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Under the Banner of McBride: Two Bass Hits from a Low-End Giant

by Dan Bilawsky
May 16, 2013

Bassist Christian McBride is many things to many people. Leader, sideman, writer, and conceptualist are just a few of the hats that he happens to wear on these two quintet- centered dates. One album puts McBride's name up in lights, while the other finds him in a supporting role, but his work is central to the ...

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Mike Pride: From Cradle to Grave

by Troy Collins
May 12, 2013

Since the turn of the millennium, drummer, composer and bandleader Mike Pride has established a strong presence in the fertile Brooklyn scene. Pride's diverse interests include a wide range of styles; his myriad projects run the gamut from avant-garde jazz and indie rock to neo-classical chamber music and performance art. Encompassing key aspects of all these ...

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Novità di Bill Frisell su Tzadik

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 9, 2013

La collaborazione tra Bill Frisell e John Zorn risale ormai a diversi anni fa. Dopo i vari album realizzati con i Naked City e la partecipazione ad alcuni progetti reciproci, dal finire degli anni '90 sembrava che i due avessero intrapreso cammini artistici completamente divergenti, con l'unica eccezione data dalla partecipazione di Frisell all'album Masada Guitars ...

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Katsura Yamauchi Duets

by Eyal Hareuveni
May 8, 2013

Japanese saxophonist Katsura Yamaychi is a unique musician in the Japanese experimental and avant-garde scene. He comes from the industrial town Beppu, far from the traditional creative center around and in the bigger cities of Japan. He picked up the saxophone in the early seventies, but it took until 2012 for Yamaychi to quit his regular ...

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Le Boeuf Deux Fois: Pascal's Triangle and Le Boeuf Brothers Remixed

by Dan Bilawsky
May 7, 2013

The Le Boeuf Brothers--saxophonist Remy and pianist Pascal--don't box themselves into a jazz corner; or, perhaps it should be said that they don't box jazz into a corner, preferring instead to let it marinate in the juices of the present, where it can absorb new flavors and move in different directions. Both men ...

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Cinque dischi nuovi per una primavera 2013 con orecchie curiose!

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 7, 2013

È l'imperativo della primavera! Rinnovarsi, aprirsi a nuove idee, suoni, geografie, rimescolando quello che si dà per scontato per esplorare emozioni inedite. Abbiamo scelto per voi cinque dischi in uscita o appena usciti, cinque gemme curiose, lontane dalle definizioni e dalle convenzioni, tutte da esplorare perché la vostra primavera di ascolti sia originale e stimolante. Kink ...

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Didrik Ingvaldsen's Corners

by Eyal Hareuveni
May 5, 2013

Norwegian trumpeter, composer and educator Didrik Ingvaldsen has studied at Julliard conservatory, honed his skills as in improviser at downtown New York clubs, educated students at Leeds College in England, Tanzania in Africa and at his home town, Stavanger in southern Norway. His main musical vehicle in recent years is the Pocket Corner quintet. This outfit ...

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Alone Together: Charnett Moffett and Marc Cary on Motéma

by Dan Bilawsky
May 2, 2013

Motéma Music has a tremendous amount of material coming through the pipeline as the imprint celebrates its tenth anniversary in 2013. Drummer Jaimeo Brown's forward-thinking debut, vibraphonist Joe Locke's take on the mellow and bluesy, vocalist Rondi Charleston's most mature outing to date, and a trio release from pianist Eldar Djangirov are all hitting shelves around ...

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Klaus Treuheit: Kaurismaetic / Madrigali dal 2° & 3° libro / Beyond

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 19, 2013

Vale ben la pena di fare la conoscenza con Klaus Treuheit, sessantenne pianista, clavicembalista, organista e compositore tedesco, e la sua musica. Tre CD arrivati in redazione tutti in un colpo ce ne danno l'opportunità. Klaus Treuheit Kaurismaetic KTMP (2012) Valutazione: 3,5 stelle Partiamo dal più recente, un piano solo uscito da pochi mesi, a fine ...

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Introducing Yasuhiro Yoshigaki's Orquesta Libre

by Eyal Hareuveni
April 18, 2013

Japanese drummer Yasuhiro Yoshigaki is one of the most influential drummers in the left-off-center alternative music scene in Japan. A close collaborator of sound sculptor Otomo Yoshihide, included in all incarnations of Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet/Ensemble/Orchestra, and member of the groups Emergency! (with Yoshihide), Altered States (with guitarist Uchihashi Kazuhisa), Rovo (with violinist Yuji Katsui, former ...