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Andrea Veneziani Trio feat. Kenny Werner: Oltreoceano

Read "Oltreoceano" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 6, 2012

Oltreoceano segna il debutto da leader del bassista toscano di base a New York Andrea Veneziani, che in dieci tracce propone un approccio alla materia sonora teso, pieno di spunti d'interesse e prossimo a un'idea di jazz svolto con energia e spontaneità. Veneziani, che negli ultimi anni ha perfezionato il suo modo di suonare sfruttando al ...

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Beatrice

November 4, 2012

Album: Origenes
By Hugo Fernandez
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2014
Duration: 8:05

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Gentle Breeze

November 2, 2012

Album: Groovin' It
By Jay Vonada
Label: Self Produced
Released: 0
Duration: 7:31

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Akua Allrich: Live! Uniquely Standard

Read " Live! Uniquely Standard" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
November 1, 2012

The jazz vocals standard repertoire has a quantum mechanics of its own. Artists seem attracted to certain dense loci within the repertoire and orbit there. Then there are some artists that do this while accumulating other pieces outside of this loci to make their own. This is what Washington, DC native Akua Allrich does and displays ...

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The Reiki Practitioner

November 1, 2012

Album: First Vision
By Jonathan Saraga
Label: Blue Truffle Music
Released: 2015
Duration: 6:52

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Darren Jay and the Delta Souls: Drink My Wine

Read "Drink My Wine" reviewed by James Nadal

by James Nadal
October 31, 2012

On any given weekend there are young musicians who are out to make their bones performing at local venues that will give them an opportunity to play their music. The genre of choice for the drinking crowd is usually blues-drenched covers, so that the audience can relate to and enjoy the show. Out of this scenario ...

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Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats: Live Meat and Potatoes

Read "Live Meat and Potatoes" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
October 30, 2012

Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith spreads his wings on this Pristinely recorded, high-impact jazz fusion outing captured at the Baked Potato in North Hollywood, CA. From a technical perspective, the members of the Chili Peppers were always cited as serious-minded musicians, possessing the goods to delve into various musical formats or genres. Smith, nascent ...

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Alisha's Quartet: Along for the Ride

Read "Along for the Ride" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
October 29, 2012

Alisha Pattillo's tenor saxophone case sports an impressive variety of destination stickers, real and metaphorical, where the young artist has visited in her life. Anglo-Australian, Patillo was raised in Singapore and proceeded to woodshed throughout Southeast Asia before receiving a first-rate schooling at Australia's Queensland Conservatorium of Music in Brisbane, majoring in jazz saxophone and education ...

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Tianna Hall and the Mexico City Jazz Trio: Two for the Road

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by C. Michael Bailey
October 28, 2012

Tianna Hall's fifth recording, Two For The Road, and her first since Never Let Me Go (Blue Bamboo, 2011), continues to document the singer's evolution within the mainstream of jazz vocals. Thoroughly trained in the vocal arts at the University of Houston, Hall has progressively refined her smart and sexy delivery with each recording. Hall has ...

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Susanna Bartilla: I Love Lee

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by Bruce Lindsay
October 27, 2012

So which Lee does singer Susanna Bartilla love? Lee Marvin? Six Million Dollar Man Lee Majors? Both men would be intriguing subjects for a tribute album, but of course the answer lies elsewhere. It's there in tiny letters on the cover of I Love Lee, but it's even more obvious from the opening bars of Kansas ...