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Continue reading →: Jaleel Shaw: Painter of the InvisbleCHANGU RECORDS (RELEASED JULY 11) Recording the 11 tracks on Painter of the Invisible must have been a highly emotional experience for saxophonist Jaleel Shaw. For starters, it was his first album in 13 years! Second, each composition serves as a tribute to significant figures in Shaw’s life. Accompanied by…
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Continue reading →: Jimmy Bennington: Blue Veils and Bright StarsTHATSWAN! RECORDS 1013 (RELEASED MAY 2025) Drummer Jimmy Bennington unearthed a treasure with the release of Blue Veils and Bright Stars. Recorded in 2005, this session features Bennington with legendary trombonist Julian Priester and Canadian bassist Paul Blaney, truly a talent deserving wider recognition. Bennington and Priester were working with…
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Continue reading →: Itai Kriss: DaybreakJOJO RECORDS (RELEASED JUNE 27, 2025) If Itai Kriss’ intent was to showcase the versality of the flute on Daybreak, he succeeded.His sixth release covers everything from hard bop burners to Latin American grooves and ballads to Middle Eastern motifs. If his purpose was to demonstrate his virtuosity on flute,…
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Continue reading →: Amina Claudine Myers: Solace of the MindRED HOOK RECORDS (RELEASED JUNE 20, 2025) In the late 1970s and early 1980s, pianist Amina Claudine Myers added her rich musical roots in Baptist and Methodist church music, gospel and rhythm and blues to the recordings of Lester Bowie, Muhal Richard Abrams, Frank Lowe and many other forward-thinking musicians…
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Continue reading →: Noah Haidu: Standards IIIINFINITE DISTANCES (RELEASED JUNE 6, 2025) The third installment in pianist Noah Haidu’s Standards series is a mixed bag. Four of the tunes were recorded in 2023 (perhaps for the Standards I session) and the remaining seven tunes were recorded specifically for this session. As a result, various groups appear…
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Continue reading →: James Brandon Lewis: Abstraction is DeliveranceINTAKT (RELEASED MAY 30, 2025) It’s time for a “compare and contrast” essay, remember those? This time the topic is John Coltrane’s 1963 Ballads and James Brandon Lewis’ 2025 Abstraction is Deliverance. The similarities are uncanny. For starters, both recordings were the fifth session for each leader featuring quartets with…
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Continue reading →: Sandra-Mae Lux: Seasons in JazzECN MUSIC (RELEASED MAY 30, 2025) Many jazz vocalists take songs from the Great American Songbook and make them their own. Not Sandra-Mae Lux. On her latest release, Seasons in Jazz, Lux performs 11 originals in the tradition of the Great American Songbook and owns them! With an uncomplicated, natural…
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Continue reading →: Tyler Henderson: Love EnduresCELLAR MUSIC (RELEASED MAY 30, 2025) I go to our local farmers’ market for fresh, clean, crisp, flavorful and tasty fruits and vegetables. The freshman release from pianist Tyler Henderson has those same qualities. Having workshopped the material in New York’s finest clubs, Henderson and his trio bring a fresh…
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Continue reading →: Ryan Truesdell: Shades of SoundOUTSIDE IN MUSIC 2515 (RELEASED MAY 30, 2025) With the release of Shades of Sound, a new word needs to be added to the jazz lexicon — Gilophile. There is no better word to describe multi-Grammy award winning arranger Ryan Truesdell who is on a mission to unearth lost Gil…
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Continue reading →: Gillian Margot & Geoffrey KeezerMARKEEZ RECORDS (RELEASED JUNE 23, 2025) The directions for this new release from vocalist Gillian Margot and pianist Geoffrey Keezer are hidden in the lyrics of Jimmy Rowles’ “A Timeless Place (The Peacock),” one of ten tunes on this session — “Find a quiet place inside and listen.” Listen to…
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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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