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Continue reading →: CeCe Gable: Love on the TyrrhenianCECE GABLE MUSIC 1002 (RECORDED IN 2023) On her latest release, Love on the Tyrrhenian, vocalist CeCe Gable performs Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen’s “Any Place I Hang My Hat is Home.” From the varied set list on this, her sixth release to date, any tune CeCe takes on is…
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Continue reading →: Leigh Pilzer: Beatin’ the OddsSTRANGE WOMAN RECORDS (RECORDED AUGUST & OCTOBER 2023) Beatin’ the Odds is baritone saxophonist and composer/arranger Leigh Pilzer’s musical celebration of surviving cancer and living through COVID. What impresses me most about this session is Pilzer’s compositions, ranging from the opening Basie-like swinger “SKCC” to the slapstick-inspired “Waterkress.” Equally impressive is the way…
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Continue reading →: Paul Tobey: It’s TimeJAZZMENTL RECORDS (RECORDED JANUARY 2024) Canadian pianist Paul Tobey captured the attention of critics in the early 2000s with his Street Culture release on the Arkadia label. That was to be the first of several releases he would do for the label, but severe tendonitis injuries cut his career short. Twenty years later…
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Continue reading →: Isrea Butler: Congo LamentVEGAS RECORDS 1026. (RECORDED OCTOBER 2023) Trombonists Bennie Green and Isrea Bulter have a few things in common. In 1961, Green sat in the Count Basie trombone section for the Basie Rides Again recording session. Today trombonist Isrea Butler is a regular member of the Basie band. Late in his career, Green…
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Continue reading →: Jason Robinson: Ancestral Numbers 1PLAYSCAPE 82323 (RECORDED AUGUST 2023) Following in the tradition of Archie Shepp and Roswell Rudd, Anthony Braxton and George Lewis, Charles Lloyd and George Bohanon and Ike Quebec and Bennie Green, Jason Robinson and Micheal Dessen explore the sonic possibilities of tenor and trombone on Ancestral Numbers 1. With sympathetic and imaginative support from…
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Continue reading →: Michael Jefry Stevens: The Peacocks (Solo Piano, Vol, 4)AVAILABLE ON BANDCAMP (RECORDED NOVEMBER 2023 – APRIL 2024) With the release of The Peacocks, Michael Jefry Stevens firmly confirms his reputation as a thinking pianist. From the opening notes of “Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry” to the refrain of “Chelsea Bridge,” you can sense Stevens thinking about the…
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Continue reading →: Andy Milne: Time Will TellSUNNYSIDE RECORDS (RECORDED JULY 2022) In 2017 pianist Andy Milne formed the Unison Trio with John Hebert on bass and Clarence Penn on drums, releasing their first CD, reMISSON, in 2020. In 2022, Milne was in the studio to record Fragile, a duo session with tenor saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock.Time Will Tell brings together the…
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Continue reading →: Matt Wilson: Good TroublePALMETTO 2012 (RECORDED JUNE 2023) Remember the old TV show Leave it to Beaver? When it comes to reviewing Good Trouble, the latest release from drummer Matt Wilson, one might say “Leave it to Matt!” Leave it to Matt to pair the soulful alto of Tia Fuller with the husky tenor of Jeff Lederer…
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Continue reading →: Charles Chen: Charles, Play!CELLAR MUSIC 40423 (RECORDED JANUARY 2023) Over the past several years, the Cellar Music label has built a reputation for serving up straight-ahead unadulterated jazz. Charles, Play!, the debut release from pianist Charles Chen, not only reinforces that point, but will certainly build the reputation for this young West coast jazz…
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Continue reading →: Scott Marshall: The Solitude SuiteSCOTT MARSHALL MUSIC (RECORDED MARCH 2023) There is something very familiar about saxophonist Scott Marshall’s latest release The Solitude Suite. Perhaps it’s the piano-less quartet format, more reminiscent of Max Roach’s bands than the famous Ornette Coleman Quartet. Maybe it is the sequencing of tunes that reminds me of classic dates…
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