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Marc Mommaas / Nikolaj Hess: Ballads & Standards

Read "Ballads & Standards" reviewed by Budd Kopman


Many, if not most, of today's jazz players end up, sooner or later, becoming composers. Hence, on top of searching for and hopefully finding their personal means of expression when performing (composing in real-time), they now must also develop a personal compositional style which fits their aesthetic outlook, and which is accessible enough by other players ...

Article: Album Review

Mette Juul: There Is a Song

Read "There Is a Song" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Dopo aver debuttato nel 2010 nel ruolo della classica jazz singer (Coming in from the Dark, Cowbell Music), la danese Mette Juul ha iniziato a privilegiare le intime atmosfere della ballad d'autore, sul modello Joni Mitchell. Il cambiamento faceva capolino nel secondo disco (Moon on My Shoulder, Calibrated 2012), ancora ricco di intense versioni jazzistiche di ...

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Trio

Label: Gateway Music
Released: 2014
Track listing: Make You Feel My Love; Film; Black & White; Masters Of War; Impro; Sept 2010; Kontra; Cottontail; Bridge; Social Club.

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Quintessence of Dust

Label: Longlife Records
Released: 2014

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Spacelab

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2014
Track listing: Jamil; Up; Super 8; Concorde Je T’aime; Altona; Sunday Grace; Habibi; New & Gone; Lu Bird.

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Hess / AC / Hess: Spacelab

Read "Spacelab" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro


Trio danese di ottimo livello, quello formato dai fratelli Hess e da Anders Christensen, già protagonisti nel 2009 di The Champ, loro opera prima (l'incisione, qui, è invece recentissima: febbraio 2014). Il terreno è quello di un piano trio arioso e non particolarmente avventuroso, su una linea, quindi, abbastanza battuta, che peraltro i tre scandinavi esplorano ...

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Nikolaj Hess: Trio

Read "Trio" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


Inizia con un malinconico brano di Bob Dylan (al quale è dedicato anche un altro omaggio) questo bel CD del pianista danese Nikolaj Hess, in trio con Tony Scherr e Kenny Wollesen, la ritmica di Bill Frisell conosciuta nel suo lungo soggiorno a New York. Ma la cifra della formazione non si ferma a questo primo ...

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Trio

Label: BMG (Denmark)
Released: 2013

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Article: Live Review

Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2013

Read "Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2013" reviewed by Henning Bolte


Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2013Copenhagen, DenmarkJuly 12-14, 2013The annual Copenhagen Jazz Festival, with more than a thousand concerts during ten days--spread over more than hundred places and stages across the city--is a special, unique affair. Like other big jazz festivals, it also has its headliners--big names, mostly American, like Terence Blanchard, Richard Bona, Chick ...

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Article: Live From New York

June 2010

Read "June 2010" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Chick Corea/Eddie Gomez/Paul Motian Blue NoteNew York, NY May 5, 2010Paying homage to Bill Evans in a two-week summit at the Blue Note, pianist Chick Corea set up camp with bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Paul Motian--two Evans alumni who have rarely if ever worked together. It had all the ...


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