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Nelson Devereaux: Three Lights in the Dark
by Scott Lichtman
Nelson Devereaux is a highly creative sax/woodwind player, singer, multi-instrumental sound manipulator and composer who fills the alt-jazz and alt-pop spaces with a unique brew of avant/free/ambient sound. Based in Minnesota, the artist has been both prolific and under-the-radar. He has played with Bon Iver, Lizzo and Miley Cyrus. His album, Three Lights in the Dark (Youngbloods, 2025), is the most jazz-imbued project of his ten-year recording career and bears multiple listens. Devereaux ably teams up here with ...
Continue ReadingJake Baldwin: Vanishing Point
by Troy Dostert
Trumpeter Jake Baldwin has been an important presence in the Minneapolis jazz scene since the early 2010s, known especially for a stylistic breadth that can cover the gamut from conventional post-bop fare to rock-inflected fusion. On Vanishing Point, his fourth release for Shifting Paradigm Records, he digs deeper into the latter mode, making good use of a strong band to support a set of infectious, edgy, melody-driven excursions. The album crackles with energy from the outset, as the ...
Continue ReadingThe Early Planets: The Waits / InBetween Music
by Glenn Astarita
Minneapolis-based jazz trio The Early Planets features the impressive talents of composer and guitarist Mike Wolter which may take listeners on a transcendent journey with their latest release, The Waits / InBetween Music. The album opens with “Tone Down Your Vibe," in which Wolter's intricate melodies float atop a Latin-like pulse. The interplay between the musicians creates an expansive and intimate soundscape, drawing the listener into the trio's world. Wolter's deftly articulated jazz groove with shifting thematic developments rides above ...
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