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Camila Meza, Julian Shore, and Billy Hart
by Jerome Wilson
This episode features recently released albums by Camila Meza, Julian Shore and Billy Hart as well as older music by Ray Charles, Allen Toussaint, and Myra Melford.Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Dabin Ryu “Taxi Driver" from Wall (Self Produced) 1:01 Simon Moullier “Lotus" from Elements of Light (Candid) 9:34 Host Speaks 13:14 Graham Bond “Can't Stand It" from ...
Continue ReadingMelody, Please
by Patrick Burnette
The boys ponder a batch of 2025 releases on the search for memorable, hummable melodies. These being 2025 jazz albums, you can guess the results of the search. Still, much to enjoy is these very diverse selections.Playlist Discussion of Dayna Stephens album Hopium (Contagious Music) 5:54 Discussion of Sean Imboden's album Communal Heart (Self Released) 26:18 Discussion of Chicago Jazz Orchestra's album, featuring Bobby Broom More Amore (Chicago Jazz Orchestra Records) 46:11 Discussion of Camilla Meza's album Portal ...
Continue ReadingVarious Guitarists: The Middle of Everywhere: Guitar Solos Vol. I
by Glenn Astarita
Produced by laudable guitarist/composer Joel Harrison and the Alternative Guitar Summit, The Middle of Everywhere: Guitar Solos Vol. 1 is a compelling exploration of the intersections between jazz, classical and world music traditions--think of it as a musical United Nations, where six-stringed diplomats from various genres come together to harmonize. In the album liners, Harrison states, “The idea for this project started when I presented a concert of virtual solo performances from around the world during the pandemic." Hence, it ...
Continue ReadingCamila Meza on the nature of translation, improvisation & self observation
by Leo Sidran
Camila Meza: Ámbar
by Friedrich Kunzmann
After finally stepping into the limelight with 2016's Traces (Sunnyside Records)--the record on which Camila Meza impressively solidified her very own character and place as a musician and composer--the Chilean singer / guitarist returns with an entirely different cast of musicians that has grown to orchestral proportions, and a new batch of intriguing tunes that consist of the same amount of originals as covers. While the notion of songwriting and singing has always played an important role in ...
Continue ReadingCamila Meza & the Nectar Orchestra: Ámbar
by Nicholas F. Mondello
With Ámbar, the Chilean-born New York vocalist, instrumentalist and composer Camila Meza, here recording with the marvelous Nectar Orchestra, sends out a dozen tracks of intriguing, highly-textured culturally-rich music. The material, creatively superb and impeccably performed all around, not only reinforces the fact that Meza is an acknowledged Downbeat Magazine Rising Star, but also vividly demonstrates her awesome vocal and guitar talents. Here exotic rhythmic and melodic flavors of heavily ethnic-flavored music swirl and beguile. The utter ...
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