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Album Review

Ben Markley: Tell the Truth

Read "Tell the Truth" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Ben Markley, who has already earned wide praise as a pianist, educator and leader of the Ben Markley Big Band, brandishes his sturdy composing and arranging chops on Tell the Truth, wherein he leads an able-bodied Colorado-based quintet through its paces on eight of his typically melodious and sunlit original compositions. According to Markley, the pieces were written to parallel the classic 1960s Blue Note quintet recordings, with guitarist Steve Kovalcheck replacing the customary trumpet lead and ...

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Album Review

Brian Lynch: 7X7BY7

Read "7X7BY7" reviewed by Jack Bowers


The number seven, which for reasons shrouded in mystery, has long been considered a symbol of good luck, lies at the core of trumpeter Brian Lynch's latest album, 7X7BY7, which consists of seven themes performed by seven musicians with each number clocking in at precisely six seconds past seven minutes. Furthermore, it is said, “the...process [of creating the album] was designed to facilitate the smooth reassembly of elements...into new pieces. Shaped by these attributes along with their constraints, the music ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Tell the Truth

OA2 Records
2025

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7X7BY7

Self Produced
2024

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Storybook

JMARQ Records
2023

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One Saturday in...

Rutz Music Works (self-released)
2022

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One Saturday in...

Self Produced
2021

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Hallways

Hollistic MusicWorks
2017

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Don't Bring It Up

From: Tell the Truth
By Kyle Swan

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