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Tuomo Uusitalo: Homecoming

Read "Homecoming" reviewed by Tyran Grillo

by Tyran Grillo
November 2, 2026

Tuomo Uusitalo has spent much of his musical life discovering how far a piano can travel without forfeiting its center of gravity. Born in Tampere and trained in Graz, he made New York's jazz clubs his artistic home for years, developing an improvisational language whose eloquence owes as much to restraint as to technical command. In Love Song (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2016), one could hear virtuosity being tempered in the furnace of life. That process deepened through Stories from ...

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Linus Eppinger & Sam Braysher: A Sinner Kissed an Angel

Read "A Sinner Kissed an Angel" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
July 15, 2026

Once past its rather curious title, there is much to admire and applaud on the debut recording by electric guitarist Linus Eppinger and alto saxophonist Sam Braysher's quartet, not the least of which is the group's tendency to swing at any tempo and in every format and to do so with a mininum of bombast or pretension. Based on the result alone, it is hard to believe that the foursome had been together as a working group for ...

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Ramona Horvath: Absinthe

by Artur Moral
December 22, 2025

How could one not connect with someone who, from her debut album as a leader, Lotus Blossom (Black & Blue, 2017), demonstrated such knowledge and admiration for Billy Strayhorn's timeless compositions? Or who, in the liner notes of her new project, counts among her supporters fellow pianists of the stature of Giovanni Mirabassi, Ignasi Terraza and Pierre de Bethmann? Something old, something new, something borrowed... Certainly, a quick glance at the repertoire of this Ramona Horvath Trio's release ...

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Tom Ollendorff: Where In The World

Read "Where In The World" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan
November 12, 2025

Since 2021, guitarist Tom Ollendorff has been evolving his sound over two promising albums. Where In The World marks a flowering of his talent, showing sophisticated playing and refined composing. Some of the impetus for this progression stems from his first collaboration with pianist Aaron Parks, whose style forms a natural synergy with Ollendorff's and proves the ideal vehicle for these pieces. Joining them are Ollendorff's long-standing musical partners: bassist Conor Chaplin and drummer James Maddren. The association ...

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Hillai Govreen: Every Other Now

Read "Every Other Now" reviewed by Kyle Simpler

by Kyle Simpler
October 21, 2025

Many musicians are content to write and perform songs, while others continuously explore deeper territory. Clarinetist, saxophonist, and composer Hillai Govreen belongs firmly to the latter camp. At heart, she is a storyteller, and with Every Other Now, her debut solo release, she creates music that invites not only listening but also imagination. Govreen first drew notice with Allusions (Starr Street, 2021), a duo with pianist Nitsan Kolko, where her sensitivity and command of dialogue came to the ...

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Chris McCarthy: Add a Zero

Read "Add a Zero" reviewed by Paul Rauch

by Paul Rauch
July 30, 2025

Chris McCarthy is a wonderfully lyrical pianist, and an unexpected joy to hear. “Unexpected" you might ask? Allow an explanation. He is imaginative, highly skilled and has gained a reputation of excellence on the New York scene. His accompaniment and solo strides on his acclaimed duo release, Life's a Gig (Fresh Sounds, 2024), with vocalist Vanisha Gould make her deep dive into old soul magic seem grounded, adorned with subtle and spacious harmony that keeps the music buoyant and free ...

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Matthias Van den Brande: Fields of Color

Read "Fields of Color" reviewed by Artur Moral

by Artur Moral
May 24, 2025

A non-harmonic quartet raises unexpected questions Can an essentially orthodox musical effort accurately reflect the most unconventional art? Is a concept album more attractive than others, simply by being one? Can a written review meaningfully convey insights about a score inspired by the creations of painter Mark Rothko, whose canvases, in turn, were conceived to express the intense sensations that poetry and classical music, particularly Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, stirred in him? Indeed, we face a disc that provokes a multitude ...

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Hans Luchs: The Spell is Broken

Read "The Spell is Broken" reviewed by Artur Moral

by Artur Moral
January 24, 2025

The third record by NYC-based guitarist Hans Luchs arrives six years after his praiseworthy--but largely overlooked--sophomore release, Until Next Time (Self Produced, 2018). As with that album, the Chicagoan embraces the well-known motto of “less is more," distilling his guitar expertise and writing talent into less than forty minutes across eight new original compositions. Luchs stands as the antithesis of what we might call a jazz guitar hero and rejects any instrumental prominence as a leader. His approach ...

Album Review

Albert Vila: Reality Is Nuance

Read "Reality Is Nuance" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci

by Richard J Salvucci
April 8, 2024

Notwithstanding a sojourn at the Manhattan School of Music, Albert Vila is better known in European jazz circles than in the U.S.A.. A native of Barcelona, Vila does his touring in Europe but the appeal of his playing is much broader. If there ever was a jazz guitarist “deserving of wider recognition" in US circles, it is Vila. Despite his profoundly Iberian touch (listening to him is a bit like listening to the renowned classical guitarist Narciso Yepes) his current ...

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Mike De Souza: Chrysalis

Read "Chrysalis" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan
January 29, 2024

For many musicians, the silver-lining of enforced isolation during the pandemic was the time to write and refine new compositions. The event enabled guitarist Mike De Souza to explore concepts for the six tracks that make up his second album, Chrysalis. This follows on from his debut, Slow Burn (Self-produced, 2019). Added impetus came from forming a new quintet, adding two new members to his existing trio. The music on the album is a rock/jazz hybrid that melds ...