SIMON MOULLIER “Countdown” – Fresh Sound New Talent (2020)

Countdown/ Work / I Concentrate On You / Goodbye Pork Pie Hat / Nature Boy / Turn Out The Stars / The Song Is You / Beijo Partido / Hot House / Ask Me Now   Simon Moullier, vibrafono; Luca Alemanno, contrabbasso; Jongkuk Kim, batteria   Ohibò, finalmente, ecco un

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ROBERTO MAGRIS & ERIC HOCHBERG “Shuffling Ivories” – Jmood Records (2019)

Shuffling Ivories/ I’ve Found A New Baby /Clef Club Jump /Memories of You /The Time of This World Is At Hand /Quiet Dawn /Laverne /Anysha /Italy /The Chevy Chase /Laverne (take 2) Roberto Magris, pianoforte; Eric Hochberg, contrabbasso   Conosco Roberto Magris fin dal 1992, quando lo invitammo ad Ancona

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JULIAN MAZZARIELLO – ENZO PIETROPAOLI “Easytude Live” Fonè Jazz (2019)

Time After Time /When I Fall In Love /Perfidia /Just One of Those Things /Bluesette /Dalle radici /I Concentrate on You /Some Other Time /Footprints Julian Mazzariello, pianoforte; Enzo Pietropaoli, contrabbasso Aveva destato ammirazione qualche mese fa in duo con Fabrizio Bosso, concerto all’interno del Summer Festival, e ora questo

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ANDREA DOMENICI “Playing who I am” Abeat (2019)

We See / It’s Easy to Remember / Daniela / Bubba / You Don’t Know What Love Is / Shuffle Boil / Ruby My Dear / For Kenny / Melancholia-Goodbye Andrea Domenici, pianoforte; Peter Washington, contrabbasso; Billy Drummond, batteria  Meno male, ogni tanto appare un disco che ci conforta sul

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VINCENT HERRING-BOBBY WATSON-GARY BARTZ “Bird at 100” – Smoke Sessions (2019)

Klactoveedsedstene/ Bird-ish/ Lover Man / The Hymn/ These Foolish Things/ Folklore/ Bird Lives/ April in Paris/ Yardbird Suite Vincent Herring, sax alto; Bobby Watson, sax alto; Gary Bartz, sax alto; David Kikoski, pianoforte; Yasushi Nakamura, contrabbasso; Carl Allen, batteria Conosciamo da vicino i tre protagonisti di questo disco, avendoli ospitati

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I remember you: SUSANNAH McCORKLE “From Broken Hearts to Blue Skies” – Concord (1998; CD)

Laughing at Life (to Billie Holiday) / Something to Live For / Look for the Silver Lining (to Chet Baker) / Nuages (to Django Reinhardt) / Caminhos Cruzados / I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle (to Bessie Smith) / Losing Hands (to Ray Charles) / I Want To Be

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I remember you: BILL PERKINS “Quietly There” (Riverside; 1966; LP Limited Edition)

Quietly There / Emily / Groover Wailin’ / A Time For Love / Sure As You’re Born / Just A Child / Keester Parade / The Shining Sea / Something Different  Bill Perkins, sax tenore, sax baritono, clarinetto basso, flauto; Victor Feldman, pianoforte, organo, vibrafono; John Pisano, chitarra classica e

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I remember you: JOHNNY COLES “New Morning” – Criss Cross (1982; LP)

Super 80 / Duke Ellington Sound of Love / Mister B / New Morning / United / I Don’t Know Yet Johnn Coles, flicorno; Horace Parlan, pianoforte; Reggie Johnson, contrabbasso; Billy Hart, batteria  Lo spazio che le varie enciclopedie, testi storici, Wikipedia ecc., dedicano a Johnny Coles è sempre troppo

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CHARLIE PARKER “The Savoy 10-inch LP Collection” (Craft – Concord; 2020)

Questa non è, non può essere, una recensione. Di fronte a tali capolavori assoluti, su cui sono stati scritti innumerevoli libri, articoli e saggi in ogni parte del mondo, bisogna solo inchinarsi e riflettere. Credo, e spero, che chi legge queste righe li possieda già. Ma un plauso a chi

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BARNEY WILEN “Live in Tokyo 91” – Elemental Music (2019; 2 CD)

Beautiful Love/ L’ame des poetes/ Mon Blouson/ Que reste-t-il de nos amours?/ Besame Mucho/ How Deep Is the Ocean/ Little Lu/ Old Folks/ Latin Alley/ Bass Blues/ No Problem/ Goodbye/ Doxy Barney Wilen, sax tenore, sax soprano; Olivier Hutman, pianoforte; Gilles Naturel, contrabbasso; Peter Gritz, batteria Di Barney Wilen, scomparso

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