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A Beautiful Friendship: Benjamin Koppel and Kenny Werner

by Jakob Baekgaard
September 23, 2010

A good friendship is all about communication--two people being able to understand and correspond with each other, creating a sense of togetherness which leaves room for the kind of conversation that goes beyond the mere chitchat of everyday life. Pianist Kenny Werner and saxophonist Benjamin Koppel have developed a unique musical friendship. Strong ...

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Tatsuya Nakatani: Essences and Abiogenesis

by Clifford Allen
September 17, 2010

What is improvised music without visuality? While the music of improvising composers can be felt and picked apart aurally, the physical act of making music in an un- preconceived setting is something rather extraordinary and easily lost through the audible distance of a recording. It's not just the dynamic, theatrical high jinks of a player like ...

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Michael Dease, Mike Fahie: Attack of the Killer Trombones!

by J Hunter
September 15, 2010

The trombone: long locked into a stereotypical role formed by Dixieland, and only occasionally broken since. Fortunately, the last few years have seen more and more trombonists following J.J. Johnson's lead and bringing the instrument out front. Four discs with trombones at their center have stood out so far in 2010; two are reviewed here, two ...

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Une, Deux, Trois: Solo, Duo and Trio Improvisation from Europe

by Clifford Allen
September 14, 2010

At one point in time, the term “European Improvisation" meant something quite specific, carrying with it an air of otherness to American jazz audiences, solidarity to European jazz audiences, and presented rarified and sometimes unruly music based on folk, classical and open forms. In the ensuing decades, the world has grown a bit smaller, and intercontinental ...

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New Voices: Sarah Manning, John Escreet, Kneebody

by J Hunter
September 8, 2010

Jazz is like the human body. It needs fresh air, constant activity and a steady stream of nutrients to stay hale and hearty. Conversely, if all the genre does is sit in a comfy chair and try to live on what came before, it becomes sedentary, incurious and--ultimately--self destructive. Fortunately, the young keep jazz active and ...

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Dave Liebman: Live / As Always and Quest for Freedom

by John Kelman
September 7, 2010

Quite possibly the hardest-working saxophonist--if not the hardest working musician, period--these days, not a month goes by when there doesn't seem to be a new release from veteran jazzer Dave Liebman.In the twelve months since autumn 2009 alone, Liebman has been spotted in freer terrain, collaborating with another active saxophonist, Evan Parker, ...

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Eclectic electric jazz comes of age

by Mark Corroto
August 26, 2010

Back in the 1980s, the marriage of jazz and electronics produced the unfortunate, creativity destroying “jazz fusion" genre. That was because drum machines, synthesizer produced horn lines and computer generated hand claps were often too perfect. A sort of “sanitized for your protection" version of motel drinking glasses. Think about the then innovative trumpeter Miles Davis' ...

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In Praise of John Russell

by John Eyles
August 24, 2010

English guitarist John Russell is from the wave of free improvisers who came after the so-called first generation typified by such “founding fathers" as guitarist Derek Bailey, saxophonist Evan Parker, trombonist Paul Rutherford and drummer John Stevens. In his teens, Russell played at the Little Theatre Club, the cradle of free improv in London, and took ...

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Altri/Ritmi d’estate 2010 - Danzare è d’obbligo sotto il soul-leone!

by AAJ Italy Staff
August 5, 2010

Come da tradizione, AllAboutJazz Italia stila per voi una lista di dischi tutti da ballare e vivere in questa estate davvero torrida. Tra nu-soul e elettronica, granite funk e nostalgie da spalmare sulle spalle per non scottarsi, esotismi da ombrellone e notti di lustrini che sembrano stelle, tuffiamoci quindi dentro questi Altri/Ritmi d'estate! AA.VV. Music for ...

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Soul e fusion oltre cortina nella ristampe della Vampi Soul!

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 30, 2010

Marta Kubišová Ne! The Soul of Marta Kubišová Vampi Soul - distr. Goodfellas Valutazione: 3,5 stelle Se sulla carta l'idea di una cantante soul cecoslovacca rischia di apparire bizzarra quanto quella di un gondoliere tibetano, bastano le prime note di “Tak Dej Se K Nam A Projdem Svet" per proiettare l'ascoltatore in un mondo nel quale, ...