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Kind Folk: Why Not
by Dan Bilawsky
Back in 2014, trumpeter John Raymond, alto saxophonist Alex LoRe, bassist Noam Wiesenberg, and drummer Colin Stranahan gathered in a tiny apartment in Brooklyn to test out their chemistry and let the music flow. Four years later, after some more sporadic get-togethers and a bump or two in the road, we have their debut. Opening with the buoyant and clear-headed Kenny Wheeler tune that serves as the name (and something of a directional beacon) for this collective ...
Continue ReadingJohn Raymond & Real Feels: Joy Ride
by Dan Bilawsky
There's something to be said for the centered and warm sound qualities born of a flugelhorn fronting a bass-less trio. Even when John Raymond ratchets up the intensity on his original compositions--the choppy title track in five, the circuitous “Follower"--there's a sense of sonic evenhandedness reflecting both the instrument's depth of character and the artist's depth of soul. Of course, it helps when you also have players of the caliber of guitarist Gilad Hekselman and drummer Colin Stranahan filling out ...
Continue ReadingJohn Raymond & Real Feels: Real Feels - Live Vol. 1
by Mark F. Turner
Trumpeter John Raymond's Real Feels trio with guitarist Gilad Hekselman and drummer Colin Stranahan earned praise for the titular studio release earlier in 2016 with its fresh and modernist take on classics pop tunes and beloved hymns. They took that vibe to the streets in numerous gigs and venues capturing the magic from two dates in Real Feels -Live Vol. 1 The set recorded at the BLU jazz club in Akron, Ohio begins with a crisp solo ...
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by Vincenzo Roggero
Delizioso disco giocato sul filo della memoria -quella di alcuni noti traditional e di classici del jazz, quella di un glorioso passato del pop -i Beatles -e quella di un rock attuale di meritata fama--Tom Yorke e i suoi Radiohead. Chitarra, flicorno e batteria sono i lati di un triangolo perfettamente equilatero, ciascuno con la propria personalità, ciascuno indispensabile in parti uguali al raggiungimento del risultato finale. La sei corde di Gilad Hekselman, origini israeliane, formazione newyorchese, ...
Continue ReadingJohn Raymond: Foreign Territory
by Maurizio Zerbo
Il titolo del CD allude emblematicamente alla pratica strumentale messa in atto da questo splendido quartetto, dalla condotta armonica estremamente raffinata. Lo testimoniano i due brani-manifesto del progetto, fra intelligenza melodica e sobrietà del fraseggio solistico. Nel solco di una pratica ampiamente diffusa nel jazz sin dagli anni '30, il trombettista statunitense agisce creativamente sugli standard mediante sostituzioni armoniche. “What Do You Hear" e “Chant," altro non sono che una avventurosa esplorazione di “I Hear a Rhapsody" ...
Continue ReadingTake Five With John Raymond
by AAJ Staff
Meet John Raymond: John Raymond has been making a name for himself as one of the most promising, up-and-coming jazz musicians in New York. Originally from Minneapolis, MN, John performs regularly with musicians such as Billy Hart, Orrin Evans, Linda Oh, Ethan Iverson and Gilad Hekselman among others. He has recently been a featured artist at the NYC Winter Jazz Festival as well as the FONT Festival, and has also performed at notable events such as the Austin ...
Continue ReadingJohn Raymond: Strength & Song
by AAJ Italy Staff
Con la benedizione e la produzione di Jon Faddis il giovane trombettista John Raymond debutta come leader con Strenght & Song, titolo che fa riferimento ad un versetto del profeta Isaia riportato all'interno del CD cartonato. La dimensione religiosa ritorna più volte nel corso dell'ora abbondante di musica ma come riflessione esistenziale più che come approccio musicale. Assenti afflati spirituali o misticheggianti, bandita la concitazione delle funzioni religiose, o la spiritualità del gospel, Strenght & Song è modern jazz tout ...
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