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David Blake Quartet: Radio Casual
by Jack Bowers
To gain a clear picture of the sort of high-caliber straight-ahead jazz Canadian-born, Brooklyn-based guitarist David Blake's quartet has to offer on Radio Casual, go directly to “Nut Bread," the second track, bypassing the more offbeat, effects-enhanced opener, “Jonas with a View" (the “Jonas" presumably a reference to the group's drummer, Jonas Esser). There is one other outlier, the shadowy “Dew Sweeper," but as Blake wrote and arranged every number, he quite obviously charted every course, plain-speaking or otherwise.
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Simón Willson: Good Company
by Angelo Leonardi
Il fascino melodico obliquo che ricorda Andrew Hill e la libertà ritmica di Paul Motian traspaiono in vari momenti di quest'album, debutto da leader del bassista cileno Simón Willson a capo di un quartetto di talentosi emergenti: il pianista Isaac Wilson, il sassofonista tenore Jacob Shulman e il batterista Jonas Esser. Trasferitosi negli Stati Uniti nel 2011 per frequentare il New England Conservatory, Willson risiede a New York City dal 2017 e s'è messo in luce come partner ...
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Midsummer Lullaby
From: Midsummer LullabyBy Jonas Esser
I'll Remember April
From: I Hear A RhapsodyBy Jonas Esser
Blue and Gold
From: From This Moment ForwardBy Jonas Esser
