Jazz Articles about Jamire Williams

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Album Review

Sam Gendel: Fresh Bread

Read "Fresh Bread" reviewed by Emmanuel Di Tommaso

by Emmanuel Di Tommaso
September 27, 2021

Dare vita a un disco di 52 tracce realizzate nel corso di otto anni, mettendo insieme registrazioni casalinghe e pezzi registrati dal vivo che attraversano vari generi e stili compositivi per oltre tre ore di musica. Potrebbe sembrare una follia nell'epoca della realtà istantanea in cui tutto accade ora e subito ed è destinato a durare pochi secondi o al massimo 280 caratteri. Se però in cabina di regia c'è un genio del calibro di Sam Gendel, l'operazione ...

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Jeff Parker & The New Breed: Suite For Max Brown

Read "Suite For Max Brown" reviewed by Jerome Wilson

by Jerome Wilson
March 28, 2020

Guitarist Jeff Parker spent many years in Chicago involved in the city's fertile jazz and experimental music scene, primarily as a member of the AACM and the band Tortoise. In 2013 he relocated to Los Angeles. Since then, his music as a leader has combined a 70's rhythm and blues vibe with the sampling, electronic manipulation and serial techniques he was involved with in Chicago. This album, dedicated to his mother whose maiden name was Maxine Brown, shows just how ...

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Jeff Parker: The New Breed

Read "The New Breed" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard

by Jakob Baekgaard
June 4, 2016

There are certain artists that you know you can always count on. Whenever they are involved in something, at least it is going to be interesting and often it will be great. Guitarist Jeff Parker is one of those artists. It has been an undivided pleasure following Parker through his many constellations, whether it is Isotope 217, Tricolor, Chicago Underground, Brian Blade Fellowship, Makaya McCraven or Tortoise, just to name a few. However, Parker has also carved ...