Aimee-Jo Benoit

Renowned for her distinctive vocal style, articulate diction, and expressive phrasing, Calgary vocalist Aimee-Jo Benoit is recognized for her unwavering commitment to featuring the works of Canadian songwriters in her repertoire. Her performances guide the audience along the path of her emotional roots with the music of Daniel Lanois, Joni Mitchell as well as Leslie Feist, Michael Feuerstack and others. Benoit takes a classic approach to standards as well as interpreting well- known contemporary songs into a new sound, paying homage to the long standing Jazz tradition of creating a new canon.

Mario Pavone: Philosophy

by Giuseppe Segala
April 1, 2020

Ci sono musicisti che percorrono con discrezione il proprio itinerario artistico e, pur senza collocarsi nel novero dei protagonisti, si ritagliano un ruolo importante di connettori, di tenaci tessitori delle trame che rendono vitale e significativo un periodo artistico. Il contrabbassista Mario Pavone �� senz'altro uno di questi. Un musicista prezioso, prodigo di iniziativa. Lo abbiamo ...

Philosophy

By Mario Pavone

Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: 8/18/18; Philosophy; Circles; The Beginning; Everything There Is; Two Thirds Radial; Iskmix; Noka.

Mario Pavone Dialect Trio: Philosophy

by Mark Corroto
September 20, 2019

In his review of their debut Chrome (Playscape Recordings, 2013), my learned colleague at All About Jazz, Dan McClenaghan described Mario Pavone's Dialect Trio as “a beautiful tumult." That description expanded with the trio's sophomore disc Blue Dialect (Clean Feed, 2015) and maybe further with their latest Philosophy. The maelstrom they foment is partly explained by ...