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Continue reading →: Nick Hempton/Cory Weeds: Horns LockedCELLAR MUSIC (RELEASED FEBRUARY 28) Other than the release date, there is nothing radically new about Horns Locked, the latest release from saxophonists Nick Hempton and Cory Weeds. The recording does not break any new jazz ground. It is not a cross-cultural or cross-genre musical experiment. It is not a…
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Continue reading →: NuMBqMAHAKALA MUSIC 086 (RELEASED FEBRUARY 24, 2025) Conceived and directed by bassist Michael Bisio, NuMBq features a group of master improvisors that achieve a unique balance between music reminiscent of the Third Stream and New Thing movements in jazz. It’s no mystery that the Third Stream influence comes from violist…
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Continue reading →: Noah Preminger: BalladsCHILL TONE RECORDS (RELEASED FEBRUARY 21, 2025) Ballads, the newest release from saxophonist Noah Preminger, promises something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue. The old is Preminger’s moving rendition of Gershwin’s 1926 ballad “Someone To Watch Over Me.” The new are four original ballads Preminger wrote for this…
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Continue reading →: MurmurationMAHAKALA MUSIC 082 (RELEASED FEBRUARY 7, 2025) When jazz musicians of any era and style get together, they unknowingly use a concept defined as murmuration to navigate the complexities of collective improvisation. Simply stated, murmuration is the term ornithologist use to describe how a group of starlings can fly together…
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Continue reading →: Sullivan Fortner: Southern NightsARTWORK RECORDS (RELEASED FEBRUARY 14, 2025) Pianist Sullivan Fortner had no idea a weeklong trio residency at The Village Vanguard would lead to his next album, but it did! According to Fortner, The Vanguard sessions were the first time that he, bassist Peter Washington and drummer Marcus Gilmore played together…
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Continue reading →: Remedy: Hipp Hipp Hooray, Celebrating the Centennial of Jutta HippFUNDAJCA SLUCHAJ (RELEASED FEBRUARY 4, 2025) German pianist Jutta Hipp’s life was full of twist and turns. Born in Leipzig, Germany in 1925, she had to secretly listen to her favorite jazz recordings during the Nazi regime. After the war, Hipp became a displaced person ekeing out a living as…
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Continue reading →: Omar Thomas Large Ensemble: Griot SongsOmar Thomas Large Ensemble: Groit Songs OMAR THOMAS MUSIC (RELEASED FEBRUARY 7, 2025 This weekend, my wife and went to see two critically acclaimed movies at our local arts film cinema. We walked away from both saying, “What was that all about?” Although I was anticipating listening to Groit Songs,…
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Continue reading →: Tom Teasley/Dave Ballou: Lunch BreakTEASLEY MUSIC (RELEASED FEBRUARY 14, 2025 Percussionist Tom Teasley picked a perfect dance partner in trumpeter Dave Ballou for Lunch Break. The two dance through eleven tunes with the grace and ease of Astaire and Rogers. At times, they embrace each other’s melodic or rhythmic cues. The next minute they…
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Continue reading →: Tom Wakeling: West by NorthwestCELLAR MUSIC (RELEASED FEBRUARY 7, 2025 Take four under recorded, yet seasoned, regional jazz musicians, add ten familiar tunes and you have the makings of a straight-ahead hard swinging session. That’s the formula for Portland-based bassist Tom Wakeling’s West by Northwest, the latest edition to Cellar Music’s growing catalogue of…
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Continue reading →: Jeong Lim Yang: SynchronicitySUNNYSIDE RECORDS (RELEASED JANUARY 31, 2025 As she sat and listened to violinist Mat Maneri, pianist Jacob Sacks and drummer Randy Peterson at various Brooklyn clubs, bassist Jeong Lim Yang longed for a day when she would get a chance to record with them. That chance came in 2024 with…
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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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