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Fabio Accardi: Breathe
by Neri Pollastri
Il quinto disco a proprio nome del batterista barese Fabio Accardi si ricollega idealmente al precedente, Precious, essendo ispirato anche questo alle problematiche ecologiche che attentano la terra su cui viviamo. Anche la formazione è in larga misura la stessa, un quintetto di musicisti tra i più interessanti della penisola. Le composizioni sono tutte originali, con la sola esclusione di “Daydreaming," dei Radiohead. La cifra della musica è fondamentalmente quella di un jazz moderno declinato all'italiana, con temi ...
read moreOhisashiburi: Reimagining The Beatles
by Chris May
One might imagine that making an album of Lennon & McCartney covers is as easy as falling off the proverbial log. Not so. For starters, even if the listener has never bought a Beatles record in his or her life, they will have heard the songs countless times and boredom may have set in. More than that, singular as the Beatles' original material is when set against run-of-the-mill 1960s pop music, it is, when push comes to shove, still pop ...
read moreGaetano Partipilo: Boom Collective - Live Somewhere
by Chris M. Slawecki
Italian saxophonist Gaetano Partipilo has been playing and studying music since he was eight. After conservatory studies, Partipilo was engaged to perform by the likes of Mark Murphy, Enrico Rava and Tony Scott. Having spent several months in New York City, Partipilo returned to Italy where he formed the Urban Society project, with whom he recorded two albums for Soul Note Records, and a 2011 live in-concert reprise, Upgrading, for Jazz Engine records. In 2013, Partipilo released Besides: ...
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