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Continue reading →: Yotam Silberstein: Standards Vol. 2JOJO RECORDS (RELEASED APRIL 18, 2025) Like last year’s Standards release, guitarist Yotam Silberstein has made more excellent choices in tunes and accompanists with the release of Standards Vol. 2. Recorded at the same session that yielded Standards, Silberstein and his trio (with the addition of legendary saxophonist George Coleman…
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Continue reading →: Joe Fonda & Bass of OperationFUNDACJA SLUCHAJ (RELEASED DECEMBER 2024) Jazz critic Whitney Balliet described jazz as “the sound of surprise.” That surprise could come from the unexpected combination of instruments, the electrifying solos or the out of the blue compositions/arrangements. In the case of Joe Fonda & Bass of Operation, it is all three!…
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Continue reading →: Triology: The Slow RoadCELLAR MUSIC (RELEASED APRIL 11, 2025) Ever wonder what it would have sounded like if Coleman Hawkins sat in with the Nat King Cole Trio? The newest release from Vancouver-based Triology, with special guest Scott Hamilton, might give you a good idea! Formed by pianist Miles Black, guitarist Bill Coon…
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Continue reading →: Jimmy Farace: Hours Fly, Flowers DieSHIFTING PARADIGM 219 (RELEASED APRIL 11, 2025) Most saxophonists wait until mid-career to tackle a session with strings. Not baritone saxophonist Jimmy Farace. His debut release. Hours Fly, Flowers Die, features original compositions and arrangements for a jazz quintet and the Kaia String Quartet. The results are a perfect balance…
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Continue reading →: Mitch Towne: RefugeCROSSTOWNE 1001 (RELEASED APRIL 04, 2025) Guitarist Dave Stryker, baritone saxophonist Frank Basile and trombonist Steve Turre are among several jazz musicians who left their native Omaha, Nebraska, to make a name for themselves in New York City. Others, like organist Mitch Towne, decided to enliven the jazz scene in…
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Continue reading →: Leon Anderson: Live at Snug HarborOUTSIDE IN MUSIC (RELEASED APRIL 4, 2025) For close to 20 years, drummer Leon Anderson has been a regular at New Orleans’ Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro. Most of that time he was serving as a house drummer for New Orleans’ luminaries such as Ellis Marsalis and Victor Goines. With the…
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Continue reading →: Eric Alexander: Chicago to New YorkCELLAR MUSIC (RELEASED APRIL 4, 2025) In 2023, tenor saxophonist turned to the alto sax for his sublime recording with strings — New Beginnings. With Chicago To New York, he adds the soprano sax to his arsenal for two tunes. Not surprisingly, those tunes are associated with John Coltrane —…
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Continue reading →: Chicago Jazz Orchestra/ Bobby Broom: More AmorCHICAGO JAZZ ORCHESTRA RECORDS (RELEASED MARCH 28, 2025) If imitation is the greatest form of flattery, guitarist Wes Montgomery should be flattered by More Amor, A Tribute to Wes Montgomery from the Chicago Jazz Orchestra (CJO) featuring guitarist Bobby Broom. In 1963, Riverside Records released Fusion, the first pairing of…
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Continue reading →: Wadada Leo Smith/. Vijay Iyer: Defiant LifeECM RECORDS (RELEASED MARCH 21, 2025) To paraphrase a line from a Burt Bacharach/Hal David classic, “What the world needs now is … Defiant Life” To counter the crises and chaos that engulfs our world, trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith and keyboard artist Vijay Iyer offer a series of calming and…
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Continue reading →: The Empress: Square OneCELLAR MUSIC (RELEASED MARCH 21, 2025) Fresh on the heels of the third release from Artemis, an all-female quintet, comes Square One, the debut release from The Empress, a sextet led by four women saxophonists. Alto saxophonist Pureum Jin organized the band to honor jazz icons like Charlie Parker and…
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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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