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Amir ElSaffar Two Rivers Ensemble: Inana

Read "Inana" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Il fatto che l'intestatario del disco si chiami Amir ElSaffar, il suo stesso titolo (Inana è un'antica divinità sumera) e il nome del gruppo che l'ha realizzato potrebbero far pensare a un CD molto spinto sul pedale dell'etnico. Il che non è, almeno non in maniera prevalente: dati umori sono di fatto circoscritti alle timbriche (su ...

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Steve Coleman and Five Elements: The Mancy of Sound

Read "The Mancy of Sound" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Although alto saxophonist Steve Coleman's conceptual approach to composition has grown increasingly adventurous, high-brow or esoteric, depending on your viewpoint--with lunar phases and the Yoruba of West Africa's philosophical system providing inspiration here--The Mancy of Sound merely represents Coleman's relationship to the world, which is the font of most music of worth. Retaining the same musicians ...

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This Brings Us to Volume II

Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2011
Track listing: 01. Lying Eyes; 02. This Brings Us To; 03. Extremely Sweet William; 04. Polymorph; 05. It Never Moved.

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Apex

Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2011
Track listing: 1. Welcome (Mahanthappa) - 2:41; 2. Summit (Mahanthappa) - 8:15; 3. Soft (Mahanthappa) - 9:30; 4. Playing With Stones (Mahanthappa) - 9:38; 5. Lamenting (Green) - 3:23; 6. Eastern Echoes (Green) - 7:18; 7. Little Girl I'll Miss You (Green) - 5:50; 8. Who? (Mahanthappa) - 8:18; 9. Rainer and Theresia (Green) - 7:28; 10. The Journey (Green) - 9.13.

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Inana

Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2011
Track listing: Dumuzi's Dream; Venus, the Evening Star; Inana's Dance (I, II, III); Inana's Dance (IV); Lady of Heaven; Infinite Variety; Journey to the Underworld; Venus, the Morning Star; Al-Badia.

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Silent Movies

Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2011
Track listing: Variation 1; Delancey Waltz; Flicker; Empty; Natalia In Eb Major; Solaris; Requiem For Revolution; Fat Man Blues; Bateau; Radio; Postcard From NY; The Kid; Sous Le Ciel De Paris.

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The Mancy of Sound

Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2011
Track listing: Jan 18; Formation 1; Fire-Ogbe [Odú Ifá Suite]; Earth-Idi [Odú Ifá Suite]; Air-Iwori [Odú Ifá Suite]; Water-Oyeku [Odú Ifá Suite]; Formation 2; Noctiluca (Jan 11).

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Silent Movies

Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2011
Track listing: Variation 1; Delancey Waltz; Flicker; Empty; Natalia In Eb Major; Solaris; Requiem For Revolution; Fat Man Blues; Bateau; Radio; Postcard From NY; The Kid; Sous Le Ciel De Paris.

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Rudresh Mahanthappa - Bunky Green: Apex

Read "Apex" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Desiderate con tutta forza fare pace con voi stessi e riconciliarvi con la musica? Beh, allora non perdete tempo e andate a procurarvi una copia di questo disco che porta la firma di due mostri sacri del jazz contemporaneo, entrambi sassofonisti, come Bunky Green e Rudresh Mahanthappa. Gridare al capolavoro forse è esagerato, ma è certo ...

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Amir ElSaffar Two Rivers Ensemble: Inana

Read "Inana" reviewed by Troy Collins


Born in Chicago to an American mother and Iraqi father, trumpeter Amir ElSaffar put his promising jazz career on hold in 2002 to study traditional Iraqi maqam abroad. His 2007 debut, Two Rivers (Pi Recordings), bore the fruit of his international studies, successfully fusing venerable aspects of the Iraqi classical vocal tradition with advanced improvisation techniques ...


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