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Norberto Tamburrino: Prigioniero del Mare / Prisoner of The Sea
by Jay Deshpande
On his sophomore effort Prigioniero del Mare / Prisoner of The Sea, Italian pianist Norberto Tamburrino continues to chart his course through a host of original compositions. Although he tests the waters with more trio arrangements than on his preceding album, Deco (Splasc(H), 2006), his greatest strength continues to lie in his solo work.
Three of a Perfect Pair
by Chris M. Slawecki
For the past decade or thereabouts, I've tried to organize “From the Inside Out" around one theme, to address in one column the different ways that different musicians perform on the same instrument, or in the same style or genre. But if there's one lesson that life seems intent on teaching, it's that music (like life) ...
Borah Bergman Trio: Luminescence
by Nic Jones
The piano-bass-drums trio has become such a staple of jazz recording that it must be difficult for any trio to come up with something fresh. Borah Bergman and his crew accomplish this task, and whilst their work lacks the compositional integrity of the holy trinity of Thelonious Monk, Herbie Nichols, and Andrew Hill, there's enough substance ...
Seamus Blake Quartet: Live in Italy
by Woodrow Wilkins
Born in London, England and reared in Vancouver, Canada, saxophonist Seamus Blake has established himself as both a leader and an effective sideman. He brings those leadership skills to the two-disc Live in Italy.Blake has gained recognition from Down Beat and Jazz Times magazines, and he finished first in the 2002 Thelonious Monk International ...
Trumpeter Vinnie Cutro & New York City Soundscape Release "Sakura"
On Sakura, his 4th album as a leader, trumpeter Vinnie Cutro presents a set of straight ahead mainstream jazz that extends the legacy of such hard-driving bands as Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers and the 1950s quintets led by Horace Silver and Miles Davis. Cutro contributes 6 originals and a haunting arrangement of the familiar ...
Eyran Katsenelenbogen: 88 Fingers
by Jay Deshpande
Eyran Katsenelenbogen's solo piano work has received the highest praise that a jazz pianist can be given: he has been likened to Art Tatum. Although Tatum is widely considered the most virtuosic piano improviser of the last century, players are hardly ever compared to him. To be associated with the man who Fats Waller referred to ...
Chick & Hiromi: Duet
by Ian Patterson
When Chick Corea invited a then 17-year-old pianist, Hiromi Uehara, to improvise alongside him at the 1996 Tokyo Jazz Festival, it said as much about her already prodigious talent as it did about her confidence. Hiromi has, of course, since earned a world-wide reputation as an exhilarating improviser and performer. Corea, a veteran of over a ...
Seamus Blake Quartet: Live in Italy
by Warren Allen
Back in 2002, Seamus Blake established himself firmly as tenor player of interest with a first place finish in the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition. Since then, his rapidly growing discography, as well as collaborations with artists like John Scofield, suggests that the attention is well-deserved. Even still, Blake's first live release ...
Pat Martino Trio at Lakeland Jazz Festival, Kirtland, OH Feb. 28, 2009
by Matt Marshall
Pat Martino Trio 37th Annual Lakeland Jazz Festival Lakeland Community College Kirtland, Ohio February 28, 2009 Representing the “Present" in the 37th Annual Lakeland Jazz Festival's Legends of Jazz Past-Present-Future program, guitarist Pat Martino turned in two blistering sets with his organ trio, February 28 at Lakeland ...
Jason Moran Returns to Monk at Town Hall
by Eric Benson
Jason Moran and the Big Bandwagon In My Mind: Monk at Town Hall 1959Town Hall New York, New York February 27, 2009 Jason Moran was playing perfectly. He'd just begun his solo introduction to “In My Mind: Monk at Town Hall, 1959"—his tribute to, and reimagining of, Thelonious ...
