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Magos Herrera: México Azul
by AAJ Italy Staff
Non c'è dubbio: il biglietto da visita è la sua immagine. In ogni disco finora pubblicato (si contano dal 1997 sette album) Magos Herrera è sempre in primo piano. Ma è uno specchietto per le allodole che spiazza o intrappola la superficialità. Qui non si tratta solo del fascino né di una bellezza fine a se ...
Jerry Gonzalez: Y el Comando de la Clave
by Raul d'Gama Rose
In considering living modern masters of the trumpet, Wynton Marsalis comes to mind first, not Jerry Gonzalez. This is a travesty, because in the warm, bronze glow of Gonzalez's sound there is a singular majesty that deserves much wider recognition than the trumpeter gets. Perhaps it is because he plays in an idiom slightly more insular ...
Ron Carter's Great Big Band: Ron Carter's Great Big Band
by Dan McClenaghan
Bassist Ron Carter rode to high profile during his stint with trumpeter Miles Davis' second great quintet, the stellar mid-1960s ensemble that also included pianist Herbie Hancock, drummer Tony Williams and saxophonist Wayne Shorter--all of whom, like Carter, went on to create great things. Carter also used the opportunity afforded by the Davis boost to become ...
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Album: If the Past Seems So Bright
By Jeremy Udden
Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2011
Duration: 03:27
Jeremy Udden: Far From Plain
by R.J. DeLuke
Jeremy Udden is one of those outstanding working musicians on the scene in Brooklyn. A saxophonist, composer, and bandleader, he is--like so many musicians of his generation--influenced by a variety of things outside what is known as jazz, and his music reflects that. He's developed a band called Plainville that offers a different sound and feel. ...
Alex Brown: Pianist
by Edward Blanco
With a little help from Cuban-born saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera the jazz world heralds the entrance of 22 year-old Alex Brown, capturing but a glimpse of his talents on a monster recording debut simply entitled Pianist. It was actually D'Rivera's bassist, Oscar Stagnaro,who began to gig with pianist around the Boston area, ultimately introducing Brown to D'Rivera, ...
Stephan Crump with Rosetta Trio: Reclamation
by AAJ Italy Staff
Sedici corde. Sei, quelle della chitarra elettrica di Jamie Fox (Dr. John, Blood, Sweat & Tears). Sei, quelle della chitarra acustica di Liberty Ellman (Henry Threadgill Zooid, Vijay Iyer). Quattro, quelle del contrabbasso di Stephan Crump (Steve Lehman, Joel Harrison). Sedici corde che danno origine al Rosetta Trio. Un album di debutto, Rosetta, entrato nella lista ...
Roswell Rudd: The Incredible Honk
by Raul d'Gama Rose
There is a distinct sense of the celebration of his 75th year on this good earth as trombonist Roswell Rudd continues the journey through his singular musical universe on his superb The Incredible Honk. Criss-crossing the paths he took when he first reconnected with ethnomusicologist producer and soul mate Verna Gillis, Rudd undertakes a sonic sojourn ...
Greg Reitan: Daybreak
by Dan McClenaghan
Greg Reitan has, since 1995, carved out a career as an award-winning composer for television and film. It wasn't until 2009, however, that the Los Angeles-based pianist released his first jazz CD, one of the top piano trio recordings of the year, Some Other Time (Sunnyside Records). Reitan followed up this excellent debut with another top-level ...
Armen Donelian: Leapfrog
by Dan Bilawsky
While cohesion and individuality, by their very definitions, may seem to be at odds with one another, the music on Leapfrog reconciles these two opposing ideals without a problem. For his ninth date on the Sunnyside label, pianist Armen Donelian has together a program of strikingly modern originals that showcase the cutting edge talent and simpatico ...
