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The Emily Masser Quintet: Songs With My Father
by Neil Duggan
Rising vocal talent Emily Masser has already attracted positive attention from British jazz luminaries Claire Martin, Liane Carroll and Clark Tracey. This is no small feat for an artist who has recorded an album while still studying at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She is also helped by having on-tap mentorship and artistic guidance from her father, the highly regarded saxophonist Dean Masser, who joins her on Songs With My Father to add another dimension to her rapidly ...
Continue ReadingSam Braysher: That's Him: The Music Of Kurt Weill
by Chris May
On his first two albums under his own name, London-based alto saxophonist Sam Braysher focused on the Great American Songbook. On this, his third album, he takes a sideways look at mid-twentieth century American popular music through the work of German-born, naturalized American composer, Kurt Weill. Braysher, whose warm tone and consonant and inquisitive approach to harmony is attracting growing attention on the British jazz scene, is accompanied by pianist Matyas Gayer, double bassist Dario Di Lecce and drummer Steve ...
Continue ReadingWin Pongsakorn: Yes, It Is!
by Jack Bowers
Although it may take a while (if ever) for Pongsakorn “Win" Lertvanitsutha to become a household name outside his native land, the twenty-nine-year-old trumpeter from Thailand makes an impressive debut on Yes, It Is!, a buoyant studio session, recorded in Italy, that makes room for a brace of guest appearances by Pongsakorn's mentor, Jim Rotondi. Besides leading his tight-knit quartet, Pongsakorn wrote seven of the album's eight numbers to complement the lone standard, Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger's lovely ballad ...
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