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Continue reading →: Anthony D’Alessandro: City LightsSELF RELEASED (RELEASED OCTOBER 24, 2025) Canadian pianist Anthony D’Alessandro’s new release is a mixed bag. City Lights features everything from tunes reminiscent of the hard bop era to a Mingus-style gospel tune to a ballad (featuring vocalist Jennaire) to two piano solos. Except for the piano pieces, which were…
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Continue reading →: Noam Lemish: There’s Beauty Enough In Being HereTPR RECORDS (RELEASED OCTOBER 24) Although There’s Beauty Enough in Being Here is pianist Noam Lemish’s eighth album, itis his first recording within the context of a traditional jazz quartet of sax, piano, drums and bass. Toronto-based Lemish, who has credentials as a jazz artist, classical composer and accompanist, chose…
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Continue reading →: Ivo Perelman: 12 Stages of Spiritual Alchemy & Polarity 412 STAGES OF SPIRITUAL ALCHEMY:FUNDACJA SLUCHAJ (RELEASED OCTOBER 1, 2026)POLARITY 4:BURNING AMBULANCE (RELEASED NOVEMBER 7, 2026) With the release of 12 Stages of Spiritual Alchemy and Polarity 4, saxophonist Ivo Perelman adds two distinctly different duo sessions to his growing discography of more than 125 recordings. He is joined by…
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Continue reading →: Art Edmaiston & Steve Hirsh: The Back 9SELF-PRODUCED (RELEASED AUGUST 1, 2025) Remember the old television show, Have Gun Will Travel? If they ever produce a show about drummer Steve Hirsh, they could easily call it Have Drums Will Travel. Over the past several years Hirsh has traveled to New York City, Baltimore, Virginia Beach and Minneapolis…
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Continue reading →: Dayna Stephens: Monk’DCONTAGIOUS MUSIC (RELEASED OCTOBER 10) The music of Thelonious Monk is full of surprises. So is Dayna Stephen’s Monk’D.The first surprise is that Stephens, who is known for this sax playing, plays bass on Monk’D, and does it very well. He honed his bass skills at the Monk Institute as…
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Continue reading →: Kate Wyatt: MurmurationsSELF RELEASED (RELEASED OCTOBER 10, 2025) The music on Kate Wyatt’s second releasecan best be described as impressionistic and graceful. The way in which the trio of Kate, bassist Adrian Vedady and drummer Louis-Vincent Hamel perform the eleven selections can best be described as empathetic and intuitive. The overall listening…
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Continue reading →: Grant Stewart: Next SpringCELLAR MUSIC (RELEASED OCTOBER 10, 2025) Tenor saxophonist Grant Stewart was among a group of “young lions” when he recorded his first session (Downtown Sounds) on the Dutch Criss Cross label in 1992. Thirty-three years later, and with more than 20 records under his own name, Stewart continues to roar,…
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Continue reading →: Mike Clark: Itai DoshinWIDE HIVE RECORDS 0389 (RELEASED OCTOBER 3, 2025) Itai Doshin is proof that you can’t judge a CD by its cover. With three of the five musicians — the leader and drummer Mike Clark, trumpeter Eddie Henderson and saxophonist Craig Handy are associated with Herbie Hancock’s fusion bands, and pianist…
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Continue reading →: Todd Herbert: Captain HubsTH PRODUCTIONS 2000 (RELEASED OCTOBER 1, 2025) With credentials that include stints with Freddie Hubbard, Jimmy Cobb and Charles Earland, tenor saxophonist Todd Herbert keeps a low profile as a recording artist.Captain Hubs is his fourth CD since his debut recording in 1999. This time around Herbert enlisted the tasteful…
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Continue reading →: Antonio Farao: Kind of …NOTES AROUND (RELEASED SEPTEMBER 19, 2025) After nearly a quarter century of working with various trios and quartets in the studio, Italian pianist Antonio Farao makes his recording debut as a solo pianist. Kind of … showcases Farao’s masterful blend of intoxicating rhythms, thoughtful melodies and intriguing harmonies on a…
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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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