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Jean-Michel Pilc

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Born in 1960 in Paris, now an American citizen, self-taught pianist and composer Jean-Michel Pilc has performed with numerous jazz giants: Roy Haynes, Michael Brecker, Dave Liebman, Jean Toussaint, Rick Margitza, Martial Solal, Michel Portal, Daniel Humair, Marcus Miller, Kenny Garrett, Lenny White, Chris Potter, John Abercrombie, Mingus Dynasty & Big Band, Lew Soloff, Richard Bona etc. He has also worked with Harry Belafonte, as his musical director and pianist, and has performed a duet with the legendary opera singer Jessye Norman.

Jean-Michel moved to New York City in 1995. There, he formed a trio with François Moutin (bass) and Ari Hoenig (drums). They recorded a one-week engagement at the legendary jazz club Sweet Basil and, in 2000, released two CDs: Together - Live at Sweet Basil, NYC - Vol. 1 & 2 (A-Records). Pilc then signed a record deal with Dreyfus Jazz. His first album for Dreyfus, Welcome Home (featuring the same trio), was released in 2002. Jean-Michel's next recording, Cardinal Points, was released the following year. It featured his extended work Trio Sonata, created with generous support from Chamber Music America New Works: Creation and Presentation Program, funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

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Article: Album Review

Sam Newsome: Tubes

Read "Tubes" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


Tubes, a riotous investigation into the sonic by outlaw soprano saxophonist Sam Newsome and provocateur bassist Max Johnson, burps to life with “Dust" and proceeds assuredly down its own peculiar byways and highways. It is a real treat. The track closes with Newsome's prepared horn pondering like a bluesman on his lone, lonely harp. It is ...

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Symphony

Label: Justin Time Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Leaving; Discovery; The Encounter; First Dance; Just Get Up; Way To Go; Understanding; Waltz For Xose; Not Falling This Time; I'll Be Back.

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YOU Are The Song

Label: Justin Time Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Impressions; The Song is You; Straight No Chaser; Bemsha Swing; You Are The Song; Searing Congress; Dear Old Stockholm; Thin Air; After You've Gone; Alice in Wonderland; My Romance.

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What the World Needs Now

Label: Arkadia Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Golden Lady; I Was Telling Her About You; What the World Needs Now; Dressed In A Song; Beautiful Moons Ago; Tell Her I Said Hello; And I Love Her; Keisha’s Coy; It Never Entered My Mind; Now It’s Time To Go.

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Cosmic Unconsciousness Unplugged

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: Sounds from my Morning Window; The Enigma’s Melody; All the Things You Are; The Two Faces of Samuel Augustus; How Deep Is the Ocean; Cosmic Unconsciousness Unplugged; Bittersweet Euphoria Part 1; Bittersweet Euphoria Part 2; The Storm Before the Quiet; Take the A Train; Dancing Like No One’s Watching (But Everyone Is); Serenading Seismic Waves; Skyward Lullaby; Lost in Traslation; Solitude.

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Article: Album Review

JD Walter: What the World Needs Now

Read "What the World Needs Now" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


JD Walter beckons listeners into a soulful and captivating journey through modern jazz interpretations of non-jazz material. With his unique vocal stylings and innovative arrangements, he brings a fresh perspective to familiar popular tunes, and several jazz standards, while delivering thought-provoking original compositions. From the very first track--Stevie Wonder's “Golden Lady"--it is ...

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Straight No Chaser

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Label: Justin Time Records
Released: 2023
Duration: 06:48

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Article: Multiple Reviews

3x3: Jazz Trios Playful and Pensive

Read "3x3:  Jazz Trios Playful and Pensive" reviewed by John Chacona


Can we finally retire the assertion that we are living in a Golden Age of the jazz piano trio? It seems like every month brings trio dates of such imagination and accomplishment as to render superlatives beside the point. These three recordings released in an eight-week period in Spring 2023 are a reminder that one of ...

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Article: Chats with Cats

The Jazz Critic: Neil Tesser

Read "The Jazz Critic: Neil Tesser" reviewed by B.D. Lenz


For as long as there has been art and artists there have been critics to give their opinions about their work. There is even that famous joke about everyone having an opinion. But, clearly, some opinions are more informed than others and when it comes to being a competent jazz critic one needs to have a ...


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