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Rachel Eckroth: The Garden
by Mike Jurkovic
One of the Phoenix's brightest lights, pianist-composer-vocalist Rachel Eckroth, who has ably added depth to the music of such polar opposites as Chris Botti, Rufus Wainwright, and St. Vincent, leaves no stone unturned in The Garden, her darkly convincing, Rainy Day Records debut. It is immediately apparent that Eckroth hears things unlike the rest of us. Her music is a prowling evolution, full of darkness yet attainable, redeemable light. Without hesitancy, she shapes and seizes, assembles, dissects, and ...
read moreRachel Eckroth, Melanie Charles, Bruno Angelini, Aakash Mittal & More New Releases
by Ludovico Granvassu
Impressive new albums by Rachel Eckroth and Melanie Charles, the cross-cultural experiments of Aakash Mittal and Ches Smith, groovy soulful releases and re-releases by Leon Spencer, David Axelrod and Will Bernard and much more in this week's playlist.Happy listening!PlaylistBen Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 David Axelrod “Mucho Chupar" Heavy Axe (Craft) 0:16 Host talks 3:27 Leon Spencer “Louisiana Slim" Louisiana Slim (Craft) 5:04 Will Bernard “Mazurka Tree" Ancient Grains (Posi-Tone) ...
read moreLeft of Average
by Patrick Burnette
The Bastards look at four albums taking paths less travelled, approaches rarely attempted, and pianos (in the case of Sun Ra at least) untuned. Three 2021 releases are featured and we go way back to 1966 for a movie tie-in album that went right for jazz fans and terribly wrong the MGM employee writing the liner notes. Pop matters this time isn't pop at all but Mike's in-depth discussion of Charles McPherson's birthday concert, so stay tuned. PlaylistMike ...
read moreRachel Eckroth: Let Go
by Angelo Leonardi
Regala piacevoli emozioni questo disco di Rachel Eckroth, pianista jazz e cantautrice di valore, che disegna un percorso raffinato ed eclettico. Dieci brani che coniugano l'inventiva e la ricercatezza timbrico-armonica di jazz e soul con liriche melodie pop, esaltate dall'intima passione di Rachel. Il disco necessita di più ascolti per svelare appieno il suo fascino: ogni canzone è eseguita da organici diversi e si avvale di riuscite orchestrazioni che fondono sonorità acustiche ed elettriche, sostenendo il nitido e ...
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