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Austin Di Pietro: Live at Mackenzie Hall Jazz
by Jack Bowers
Trumpeter and composer Austin Di Pietro, whose musical enterprises span the border between Canada and the U.S., leads a hard-working quintet in a concert recorded in July 2025 Live at Mackenzie Hall in Windsor, Ontario, a few stones' throw across the border from Detroit. Di Pietro wrote four of the album's seven numbers, while tenor saxophonist Ryan Bills contributed the rapid-fire “Hangtet" to complement the standard “If I Had You" and Marcus Belgrave's charming finale, “All My Love." ...
Continue ReadingJoseph Herbst: This is Our Environment
by Josh Deakin
Joseph Herbst has released something truly original with This Is Our Environment. The record itself is a complex intertwining of jazz and spoken word that blends together for a beautiful product. The instrumentals keep the spoken word element alive and flowing throughout the record and offers a channel for Herbst to speak out on some important topics. The spoken word comes out as a slam poetry accompaniment to the coffeehouse instrumentals. The verses are powerful, often politically charged ...
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The Fleeting Moment
From: Live at Mackenzie Hall JazzBy Zach McKinney
They Say There Are Beautiful Trees
From: This is Our EnvironmentBy Zach McKinney
