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Alan Ferber: Developing String Theory
by Franz A. Matzner
Trombonist and composer Alan Ferber is a precise and thoughtful individual whose careful, deliberate expression is equally evident in both his insightful way of speaking--and his beautifully composed and executed recordings. As a freelancer, Ferber has tackled a wide breadth of music, everything from big band and small ensemble jazz to Broadway musicals and the beats ...
Denny Zeitlin: Precipice: Solo Piano Concert
by Raul d'Gama Rose
The singular mission of Denny Zeitlin continues with Precipice, the recorded document of a concert in January, 2008 at Ralston Hall, Santa Barbara, California. The experience is at once predictably exquisite as it creates a state of a type of suspended animation, floating with utter weightless abandon, as composer and pianist, Zeitlin flies over the edge ...
Margret: Com Voce
by Raul d'Gama Rose
The blushing, demure voice of Margret Grebowicz is a thing of rare and extraordinary beauty. Everything about her is so perfect that she seems to exist in singular splendor. She is pitch-perfect, no matter how nuanced the note she sings is. Usually she can make this up with a tone so freshly subtle and unusual that ...
Ben Monder / Bill McHenry: Bloom
by Raul d'Gama Rose
The world of improvised music is a wondrous pursuit, but as soon as the word composition" creeps into the proceedings, it can have a slightly stricter form. How much form begins to curb spontaneity is entirely up to the musicians. In the case of guitarist Ben Monder and saxophonist Bill McHenry's Bloom, thankfully, the form does ...
David Weiss & Point of Departure: Snuck In
by Mark F. Turner
A keeper of the flame, but a resolute practitioner of forward thinking music, David Weiss has been active for more than twenty years in New York. His horn swings with élan, representing modern post-bop trumpeting whether playing in Charles Tolliver's Big Band, producing other recordings (Robert Glasper, Jeremy Pelt and Marcus Strickland), or at the helm ...
The Aaron Choulai Trio: Ranu
by AAJ Italy Staff
Papuaso/Cinese/Polacco/Ebreo/Australiano. Intreccio decisamente unico quello delle origini di Aaron Choulai, ventottenne pianista cresciuto tra canti tradizionali Motuan, la musica classica suonata dal nonno, il blues scoperto a Melbourne, ed il jazz entrato nel proprio destino tra scuole superiori e college. Choulai a dispetto della giovane età e di un percorso tempestato da input i più disparati ...
Steve Cardenas: West of Middle
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
Guitarist Steve Cardenas sports an unassuming style, devoid of histrionics. He favors clean tones, solid rhythms and cagey harmonies for a subtle, supportive approach. It's a combination he's used to help shape the music of drummers Paul Motian and Joey Baron, bassists Alexis Cuadrado and Charlie Haden and vocalists Kate McGarry and Rebecca Martin, among others. ...
Dan Tepfer - Lee Konitz: Duos with Lee
by AAJ Italy Staff
A dare sapidità ad uno dei tanti, forse troppi, duetti discografici di Konitz è lo sviluppo per lo più estemporaneo della session, che investe composizioni e pratica strumentale. Un contesto ancora congeniale per uno dei più sublimi improvvisatori del jazz, dove poter dispensare classe e imprevedibilità. Con un Tepfer impegnato a disegnare il tessuto armonico di ...
Stephan Crump: Reclamation
by Kurt Gottschalk
The 2006 debut of Stephan Crump's Rosetta (Papillon Sounds) was unusual in a number of ways, not least that it didn't seem to be trying to be unusual. The trio of upright bass, acoustic guitar and electric guitar played tightly woven, structured music, even without a drummer, and managed to find new ground in the shrinking ...
J.D. Allen Trio: Shine!
by AAJ Italy Staff
Disco insolito per un trio batteria-basso-sax tenore, normalmente terreno di conquista per esecuzioni dilatate, muscolari, virtuosistiche e assoli interminabili. Al contrario Shine! racchiude in quarantasei minuti ben dodici brani, alcuni dei quali non superano i tre minuti di durata. J.D. Allen è sassofonista dalle profonde radici bop, testimoniate da una manciata di ottimi album tra cui ...


