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Alex Louloudis: Words
by Hrayr Attarian
Greek drummer Alex Louloudis is an exciting composer with a refreshingly personal style. Classically trained, Louloudis has also received rigorous jazz education and, over a handful of years, has established himself as an integral member of New York's creative music scene. His second release, the intense and stimulating Words, exhibits his skills to the full. Released on the Belgian Off label, the album starts off with “Surviving" which features a two-tenor saxophone front line. The fiery intro is ...
read moreJames Brandon Lewis and Chad Taylor: Radiant Imprints
by Mark Corroto
When saxophonist James Brandon Lewis released Divine Travels (Okeh, 2014) with bassist William Parker and drummer Gerald Cleaver, the jazz world went from “who is this guy?" to “make space at the table," because listeners had discovered a truly distinctive voice. After that came Days Of Freeman (Okeh, 2015) with Jamaaladeen Tacuma and Rudy Royston and No Filter (BNS Records, 2017) where Lewis injected hip hop culture and punk rock into improvised music without resorting to the dreaded crutch of ...
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