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Drums and Numerology: Tommy Igoe and Jonathan Blake Embrace the Number Eleven

by Dan Bilawsky
February 24, 2012

In numerology, eleven is said to be a master number, capable of representing those who inspire and lead, often achieving greatness in the process. Charisma and an intuitive way of thinking frequently underscore the thought-process of eleven-oriented individuals, helping to lead them to success in their chosen paths. With these thoughts in mind, ...

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Johnny Kafta's Kids Menu: le delizie impro del kebab alla libanese!

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 13, 2012

Partiamo dall'etichetta, una sub-label della Al Maslakh [splendida testimone, grazie alla figura di Mazen Kerbaj, della fervente scena di improvvisazione radicale in Libano] che incrocia i destini della “cugina free-rock" Those Kids Must Choke di Charbel Haber. Il nome, Johnny Kafta's Kids Menu, è già fantastico e fa riferimento a un fantomatico macellaio libanese titolare di ...

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17.000 Km. di corde (anche vocali)

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 6, 2012

Dalla Spagna (via Marocco) all'Indonesia (Giava), passando per Turchia, Azerbaigian, India e Cina, si viene a disegnare un tracciato tipo montagne russe (o elettroencefalogramma impazzito) di circa 17000 chilometri, con una guglia particolarmente marcata sul finale. Ciò nondimeno, è appunto questo che ci proponiamo di fare oggi. Ovviamente nel cielo delle corde (anche vocali) e dei ...

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Two Sides Of The Trio Coin: Sebastian Liedke and Heniu

by Dan Bilawsky
January 19, 2012

These two albums make it abundantly clear that bassist Sebastian Liedke doesn't look at music as a unidirectional art form, and his life experiences likely have a lot to do with his outlook. The young, Berlin-based artist had put his instrument on the back burner while he was gainfully employed as a civil engineer, but lack ...

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Miles Davis: 1986-1991 The Warner Years

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
January 18, 2012

Warner Bros. was trumpeter Miles Davis's last record company, and the five years covered by the five-disc collection entitled 1986-1991 The Warner Years, pale in comparison to the 30-year, 70-disc box set of Davis' complete recordings for Columbia Records, released in 2009. So the quantity is far lower: how does the quality compare?Davis' detractors ...

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Another Timbre: Silence and After 2 – Cutting Edge

by John Eyles
January 11, 2012

When the Another Timbre label was launched in the autumn of 2007, its proprietor, Simon Reynell, said he intended its output to be a balance between electro-acoustic improvisation (eai), European free improv (EFI) and modern composition. While acknowledging that there are areas of overlap between these categories, at the time he added, “My interest in contemporary ...

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Francois Carrier Trio Live in Russia

by John Eyles
January 1, 2012

Back in September, the review of Inner Spire (Leo, 2011) by the Québec duo of alto saxophonist Francois Carrier and drummer Michel Lambert with Russian pianist Alexey Lapin, closed with the words “This is an impressive debut from a fine trio. Let us hope a sequel follows soon." Shortly after that review appeared, news ...

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Dave Douglas: Greenleaf Portable Series, Volumes 1-3

by John Kelman
December 5, 2011

While many jazz artists have a variety of ongoing projects at any given time, few are as stylistically spread out as Dave Douglas. Since his emergence in the mid 1990s as a member of saxophonist/cottage industry proprietor John Zorn's flagship Masada quartet, the intrepid trumpeter has explored an almost unprecedented variety of detailed projects. In his ...

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Roine Stolt and Neal Morse: Degrees of Separation

by John Kelman
November 20, 2011

2011 has been a banner year for progressive rock, the genre that emerged in the late 1960s, peaked in the mid 1970s, and was threatened with extinction (certainly from a commercial perspective) with the advent of punk and new wave. Of course, prog never went away, and the music of seminal bands such as King Crimson, ...

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Akira Sakata and the Ghost of Albert Ayler

by Mark Corroto
November 16, 2011

For so very long, since Albert Ayler's death in 1970, the faithful have been, to paraphrase Bruce Springsteen, “hiding 'neath their covers, studying their pain...wasting their summers, praying in vain for a savior to rise from these streets."And for the last 40 years, Japanese saxophonist Akira Sakata has been a hero, and that's understood. ...