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Two Contrasting Albums on Another Timbre?
by John Eyles
On the surface, the latest batch of releases from the Another Timbre label looks pretty much as expected, with each sleeve having the label's usual front cover format of a monochrome photograph of a landscape or work of art beneath which is printed the composer's name beneath which the album title beneath which the performers' names. As they are the first two numerically, Penumbra by two young Americans, Morgan Evans-Weiler & J.P.A. Falzone and Longing Landscape by Swiss resident Jürg ...
Continue ReadingFractal Sextet: Sky Full Of Hope
by Mike Jacobs
Calling Stephan Thelen's music an extension of the Swiss Minimalist movement may have once seemed appropriate. However, in the years since his band Sonar and Fractal Guitar projects have come to the fore, that characterization has increasingly become inadequate. Proximity, influence, and linkages exist but Thelen's copious activities in the last decade show such a deepening of his root concepts coupled with an embrace of the new, the notion is virtually moot. One of the projects that most ...
Continue ReadingThe Birth of Bossa Nova
by Larry Slater
Brasil is a country full of music. Samba, which was strongly influenced by African music, originated in Rio de Janeiro about 100 years ago Bossa nova, the focus of this hour, is basically a fusing of the harmonic vocabulary from jazz with the rhythmic complexity brought from samba and choroSince its inception in Rio de Janeiro during the late 1950s, Bossa nova has had a lasting influence on the global music scene The bossa nova style arrived in ...
Continue ReadingMichael Brecker: Timeline
by Scott Lichtman
While the song “Timeline" is structured as a straightforward minor blues, it is nonetheless attention-grabbing and inspiring, for several reasons. First, Michael Brecker, Pat Metheny, Larry Goldings and Elvin Jones are the epitome of musicality, whether appreciated individually or as a unit. Then there is Metheny's composition: just when the listener becomes hooked on the catchy variations in the head, the band slides into a multi-bar, dotted-quarter, 11th chord progression in the chorus that lifts you out of 4/4 time ...
Continue ReadingEmanuele Cisi, John Lamkin, Nat Birchall, Edison Machado, Mario Rusca, & More
by Tony Poole
Your weekly journey into the freshest jazz sounds from around the globe. Join Tony Poole for an hour of groove-driven selections, deep cuts, and cutting-edge new releases. Playlist All selections released in 2025 unless otherwise stated. Emanuele Cisi “Pharoah's Message" (Didje Doo Sunburst Mix) from KEEP THE VINYL MOVIN'--Support The Legacy EP (Right Tempol) The Lewis Express & Chip Wickham “Run Tell That" from Doo--Ha! (ATA Records) Gerardo Friscina “Mindoro" single (Schema Records) John Lamkin “Ticket" from Hot, ...
Continue ReadingAllison Miller, GOGODUCKS, An Pierlé, Allegra Levy & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
Allison Miller front and center in a playlist which features her new big band album and her contribution to the new records by ARTEMIS and Allegra Levy, as well as the architectural jazz of GOGODUCKS, the music without borders of An Pierlé and a heartfelt tribute to Joni Mitchell.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Allegra Levy “Should I Stay Or Should I Go?" Out of the Question (SteepleChase) ...
Continue ReadingI Wish I Were In Love Again
by Dan McClenaghan
The Dance of the Infidels Word around the Whispering Palms Trailer Court was that Barb, the lady who ran the place, could have cleaned Mike Tyson's clock, in his prime, if it had ever come to that. It never did, but she came out on top of about every physical confrontation she got herself into. If your let bougainvillea bush encroach on your neighbor's trailer space, she might march right up and let you know about it, and if you ...
Continue ReadingNoah Preminger: Ballads
by Dan Bilawsky
Balladry becomes Noah Preminger. And that may come as a surprise to some. Over the past seventeen years and about as many releases, this critically-acclaimed tenor saxophonist has often made his mark going the opposite way--in myriad bold-and-beyond settings where he's thrown haymakers with precision, explored duo dynamism with bassist Kim Cass, pushed the envelope through the demanding music of Steve Lampert, or investigated the gravity of the delta blues with a probing mindset. Yet there's something about his softer ...
Continue ReadingRandy Hoexter: Tomorrowsville
by Jack Bowers
Several words spring to mind when listening to the music of Atlanta-based composer, arranger and pianist Randy Hoexter. Colorful is one, wide-ranging is another. Not to mention creative, robust and well-ordered. Each of those traits and more are deftly combined in Hoexter's latest album, Tomorrowsville, on which he leads a high-grade ensemble through its paces on eleven of his intriguing themes and charts. What is clear from the outset is that Hoexter is a talented and earnest ...
Continue ReadingRodney Whitaker: Mosaic: The Music of Gregg Hill
by Paul Rauch
In their fourth collaboration on Origin Records, bassist and bandleader Rodney Whitaker and Central Michigan composer Gregg Hill strike gold once again, backed by a formidable gathering of musicians. Hill's music has experienced a surge in interest due to his prolific releases on Origin, which have featured musicians in and around the impressive jazz faculty roster at Michigan State University, a program with Whitaker at the helm. Hill's compositions have a notable sound uniquely tied to both urban ...
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