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Jazz and Poetry: Impacted Gems

by Gordon Marshall
July 21, 2012

The poetry of the Beats, the New York school and the Black Mountain school, as well as the jazz poets, all share a particularly heavy rhythmic feel and an earthy, gritty imagery that creates a kind of syncopation within itself. The scenes dance and bump up against each other, cutting and rubbing up against the beat. ...

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Van Dyke Parks: First three solo albums reissued

by John Eyles
July 20, 2012

Songwriter, singer and pianist Van Dyke Parks has so many claims to fame that together they would form the basis of an excellent “true or false" quiz. Consider the following: as a child actor, he appeared with such legendary figures as Lillian Gish, Grace Kelly and Alec Guinness; his first arranging job was “The Bare Necessities" ...

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Michael Moore Quartet - Quintet / Amsterdam - Rotterdam

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 4, 2012

Michael Moore è uno di quei musicisti che ha trovato in Olanda l'ambiente ideale per vivere e prosperare artisticamente. Trasferitosi ad Amsterdam nei primi anni ottanta ha portato avanti fertili sodalizi con Ernst Reijseger e Han Bennink (Clusone Trio) e con altri musicisti europei (Tobias Delius, Frank Gratkowski) senza tralasciare i connazionali. Con questi ha inciso, ...

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Adam Rudolph & Ralph Jones: Sound Travelers on the Cosmic Path

by Jakob Baekgaard
June 29, 2012

Sound is everywhere around us. When we live, we experience life as sound and sight. Words, rhythms and vibrations are part of the way we communicate and perceive the world.Music, at its best, is a special way of communicating through sound. The message cannot and should not be translated into words. Instead, the sounds ...

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Steve Lacy - Estilhaços - Live in Lisbon / Shoreditch Trio - Again - Live in Bruxelles / Wild Chamber Trio - 10.000 Leaves

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 14, 2012

Steve Lacy Quintet Estilhaços - Live in Lisbon Clean Feed Records - distr. Goodfellas (2012) Valutazione: 3 stelle Shoreditch Trio Again - Live in Bruxelles Amirani Records (2012) Valutazione: 4 stelle Wild Chamber Trio 10.000 Leaves Not Two (2012) Valutazione: 3,5 stelle C'è una linea neanche troppo sottile, anzi del tutto evidente, che collega Gianni Mimmo ...

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Music Matters and the Blue Note Oddballs

by Greg Simmons
June 1, 2012

In its heyday, Blue Note records had a relatively stable roster of musicians. Leaders including saxophonist Hank Mobley, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, pianist Horace Silver and saxophonist Lou Donaldson all released lengthy strings of records during recording relationships that were measured in years. Some players, like bassist Paul Chambers, became de facto house musicians for the label, ...

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Siobhan Lamb: The Nightingale And The Rose / Meditations

by Chris Mosey
May 25, 2012

Experiments blending jazz with choral music are few and far between. Perhaps with good reason. Classical composer and flautist Siobhan Lamb and her husband, Gerard Presencer, the English jazz trumpeter, nonetheless accepted the challenge. Lamb's suite, “Meditations," was premiered at the 2007 London Jazz Festival, where it received rave reviews. The Guardian called ...

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Ariel Shibolet: Live at the Total Music Meeting / Scenes from an ideal marriage / Happiness for Things Unseen

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 24, 2012

The Cy Twombly Trilogy (le copertine dei tre CD riproducono altrettante opere del grande pittore statunitense recentemente scomparso a Roma dove abitava da decenni) testimonia tre differenti esibizioni live del sopranista e compositore israeliano Ariel Shibolet. Studi di violoncello ed educazione classica alle spalle, Shibolet (classe 1972) si dedica al sax soprano a partire dal 1992, ...

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A Delightful Twofer from University of Arts in Philadelphia

by Hrayr Attarian
May 20, 2012

University of Arts in Philadelphia boasts a premier school of music that is devoted to educating the next generation of innovators in jazz and other modern musical styles. Its dual 2010 releases show that it is indeed succeeding at its mission. UARTS Z BandUniversity of the Arts Big BandSelf ...

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Wishbone Ash: Live Dates II / Elegant Stealth

by Doug Collette
May 19, 2012

One of the most underrated bands to emerge from Britain in the late 1960s to early 1970s, Wishbone Ash achieved a fine balance between progressive and blues-rock. Its original material made prominent use of tandem lead guitars, mirrored by equally uplifting group harmony singing. These virtues distinguish the sound of the band to this day, as ...