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Catching Up With 2021 Releases
by Jerome Wilson
Despite another year of pandemic-related restrictions and limited live jazz performances, there was still the usual flood of new jazz recordings in 2021. Here are a few of the overlooked gems from the past few months that deserve some recognition. Joe Fielder's Open Sesame Fuzzy and Blue Multiphonics Music 2021 Trombonist Joe Fielder has been the musical director for the Sesame Street television series since 2009. This is his second album ...
read moreJoe Fielder's Big Sackbut: Live In Graz
by Dan McClenaghan
Trombonist Joe Fielder offers up Joe Fielder's Big Sackbut--Live In Graz, the group's second recording, a follow-up to the 2012 eponymous Yellow Sound Label debut and 2013's Sackbut Stomp (Multiphonics Music). The line-up is three trombones (Ryan Keberle, Luis Bonilla and Fielder) and a tuba (Jon Sass), so it isn't hard to imagine what the sound is like: bold, brassy, full bodied, rich-toned. And surprisingly edgy at times. So what is a sackbut, anyways? It sounds like the ...
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