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Roxana Amed: Becoming Human

By Angelo Leonardi
January 29, 2025
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La vocalist Argentina

Roxana Amed

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Roxana Amed torna a incidere con i partner a lei pi�� affini, quelli con cui ha registrato i primi album negli Stati Uniti: il pianista

Martin Bejerano

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Martin Bejerano, il sassofonista, clarinettista e arrangiatore

Mark Small

saxophone, tenor

" data-original-title="" title="">Mark Small, il bassista

Edward Perez

bass, acoustic
b.1978

" data-original-title="" title="">Edward Perez e il batterista

Ludwig Afonso

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Ludwig Afonso. Al cast s'�� unito il trombonista

" data-original-title="" title="">Kendall Moore che ha scritto alcuni arrangiamenti.

Registrato nell'ottobre 2023, l'album �� prodotto col finanziamento "New Jazz Works" di Chamber Music America, gi�� assegnato a

Wayne Shorter

saxophone
1933 - 2023

" data-original-title="" title="">Wayne Shorter,

Billy Childs

piano
b.1957

" data-original-title="" title="">Billy Childs,

Brian Lynch

trumpet
b.1956

" data-original-title="" title="">Brian Lynch e altri.

Il percorso musicale consta di undici brani, quasi tutti scritti dalla cantante, con testi autobiografici e riflessioni sul suo percorso artistico. Uno sviluppo intimo, con le interpretazioni di Roxana adagiate in colloquiali introspezioni o libere esplorazioni vocali che si snodano in stretta relazione col pianoforte.

Un mondo lirico e rarefatto con qualche lucida sperimentazione (il convulso "Wild") che si unisce alla tradizione mainstream nel dinamicamente modale "Then We Build a Home" (con incisivi interventi di Small al sax tenore e Afonso alla batteria). Ancora una prova significati di una vocalist quanto mai personale, lontana dagli schemi tipici dell'universo latino e dai percorsi usuali del jazz vocale contemporaneo.

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Track Listing

A Prayer; Peque?a Voz; Un Destello; Our Days of Summer; Those Horses Running in the Mist; Climbing Up My Spine; Wild; Then We Built a Home; In This Lonely Room; Una Plegaria; Ep��logo.

Personnel

Roxana Amed

vocals

Martin Bejerano

piano

Mark Small

saxophone, tenor

Kendall Moore

trombone

Edward Perez

bass, acoustic

Ludwig Afonso

drums

Album information

Title: Becoming Human | Year Released: 2024 | Record Label: Sony Music

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