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Continue reading →: Rich Halley: Dusk and DawnPINE EAGLE 016 (RELEASED OCTOBER 25, 2024) If I was asked to write the definition of the word balance it might look something like this: an aesthetically pleasing integration of elements as in Rich Halley’s Dusk and Dawn. The elements on Halley’s 26th recording as a leader include a combination…
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Continue reading →: Dwayne Clemons Center of Gravity: Live at SmallsCELLAR MUSIC (RELEASED OCTOBER 18, 2024) A live recording is often a work in progress, especially when the ensemble is relatively new to one another and they have yet to make a studio recording. Such is the case with the latest release from trumpeter Dwayne Clemons— Center of Gravity: Live…
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Continue reading →: Jason Anick & Jason Yeager: SanctuarySUNNYSIDE 1738 (RELEASED OCTOBER 11, 2024) The latest recording from violinist Jason Anick and Jason Yeager is a musical smorgasbord. Anick and Yeager serve up a program with something to please any taste. Like any smorgasbord there may be things you savor and others you will more than likely pass…
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Continue reading →: Alvaro Torres: IrisSUNNYSIDE RECORDS (RECORDED JULY 2023) To say that pianist Alvaro Torres has a fondness for Paul Bley would be an understatement. On his first trio recording in 2019, Torres featured pieces titled “Hillcrest Club” and “Like Paul.” His next two releases, Heart is the Most Important Matter and Live in…
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Continue reading →: Eri Yamamoto: Fly With the WingsMAHAKALA MUSIC 079. (RECORDED MAY 2024) For her first quartet outing in a recording career that began in 2000, Eri Yamamotohas assembled a group she calls Quadraphonic. The band’s name refers to the sounds of saxophonist/flutist Chad Fowler, bassist Kevin Thomas, drummer Ikuo Takeuchi and pianist/vocalist Yamamoto coming together to…
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Continue reading →: Miki Yamanaka: ChanceCELLAR MUSIC (Released October 2024) Except for her 2021 Stairway to the Stars release, many of Miki Yamanaka’s recordings have focused almost exclusively on her own compositions. Chance finds her with bassist Tyrone Allen and drummer Jimmy McBride (her current working trio) exploring tunes from a diverse range of composers.…
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Continue reading →: Mark Masters Ensemble: Sui GenerisCAPRI RECORDS (Recorded April 2023) He’s arranged the music of Dewey Redman, Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington, Gary McFarland and many other legendary jazz musicians. On Sui Generis, Mark Mastersarranges nine of his own compositions on a recording that showcases the trumpet work of longtime musical friend and member of the…
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Continue reading →: Charles Ruggiero: But of CourseRMF RECORDS (Recorded June 2024) Drummer Charles Ruggiero’s But of Course is a classic example of what one might describe as retro-Bluenote. The graphic design of the cover is Bluenote. The instrumentation (with the exception of a vocalist on one track) is Bluenote. The soulful tenor sound of Bob Reynolds…
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Continue reading →: Gates/Hirsh/Carter: PhospheneMAHAKALA 080 (Recorded March 2024) Sally Gates, Steve Hirsh and Daniel Carter are modern day alchemists, transforming elements through a magical process. The elements they transform on Phosphene are the infinite sounds and textures of guitar, drums, flute, saxophone and trumpet, and the process they employ is spontaneous improvisation. The…
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Continue reading →: Anat Cohen: BloomANZIC (RECORDED APRIL 2024) Much like the Modern Jazz Quartet, Anat Cohen’s Quartetinho (Portuguese for “little quartet’) walks a fine line between jazz and classical. At other times, they seamlessly blend Latin American rhythms with jazz much like Laurindo Almeida and Bud Shank did with the L.A. Four. No matter…
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