THE BEST RELEASES OF 2025 (ACCORDING TO ABE)

I was honored to be asked to submit my top ten recordings of 2025 to Cadence Magazine. I have reviewed many of these recordings on this blog. I hope you will continue to watch for 2025 releases in the months ahead.

01. Leo Genovese: Estrellro 2 (577 Records)
02. Fay Victor: Funny That Way (TAO Forms
03. Christian Marien: How Long Is Now (Marmade)
04. Kirk Knuffke: Super Blond (Steeplechase)
05. Ben Allison: Tell the Birds.I Said Hello (Sonic Camera)
06, Remedy: Live ay Jazzkammer (self produced)
07. James Brandon Lewis: Transfiguration (Intakt)
08. Brian Marsella: Ballades (Tzadik)
09. Wadada Leo Smith: Central Park Mosaics (Red Hook)
10. Brian Landrus: Plays Ellington & Strayhorn

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Welcome to Papatamus Redux

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.
I was equally honored to be asked by his family to keep Robert’s legacy of intelligent, succinct and unbiased jazz reviews alive with Papatamus Redux. You can view older editions of Papatamus at papatamus.com.