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Drip, Drip, Drip: A Celebration of Drip Audio

by John Eyles
March 17, 2011

Violinist Jesse Zubot's record label Drip Audio released its first CD, Zubotta, in March 2005. As it reaches its sixth anniversary, the latest releases on the Vancouver-based label show it continuing to display the strengths that have made it unpredictable and distinctive throughout its existence. Alongside releases featuring Jesse Zubot and his violinist brother Joshua, standout ...

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Duos: When The Sum Is Greater Than Its Parts

by Mark Corroto
March 10, 2011

The defining characteristic of all great partnerships in cinema, from the male-bonding buddy movie to the classic Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy films, is the tension created between two self-assertive characters, before their eventual collaboration. The same can be said of jazz and improvisational duos. By matching two authoritative players, sparks fly and, if the two ...

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It's an Upstate Thing: John Medeski and Lee Shaw; Joe Barna and Sketches Of Influence

by J Hunter
March 6, 2011

It's time once again to prove that all the great jazz in New York State isn't all made in New York City. The state capital of Albany has been doing its part for quite some time, and it doesn't stop with its two favorite musical sons: mallets wizard Stefon Harris and baritone saxman Nick Brignola. Here ...

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Talus / Seamlessly / Re: Start

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 24, 2011

Nella home page del suo sito, Alberto Braida racconta che da piccolo smontò una macchinina essendo stato attratto dai particolari e dai vari pezzi di quell'oggetto più che dal modellino nel suo insieme. Ci sembra che questo racconto colga bene lo spirito di insaziabile curiosità di Braida, alla ricerca di nuovi orizzonti per lo strumento pianoforte. ...

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Assaf Kehati Quartet: Finding Its Own Voice

by Eyal Hareuveni
February 11, 2011

Israeli guitarist Assaf Kehati, Boston-based since 2007, is a regular in drummer Billy Hart's outfits. His melodic compositions are, he says, inspired by the details of daily life. He cites as influences composers who have blurred the distinctions between folk/pop and more sophisticated music--Hector Berlioz, George Gershwin, guitarist Pat Metheny, Sting and even country singer Kenny ...

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Milt Jackson and Paul Desmond: Elder Statesmen on CTI

by Dan Bilawsky
February 9, 2011

Popular music is usually a young person's game. Older artists, in any genre, often get pushed to the periphery to make way for the next big thing that can sell in numbers. But the CTI label was age-blind when it came to its artist roster. While it's certainly true that the stable of musicians on the ...

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The Guitar Stylists of CTI Records

by Dan Bilawsky
February 4, 2011

In many ways, the guitarists who recorded for the CTI label owe a great debt to the late Wes Montgomery. Guitarist Montgomery's last recordings, before his untimely death from a heart attack, were like a laboratory test for producer Creed Taylor. At the time, Taylor was still trying to work out a formula to balance the ...

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CTI Masterworks: The Second Batch

by John Kelman
January 31, 2011

After a mighty kickoff near the end of 2010, CTI Masterworks is pushing ahead full-steam with another set of six remastered reissues, beautifully packaged in soft digipak editions. Its first batch of reissues included a tremendous, four-disc retrospective box set, CTI Records--The Cool Revolution, and an expanded, double-disc version of 1971's California Concert: The Hollywood Palladium, ...

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Bhajan & Gamelan

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 28, 2011

Che cosa lega questi tre album è presto detto: tutti ci rimandano al medesimo ambito liturgico/ritualistico, del resto così tipico (anzi senz'altro preponderante) della musica orientale. Qui, oltretutto, due dischi su tre si riferiscono alla tradizione gamelan, piuttosto nota anche da noi, cosa che probabilmente non si può dire di quella bhajan. Che cos'è, dunque, il ...

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Going Solo: One is NOT the Loneliest Number

by Mark Corroto
January 28, 2011

With the advent of new and affordable recording technologies capable of delivering exceptionally high quality sound, the market for idiosyncratic solo recordings is flourishing--in an era when so many are lamenting the death of jazz. Released mostly on small labels or as self-produced projects, the recordings are reminiscent of the cassette culture from the DIY 1980s ...