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Music From Favourite Recordings of 2025

Read "Music From Favourite Recordings of 2025" reviewed by Maurice Hogue


Aside from the two opening tracks from South African drummer Asher Gamedze's upcoming release, A Semblance Of Return, the rest of this show features a track from each of the 25 favourite recordings played on One Man's Jazz in 2025. These were chosen from recordings released by artists from almost 40 different countries. It was a very, very good year! Playlist Asher Gamedze “Air (If Involvedness)" from A Semblance Of Return (Northern Spy) 00:00 Asher Gamedze “Following Up" ...

Album Review

Myra Melford: Splash

Read "Splash" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro


Affermatasi ormai oltre trent'anni fa come uno dei nomi nuovi, più creativi e identitari, della scena jazzistica internazionale, Myra Melford, pur assumendo una posizione a volte periferica (defilata?) rispetto all'agone specifico (ogni grande artista ha anche bisogno dei propri spazi di riflessione), ha confermato con regolarità quel primo input, come questo suo nuovo, bellissimo lavoro non fa che ribadire una volta di più. Sono del resto con lei due autentici giganti dei rispettivi strumenti, in un caso (Ches ...

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Myra Melford: Splash

Read "Splash" reviewed by John Sharpe


Pianist Myra Melford returns to the classic piano trio format for the first time since The Guest House (Enja, 2011), her acclaimed outing with Trio M with Mark Dresser and Matt Wilson. This time, the lineup is no less formidable: bassist Michael Formanek and drummer/vibraphonist Ches Smith--both commanding improvisers and bandleaders--join her for a set that reaffirms the trio as a site for invention rather than formula. As with her 2022 quintet project For the Love of Fire ...

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New Music From Melford, Halvorson, Henriksen And More

Read "New Music From Melford, Halvorson, Henriksen And More" reviewed by Bob Osborne


A comprehensive look at new releases from the USA and Europe is topped and tailed with older recordings re-issued or released for the first time. New associations between established musicians deliver exciting listening experiences whilst new players on the scene demonstrate Jazz is alive and growing.Playlist Charles Rouse “Bitchin'" from Two Is One (Mack Avenue Music Group/Strata-East Records) 00:00 Myra Melford With Michael Formanek And Ches Smith “Drift" from Myra Melford Splash (Intakt Records) 07:10 Unity Quartet “Santo ...

Album Review

Joëlle Léandre: Lifetime Rebel

Read "Lifetime Rebel" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


RogueArt presenta questo cofanetto di cinque dischi interamente dedicato alla figura della leggendaria contrabbassista francese Joëlle Léandre, documentando la sua presenza al Vision Festival 2023, tenutosi presso il Roulette di Brooklyn, e aggiungendovi un concerto tenutosi pochi mesi dopo in Francia ed un DVD con un video nel quale l'artista suona alcuni brani in solo durante un'intervista in cui parla della sua carriera. Il primo disco, registrato appunto al Vision Festival il 13 giugno 2023, vede all'opera il ...

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Myra Melford Splash, Thomas Heberer's Remedy & Ra Bishop

Read "Myra Melford Splash, Thomas Heberer's Remedy & Ra Bishop" reviewed by Maurice Hogue


It's early in the year to be thinking “best-of" albums, but I'm definitely noting these for December: pianist Myra Melford's Splash Trio with bassist Michael Formanek and drummer Ches Smith and Remedy, the trio of Thomas Heberer trumpet, Joe Fonda bass & Joe Hertenstein drums. These are two recordings that present the kind of free expression and musicianship that exceed any definition of free jazz that you can find. Chicago's Ra Bishop keeps the Chicago tradition of original and exploratory ...

Album Review

Lux Quartet: Tomorrowland

Read "Tomorrowland" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero


Tomorrowland è il debutto di un quartetto all stars formalmente accreditato alla coppia Myra Melford--Allison Miller, completato dal sassofonista Dayna Stephens e dal bassista Scott Colley. Quattro grandi personalità, quattro protagonisti a diverso titolo della scena improvvisativa nordamericana, quattro interpreti sopraffini degli otto brani contenuti in Tomorrowland. Le tre composizioni a nome Melford sono caratterizzate dalla complessità delle trame, da improvvisazioni tutt'altro che lineari, da movimenti a scacchiera che confluiscono in incastri perfetti, da improvvisi sbalzi d'umore. La ...


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