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Album Review

Okonski: Entrance Music

Read "Entrance Music" reviewed by Ian Patterson


A signature sound--whether for an individual musician or a band--comes naturally to some but remains elusive to others. It is worth its weight in gold, making the jobs of publicists, club owners, festival organizers and journalists that much easier. Okonski, the trio of pianist Steve Okonski, bassist Michael Montgomery, and drummer Aaron Frazier, occupies a sound world that could be described as meditative jazz. The vibe is laid-back yet sunny, uncluttered yet gently grooving, accessible yet artful. That ...

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Okonski: Magnolia

Read "Magnolia" reviewed by Chris May


Every so often an album emerges out of--well, not nowhere exactly, but in this case Loveland, Ohio, which could be considered, in the nicest possible way, to be getting pretty close--that is as delightful as it is unexpected. Magnolia is a pensive, late night, piano-trio musing on melancholy, loss and empty, moonlit city streets. It is Edward Hopper's Nighthawks without the party vibe. Not that it evokes, exactly, isolation or rejection; more a feeling of quiet introspection and reflection. Not ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Entrance Music

Colemine Records
2025

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Magnolia

Colemine Records
2024

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