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Kaisa Mäensivu: Moving Parts

Read "Moving Parts" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero


Di origine finlandese, da tempo residente a New York, la contrabbassista e compositrice Kaisa Maensivu fonda l'ensemble denominato Kaisa's Machine nel 2015 e, dopo l'album di esordio nel lontano 2017, approda alla prestigiosa Greenleaf di Dave Douglas nel 2023 con Taking Shape ed ora con il recentissimo Moving Parts. Nel corso degli anni e talvolta durante lo stesso tour Kaisa's Machine ha variato formazione e musicisti ma, come ben dimostra il quintetto dell'album in questione, senza mai perdere ...

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Album Review

Jaleel Shaw: Painter Of The Invisible

Read "Painter Of The Invisible" reviewed by Carl Medsker


For twenty years, Jaleel Shaw has steadily built a robust career that includes a lengthy apprenticeship with Roy Haynes, steady work as an in-demand sideman and mentoring the next generation at the Manhattan School of Music. Painter Of The Invisible caps two years of significant events: Dave Holland enlisted him in his 2024 quartet along with Kris Davis and Nasheet Waits, after which he fronted a band at the 2024 Newport Jazz Festival for the first time. Then, in March ...

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Sasha Berliner: Khan Younis

Read "Sasha Berliner: Khan Younis" reviewed by Carl Medsker


Fantôme (Outside In Music, 2025) is vibraphonist Sasha Berliner's third release as a leader, and it is excellent from start to finish, due to its diversity of moods, energy, instrumentation, arrangements and well-written compositions. This is an ensemble effort, with everyone contributing to bringing Berliner's ideas to life. The core band consists of Taylor Eigsti (piano), Harish Raghavan (bass) and Jongkuk Kim (drums). “Khan Younis" is one of two slower, lusher tracks on an otherwise kinetic, assertive album. ...

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Kaisa's Machine: Moving Parts

Read "Moving Parts" reviewed by Troy Dostert


On the third release with her trusted ensemble, Kaisa's Machine, rising star Kaisa Mäensivu displays a mature compositional voice, creating seven beguiling tracks that make excellent use of her superb colleagues. The Finnish bassist has for some years split her time between Helsinki and New York City, and the album's concept is loosely centered on the challenges and opportunities of bilocation--but the music itself is remarkably cohesive and taut, with a group dynamic that indeed reflects machine-like precision, even if ...

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Album Review

Kaisa's Machine: Moving Parts

Read "Moving Parts" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


Let us play an enormously simple game: Name three bands or three albums of any musical conglomerate --jazz, hop, bop, rock, neo-ethical bluegrass--whose legendary sobriquet was the absolute definition of the sound, soul, and propriety of the band. The peanut gallery erupts--Led Zeppelin, Live at the Vanguard Flatt and Scruggs, A Love Supreme  Add Finnish-born bassist/composer turned fiery New York jazzer, Kaisa Mäensivu and her on-all-cylinders Machine to the list. Moving Parts hits the sweet spot. Centering around Mäensivu's ...

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Radio & Podcasts

Two tracks featuring Sasha Berliner, Two from the Cellar Live label, Two new trios and Two Brazilian vocals!

Read "Two tracks featuring Sasha Berliner, Two from the Cellar Live label, Two new trios and Two Brazilian vocals!" reviewed by Andy Crowther


Two hours of all new tunes--so much great music already released and coming soon, and it's only January... Playlist Cinema Royal “The True North" from Cinema Royal (Rhythm Section International) 00:00 Emanuele Cisi “Pharoah's Message" from Rushin' (Mono Jazz) 05:50 The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble “Las Olas" from Gemini (Colemine Records) 12:14 Jackson Mathod “Slum" from Studio Natives, Vol. 1 (Ameritz Music) 16:36 Women In Jazz and Rosa Brunello “Uno Punto Uno" from Uno Punto Uno (New Soil) ...


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