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Jon Irabagon/ Hernani Faustino/ Gabriel Ferrandini: Absolut Zero
by John Sharpe
If you are as extraordinarily talented as saxophonist Jon Irabagon, probably best known from his tenure in the gloriously irreverent Mostly Other People Do The Killing, then you might occasionally need to set yourself challenges. He's done it before, on Foxy (Hot Cup, 2010), where he undertakes a relentless examination of a theme from every conceivable ...
Kris Wanders - Mani Neumaier Quintet: Taken by Surprise
by AAJ Italy Staff
Due dei protagonisti storici della musica free in Europa si incontrano di nuovo in sala di registrazione dopo quarant'anni. Come dire: il free non si arrende mai! Kris Wanders è un sassofonista olandese attivo nella scena free della prima ora e con trascorsi nella Globe Unity Orchestra. Dopo diversi tour in Europa ha cambiato residenza spostandosi ...
Satoko Fujii ma-do: Time Stands Still
by John Sharpe
When asked why she has lead or co-lead so many different projects (23 at last count), pianist Satoko Fujii replied “It's like food. I don't like just Japanese food, but also Italian food, French food and so on, and I would soon get tired if I just ate Japanese food." If her ma-do quartet were to ...
Satoko Fujii Ma-Do: Time Stands Still
by Dan McClenaghan
In terms of CD releases, pianist Satoko Fujii passed the bandleader baton to her husband, trumpeter Natsuki Tamura, in 2012, resulting in two exceptional albums on the Libra Records label: the trumpet/piano duo outing, Muku, and Forever, from Tamura's European folk music-flavored Gato Libre group. For the always prolific Fujii, a year without a release under ...
Rodrigo Amado's Motion Trio + Jeb Bishop: The Flame Alphabet
by John Sharpe
Remember free-bop? While there's no hard and fast definition, the term was used to encompass jazz boasting a written head, often at rapid bebop tempo, which subsequently opened up harmonically and rhythmically, but without straying completely off the map. Think some of the freewheeling Blue Note discs of Sam Rivers and Andrew Hill or some of ...
The Engines: Other Violets
by Glenn Astarita
The Chicago-based ensemble's third outing is a dynamic and progressive undertaking, but poignant due to the passing of saxophone legend John Tchicai (Don Cherry, New York Art Quartet, Archie Shepp) who passed away on October 8th, 2012. He joined the unit, making a guest appearance, for this live set recorded on May 15th 2012 at Chicago's ...
Stephen Gauci - Michael Bisio - Jeremy Carlstedt - Kenny Wessel: THUNK!
by AAJ Italy Staff
Ormai si è perso il conto dei jazzisti che si sono lasciati ispirare da Thelonious Monk, a volte confinando tutto nell'ortodossia di un mainstream ligio ai dettami scolastici, altre volte muovendosi in direzioni più avanguardistiche, come hanno fatto i pianisti John Stetch e Alex von Schlippenbach. Stephen Gauci appartiene ad una terza categoria, quella dei musicisti ...
Construction Party: Instruments of Change
by AAJ Italy Staff
Instruments of Change, inciso a Boston da un quartetto paritario formato nel 2008 da jazzisti non molto noti a livello internazionale, costituisce l'ennesima dimostrazione che un jazz aggiornato e di spessore può essere prodotto anche lontano dai centri riconosciuti di New York, Chicago, New Orleans... Anzi, sappiamo quanto caratterizzata e attiva sia la vita jazzistica in ...
konstruKt w/Peter Brotzmann: Eklisia Sunday
by Mark Corroto
The Turkish free jazz outfit KonstruKt might be considered the most evolved improvisational band working in jazz today. Founded, not in the hotbeds of jazz, London, New York, Chicago, Wuppertal, or Krakow, their isolation is the key to their success. Well, isolation and observation. Although this band was formed in 2008, their ...
Max Johnson Quartet: Max Johnson Quartet
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il disco si presenta nella solida confezione cartonata che caratterizza le uscite Not Two, etichetta polacca fondata nel 1998 da Marek Winiarski dal catalogo sempre più interessante. Ma la vera goduria per gli occhi è la rappresentazione in vivido stile flower- power degli strumenti presenti nell'incisione, veri capolavori grafico/pittorici dai colori sgargianti che sembrano rendere palpabili ...
