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Melissa Aldana: Back Home

Read "Back Home" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
May 6, 2016

Saxophonist Melissa Aldana leaves an indelible impression of her musicality in Back Home, her fourth release as a leader. She was the first female instrumentalist and first South American to win the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition in 2013. One listen to her tenor's flowing birdsong and the symbiotic connection with longtime trio mates bassist Pablo ...

Article: Album Review

Beautiful Round: Beautiful Round

Read "Beautiful Round" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri
April 15, 2015

Il chitarrista Akira Ishiguro, di origini giapponesi ma cresciuto nel Wisconsin, è il leader di un quartetto che esiste dal 2012 e che ha registrato questo CD nell'aprile dell'anno successivo. La formazione, che accanto alla chitarra presenta una ritmica piano-contrabbasso-batteria, esprime un jazz moderno piuttosto convenzionale, che ruota attorno alle composizioni di Ishiguro, melodiche ma dotate ...

Article: Live Review

Melissa Aldana and Lionel Loueke at Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

by Ernest Barteldes
August 27, 2014

Melissa Aldana and Lionel Loueke Summerstage at Charlie Parker Jazz Festival Marcus Garvey Park New York, NY August 23, 2014 Playing before a packed audience at Harlem's Marcus Garvey Park, Chilean saxophonist Melissa Aldana made her Charlie Parker Jazz Festival debut backed by a piano-less trio ...

Article: Catching Up With

Melissa Aldana: Living a Second Cycle

by Marta Ramon
January 1, 2013

Melissa Aldana may still be in her early twenties, but the tenor saxophonist already knows what it is like to play with big jazz names like saxophonists George Coleman, Benny Golson and George Garzone. In a short time, Aldana has found her own place in the difficult New York jazz scene because she has developed a ...