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Maria Baptist: Essays on Jazz
by Geno Thackara
If a title such as Essays on Jazz might suggest something dry or academic (or, god forbid, pretentious), perish the thought. For one thing, Maria Baptist has spent decades as a professor of music and knows her stuff enough to live up to the name. For another, she has spent even more time living the jazz life on club stages and bandstands, developing a piano style which is endlessly clever and classy. This richly dynamic live set shows that even ...
read moreMaria Baptist and Jan von Klewitz: Facing Duality
by Geno Thackara
In a way it seems out of nowhere, and in a way it was a long time coming. While Maria Baptist has ranged from solo to trio to big band and more, throughout her career at the piano, Jan von Klewitz's saxophone has been a more steady presence beside her than than most. He came on board with Baptist's ongoing Jazz Orchestra on its debut Here and Now (self produced, 2016), then provided the plus-one when her trio was expanded ...
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