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Continue reading →: Kay Kostopoulos: All This Is PossibleBLACK OLIVE JAZZ (RELEASED JUNE26, 2026) Being a belly dancer requires a certain skill set — agility, musicality and stage presence. So, it’s no surprise that vocalist Kay Kostopoulus exhibits all those traits on All This Is Possible. Kostopoulos toured as a belly dancer for 18 years! Her serpentine soprano…
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Continue reading →: Randy Ingram: Sound Within: A Celebration of Bill EvansCHILL TONE RECORDS (RELEASED JULY 10, 2026) A single cut on Randy Ingram’s 2014 Skylift session (“Time Remembered”) and another track on his 2017 Wandering release (“Show Type Tune”) foreshadowed his newest and seventh release — Sound Within: A Celebration of Bill Evans. Why did it take Ingram so long…
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Continue reading →: Ran Blake & Dominique Eade: Roots & BywaysSUNNYSIDE RECORDS (RELEASED JULY 3, 2026) You’ve never heard “On Top of Old Smokey” performed like this. For that matter, you’ve never heard Max Roach’s “Mendacity,” Whitney Houston’s “Save Your Love For Me” or Charles Mingus’ “Portrait” performed this way either. What else would you expect from iconoclast pianist Ran…
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Continue reading →: Jeff Rupert: Sea SpellRUPE MEDIA (RELEASED JUNE 29, 2026) If you want to know what summer sounds like, listen to Sea Spell. Saxophonist Jeff Rupert and his quartet deliver nine selections that are relaxed, breezy, sultry, sizzling, balmy and refreshing. Accompanying Rupert on this summer sojourn are musicians who share his passion for…
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Continue reading →: Ardeshir Pourkeramati: Introducing ArdeshirCELLAR MUSIC (RELEASED JUNE 26, 2026) Having bought jazz recordings since the early 1960s, I can usually determine the music I will be hearing based solely on the artists, recording label, song titles and instrumentation. So, although I was totally unfamiliar with the leader of this session — Ardeshir Pourkeramati…
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Continue reading →: Lisa Rich: I Still RiseTRITONE RECORDS (RELEASED JUNE 26, 2026) When you see the word “pure” on food items you know they are unadulterated and free from artificial additives, fillers or contaminants. If that is the case, they need to put a “pure” sticker on vocalist Lisa Rich’s I Still Rise. Accompanied by pianist…
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Continue reading →: Michael Rabinowitz: ReunionARTISTS RECORDING COLLECTIVE (RELEASED JUNE 15, 2026) Yusef Lateef, Ken McIntyre, Illinois Jacquet and other saxophonists have added the bassoon to their reed arsenal, but there are only a handful of players that have dedicated their careers to proving that the bassoon is more than the “clown of the orchestra,”…
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Continue reading →: Daniel Carter, Sabir Mateen, William Parker & Lou Grassi: Keeping It In ContextNOBUSINESS RECORDS (RELEASED MAY 1, 2026) Their hair may have turned gray or fallen out. Their knees may have become weaker or replaced. Their vision may have changed and changed again. Yet, as evidenced by some of their recent recordings and this rare 1996 date, their passion for the art…
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Continue reading →: The Phoenix Trio: Tomorrow Is TodayGIANT STEP ARTS (RELEASED JUNE 19, 2026) Professor Harold Hill ‘s tip to traveling salespeople in the The Music Man was simple — “You gotta’ know the territory.” Without a doubt, the members of The Phoenix Trio (saxophonist Mark Turner, bassist Joe Martin and drummer Marcus Gilmore) know the territory…
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Continue reading →: Ivo Perelman: SynesthesiaDEFKAZ RECORDS (RELEASED JUNE 1, 2026 The quartet of saxophonist Ivo Perelman, pianist Matthew Shipp, bassist William Parker and drummer Bobby Kapp continue to do what they do best —stimulate responses in each other and their listeners. So, Synesthesia is a more than appropriate title for their third recording as…
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I started reading Cadence in the early 1980s. Since that time, I have come to respect editor and jazz critic Robert Rusch for his intelligent, succinct and unbiased reviews. Over the past twenty years, it has been my pleasure to get to know Robert and his family, making frequent trips from our home in Iowa to New York’s North Country. Several years ago, I was honored to be asked to help edit Robert’s Papatamus column.
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