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Continue reading →: Jesssica Jones: Edible FlowersREVA RECORDS 1004 (RELEASED JANUARY 3, 2025) The Covid lockdown put a halt to the 2020 West Coast Tour of the Jessica Jones Quartet. Fortunately, they were able to record before some of the members headed back to the East Coast. After that session, the band feasted on a meal…
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Continue reading →: Alex Bayer: A Slight Change of PlansKLAENG RECORDS (RELEASED DECEMBER 6, 2024) In The Republic, Plato said that art imitates the objects and events of ordinary life.Bassist Alex Bayer says a similar thing about A Slight Change of Plans. “Life is full of twists and turns, and so is jazz,” he explains. So, it is no surprise that…
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Continue reading →: Eva Novoa: Trio, Vol. 1577 RECORDS (RECORDED IN 2021/RELEASED NOVEMBER 2024) In the true definition of the word trilix, three independent threads in free improvisation intertwine to form a strong bond on Trio, Vol. 1. Those threads are Spanish pianist Eva Novoa, Cuban drummer Francisco Mela and American multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter. The three tunes…
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Continue reading →: Elam Friedlander: Sound – ElementsCELLAR MUSIC (RELEASED DECEMBER 6, 2024) The word “element” in the title of bassist’s Elam Friedlander’s debut recording most likely refers to the natural/spiritual elements each tune captures — fire, water, earth and air. However, it could also refer to the human elements that come together on Sound – Elements…
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Continue reading →: Satoko Fujii: Yama Kawa UmiNOT TWO RECORDS. (RELEASED DECEMBER 6, 2024) Some jazz instrumentalists, such as Lester Young, were known for their ability to tell stories through their playing. Others, like pianist Satoko Fujii, are known for their ability to paint pictures. As the title of her latest release suggests, Fujii, along with trumpeter…
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Continue reading →: Jason Palmer: The Cross Over, Live in BrooklynGIANT STEP ARTS GSA 16 (RECORDED AUGUST 2023) Jason Palmer calls the meeting to order with his opening trumpet call on this live session recorded at Ornithology in Brooklyn. One by one, the other participants enter the conversation. Drummer Marcus Gilmore comes in with blistering rhythms in a free exchange…
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Continue reading →: The Fury: Live in BrooklynGIANT STEP ARTS GSA 15. (RECORDED AUGUST 2023) Don’t be fooled by the name of this group. It is far from the dictionart definition of fury — intense, disordered and full of destructive rage. According to guitarist Lage Lund, the music of this collective tends more to the reflective, prioritizing…
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Continue reading →: Brian Charette: You Don’t Know Jack!CELLAR MUSIC (RELEASED DECEMBER 6, 2024)) Early in his career, Brian Charette was working at a club in Harlem only to learn that the organ he was playing belonged to one of his heroes — Brother Jack McDuff. Since that time, Charette has become well familiar with McDuff — his…
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Continue reading →: Charles Tolliver Music Inc: Live at Captain’s CabinREEL TO REAL (RELEASED NOVEMBER 29, 2024) In 1972, the jazz world lost trumpeter Lee Morgan. About that same time, one might say we lost Miles Davis to the lure of jazz fusion and Freddie Hubbard to the commercialism of CTI Records. That left Woody Shaw and Charles Tolliver to…
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Continue reading →: Alain Bedard Auguste Quartet: Particules SonoresEFFENDI RECORDS 174 (RELEASED NOVEMBER 29, 2024)) For more than two decades, bassist Alain Bedard has been a force in the Canadian jazz scene. He is not only the leader of The Auguste Quartet, one of the country’s best known jazz ensembles, but he is also the founder of Effendi…
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