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Album Review

Anthony Bruno: Blue Velvet

Read "Blue Velvet" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Chicago-based saxophonist Anthony Bruno wraps up a terrific triptych of album releases with 2025's Blue Velvet. The journey began with the release of his album Anthony Bruno (2023), followed by Cefalu (2024). All of these are on his Anthony Bruno Music label. Bruno counts Sonny Rollins as a major influence. He says as much in the All About Jazz spotlight interview (read it here). That influence shows from the get-go on Blue Velvet, with its high octane energy, the soul, ...

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Album Review

Isaiah Collier: Parallel Universe

Read "Parallel Universe" reviewed by Gareth Thompson


The direct-to-disc recording equipment in Haarlem's Artone studio resembles a vintage control room for time travel, or maybe the record deck in a cyberpunk loft. And yes, that's Haarlem, not Harlem, though one could be excused for mixing them up here. This is where Isaiah Collier came to record Parallel Universe, a valiant and affirmative album full of joyful noises. Musicians who trek to Artone cut their work onto acetate from single-take live performances. But anyone expecting a simplified version ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Blue Velvet

Anthony Bruno Music
2025

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Cefalù

Self Produced
2024

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Parallel Universe

Night Dreamer
2023

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Anthony Bruno

Self Produced
2023

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Bread and Circus

From: Blue Velvet
By James Russell Sims

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