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Cassie Kinoshi, Dave Douglas, Dave Guy, Alon Farber & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
Cassie Kinoshi's stunning new album, Gratitude, along with new releases featuring Dave Douglas, Dave Guy, James Brandon Lewis, Alon Farber and Fredrik Nordström will bring you a high-density set of rewarding new music. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Dave Guy “Footwork" Footwork--Single (Big Crown) 0:16 Host talks 2:07 Cassie Kinoshi “I-II" Gratitude (International Anthem) 3:58 Host talks 12:58 Alon Farber Hagiga feat. Dave Douglas “Spring Ahead" ...
Continue ReadingAndrea Keller: Flicker & Polar Bird
by John Fenton
Andrea Keller's recorded output is bold, original and engaging; this recent album is no exception. Flicker & Polar Bird is a double album and her twenty-third release as a leader. The album is the result of her time as the Coombs Creative Arts Fellow in 2022 and also features various commissions undertaken between 2010 and 2022. Keller is one of Australia's finest pianists, composers and arrangers, winning numerous prestigious awards and widespread recognition. She is an active educator in many ...
Continue ReadingKim Parker: Reminiscing in Jazz
by Nicholas F. Mondello
Kim Parker is a marvelously talented jazz vocalist and the step-daughter of both Charlie Parker and Phil Woods. A sensitive, tasteful, and endearing jazz voice, Kim has recorded numerous albums as leader and others as an accompanying artist. She has a marvelously rich history in jazz both as a result of her famous families, as well as those legendary musicians she's encountered in her incredible life. Here, Kim shares memories and reflections in a fascinatingly honest and insightful manner.
Continue ReadingNic Dembling: Recalling New Wave New York with Comateens
by Lawrence Peryer
Today, the Spotlight shines On musician and songwriter Nicholas Dembling, aka Nic North, aka Nic West, of seminal New York CIty New Wave Pop band, Comateens. The New York that birthed Comateens was in the midst of a particularly vibrant musical moment. There was new music everywhere. Jazz cats were staging loft concerts in pre-glitz SOHO. The punks and no wavers were holding court on the Lower East Side. Philip Glass and the minimalists were premiering new works ...
Continue ReadingLate-Period Art Pepper Box Sets
by C. Michael Bailey
In his essay, “Endgame," which opens the liner notes to Art Pepper: The Complete Galaxy Recordings (Galaxy, 1989), music critic Gary Giddens said of Art Pepper's professional comeback: “Pepper's sudden reappearance in 1975 was something of a second coming in musical circles. For the next seven years, his frequent recordings and tours, and the publication in 1979 of the autobiography he and his wife Laurie wrote, Straight Life, transformed him from a gifted altoist who had made ...
Continue ReadingLawrence Fields: To the Surface
by Mike Jurkovic
As if chomping at the bit, pianist Lawrence Fields launches into his proper debut as a leader with “Parachute," a tune of his own making that strikes that perfect chord between piano trios past and present. And right away the listener is immersed in To The Surface. A fixture on Rising Star category since 2019, Fields, who has made his name in the piano chair for such determined and willful creators as Joe Lovano, Chris Potter, Terri Lyne ...
Continue ReadingMary Lou's Salon
by Bill Gottlieb
This article was first published at All About Jazz in June 1999.“The all-time greatest woman jazz musician." That typically was the kind of language used in describing Mary Lou Williams.Mary Lou Williams Mary Lou was a fabulous pianist, as well as a noted arranger, and composer. But she also had another role of distinction: she was a sort of mother spirit for innovative musicians. Her spacious Harlem apartment was a salon where, especially in the 1940's, ...
Continue ReadingDave Solazzo: Locrian Skye
by Dan McClenaghan
Pianist Dave Solazzo and The Bridge--a trio that includes drummer Bill D'Augustino and bassist Matthew Vacanti--may be better known in the jazz world as accomplished sidemen, but they came together in 2023 to record Locrian Skye, with the pianist serving as the leader. In some ways, the music recalls the standard jazz piano trio mode--the music of Bill Evans, Tommy Flanagan and Ahmad Jamal. In other ways, there is an elasticity of interplay, with unconventional harmonics and rhythms lurking in ...
Continue ReadingSinatra In The Studio
by Bill Gottlieb
This article was first published at All About Jazz in December 1998. Back in 1947, I covered, for kicks, a Frank Sinatra Columbia record date, produced in New York at Liederkranz Hall. There was an acoustically superb studio large enough to handle the sumptuous, full-fiddle orchestra assembled by Axel Stordahl, the leader and arranger. In the band were many of the city's top studio musicians, a stimulating sight. Dominating the scene was Sinatra, the one-time ...
Continue ReadingMusical Tribute To Jim Beard Plus New Releases
by Len Davis
A tribute to musician and producer Jim Beard, featuring his own work and also with Bob Berg and Oz Noy. New music from Lyle Workman and trumpet player John Fumo. From Brazil Joseph Olivera and from Canada Gustavo Carmo. Benjamin Croft with Frank Gambale and Argentinian band Streams. We get a little laid back with some cool stuff from David Garfield with his latest single and the band Tea featuring Neil Larsen.Playlist Jim Beard “Bakers Annex" from Song Of ...
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