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Leslie Pintchik: Quartets

Read "Quartets" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

La pianista Leslie Pintchik si era già distinta con il suo brillante esordio discografico del 2004, grazie ad un trio insolito con chitarra e percussioni. È decisamente un’artista camaleontica, che non si adagia sulle forme consolidate del piano jazz. Lo dimostra ancora una volta il suo nuovo disco, in cui cambiano gli orizzonti timbrico-armonici della formula ...

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Leslie Pintchik: Quartets

Read "Quartets" reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone

by Michael P. Gladstone

For her second album, pianist Leslie Pintchik has chosen an unusual musical motif. While her debut, Glad to be Here (Ambient, 2004), featured a piano trio, Quartets presents two distinctly different ensembles: one with Pintchik, alongside percussionist Satoshi Takeishi, bassist Scott Hardy and drummer Mark Dodge; the other with alto/soprano saxophonist, Steve Wilson replacing Takeishi. The ...

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Leslie Pintchik: Quartets

Read "Quartets" reviewed by Christopher Shoe

by Christopher Shoe

Leslie Pintchik is a newer face on the jazz scene and Quartets is a respectable contribution that keeps in tide with her growing reputation. Pintchik's approach to jazz does not rely on flashy lines or complex chordal movement like many of her peers; instead, it focuses on strong improvised material backed by a ...

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Leslie Pintchik: Quartets

Read "Quartets" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

Pianist Leslie Pintchik, an adept interpreter of American Songbook classics and a composer of beautifully melodic tunes, emerged on the jazz scene in 2004 with the trio set So Glad to Be Here (Ambient Records). AAJer John Kelman, in his review of the disc, wrote of her inhabiting a “dangerously occupied middle ground, [with] a trick ...

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Quartets

By Boxhead Ensemble

Label: Atavistic Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: One - 5:24; Two - 3:44; Three - 4:09; Four - 12:06; Five - 8:57; Six - 6:43; Seven - 1:29.

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Boxhead Ensemble: Quartets

Read "Quartets" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

You can tell this book by the cover. The dull steel blue, the framed papery textures, the conservative font, each letter out of contrast and nearly illegible. From the very beginning, it's pretty damn obvious that you aren't likely to be able to discriminate the voices that make up the Boxhead Ensemble. Pay the price, reap ...

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Quartets

By Gerry Mulligan

Label: CBS
Released: 1989
Track listing: Jeru; Capricious; Here I'll Stay; Inside Impromptu; You've Come Home; Get Out Of Town; Blue Boy; Lonely Town; What Is There To Say ?; What Is There To Say; Just In Time; News From Blueport; Festive Minor; As Catch Can; My Funny Valentine; Blueport;

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Quartets

By Zoot Sims

Label: Zoot
Released: 1956


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