, 2014

The story of the Grateful Dead may be the most fascinating in the history of rock and roll, the chapter dealing with the archiving of their live recordings perhaps the most absorbing of all, if only because it continues to be written with the ongoing release of various projects from various stages of the iconic band's ...

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David Bowie: Excerpts from 1.Outside and Earthling

by Nenad Georgievski
October 18, 2014

The '80s were very good to singer David Bowie, and maybe too good for his own good. After producing Let's Dance(EMI, 1983), his best selling one, which was followed by a very successful world tour, he went on to reproduce his successes in a very grand and hefty way, mostly by reproducing the same pop formula ...

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Smoke Sessions

by Maurizio Zerbo
October 16, 2014

Questo gruppo di incisioni “live" è accomunato dall'adesione agli stilemi del modern mainstream. Emerge nei tre pianisti una sincera riflessione sul linguaggio moderno delle varie tradizioni jazzistiche, che vanno dall'eredità coltraniana al post-bop. Grazie anche alla calda atmosfera del jazz club Smoke, in cui sono stati registrati dal vivo, si impone una indiscutibile intensità emotiva che ...