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Article: Live Review

Bill Frisell Trio al Teatro President, Piacenza

by Vincenzo Roggero
April 8, 2014

Assistere ad un concerto di Bill Frisell è sempre un'esperienza sorprendente a prescindere dal progetto e dai compagni di viaggio presenti di volta in volta sul palco. Perché ogni esibizione del chitarrista di Baltimora, è un crocevia di emozioni, un diario di viaggio nel quale i ricordi, le esperienze, gli incontri di una vita emergono non ...

Article: Album Review

Will Bernard: Just Like Downtown

Read "Just Like Downtown" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
April 8, 2014

A partire dalla fine degli anni novanta, ovvero dal tempo dei suoi esordi da leader, Will Bernard s'è caratterizzato per il contagioso groove della sua musica, in uno spettro di situazioni che va dalle contaminazioni contemporanee al classico organ trio, reso celebre da Jimmy Smith, Wes Montgomery o Jack McDuff. A differenza di ...

Article: Profile

Introducing Nir Felder

by Angelo Leonardi
April 3, 2014

La recente uscita di Golden Age, debutto da leader di Nir Felder (Okeh 2014), conferma i positivi riconoscimenti che il chitarrista ottiene sulla scena musicale di New York. A partire da maestri come Greg Osby, Terri Lyne Carrington o Jack DeJohnette, molti jazzmen l'hanno coinvolto nei loro organici, facendolo conoscere oltre la cerchia del suo pubblico ...

Article: Lyrics

Save the Date - Aprile 2014

by Luca Canini
April 1, 2014

Come promesso il mese scorso, diventa fisso l'appuntamento con “Save the Date." Riparte il viaggio su e giù per lo Stivale a caccia delle migliori proposte, dei migliori festival, delle iniziative più stuzzicanti. Una guida tascabile compilata seguendo solo e soltanto l'ispirazione e le tracce della musica che piace (a noi). 2 Aprile--Piacenza: ...

Article: Album Review

Mike DiRubbo: Threshold

Read "Threshold" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
March 21, 2014

New York-based alto saxophonist Mike DiRubbo is one of the most recognizable and formidable forces in the jazz world today. A former student of the late great jazz icon Jackie McLean and a fixture in the Big Apple's vibrant jazz scene, DiRubbo is no novice. He has a substantial discography, and experience performing with some of ...

Article: Album Review

Mike DiRubbo: Threshold

Read "Threshold" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
March 18, 2014

Mike DiRubbo's eight disc as a leader, Threshold finds the ever inventive alto saxophonist in a solidly hard bop environment that is reminiscent of Blue Note records of the 1950s but has a clear modern edge. In addition to leading a superb and sympathetic quintet, DiRubbo penned eight of the nine tracks on this riveting record ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Four From The Posi-Tone Pile

by Dan Bilawsky
March 4, 2014

Some labels release a few records a year; some put out a record every month or two; and then there are those, like the Los Angeles-based Posi-Tone Records, that prefer to push even more music through the pipeline. As 2014 came into being, Posi-Tone began an ambitious release schedule, putting out a new ...

Article: Album Review

Camille Thurman: Origins

Read "Origins" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
February 6, 2014

Vocalist, multi-instrumentalist Camille Thurman is not just another girl singer accessorizing with a horn. She is a first class saxophonist that blows the proverbial roof off the place and an accomplished stylist who uses her vocal cords like she does her various woodwinds, with agility and sophistication. Her sophomore effort Origins is a testament ...

Article: Album Review

Camille Thurman: Origins

Read "Origins" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
February 1, 2014

Camille Thurman may have started as a vocalist, but on her Hot Tone debut, Origins, the flexes her breath, blowing through every instrument that transmits wind. Thurman rides the wave created by bassist/vocalist Mimi Jones, creator of Hot Tone Records with the release of her Balance (2014). A third artist makes a trio in this flood ...

Article: Album Review

Rudy Royston: 303

by Dan Bilawsky
January 24, 2014

Drummer Rudy Royston's actions speak louder than his words. Royston oozed modesty, comfort and a touch of humor when he addressed the audience at a pre-release show for 303 during New York's Winter Jazzfest, but he gave off a much different sense of himself when he put sticks to skins during that same set. One minute ...