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Track Reviews

11-Jul-2018

Gideon King

Upscale Madhouse (Self Produced)
Reviewed by Paul Naser

Published: 11-Jul-2018

06-Jun-2018

Settings For Three

No Fast Food (Corner Store Jazz)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

Published: 06-Jun-2018

17-May-2018

Geoffrey Downes / Christopher Braide - DBA

Skyscraper Souls (Cherry Red Records)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

Published: 17-May-2018

30-Mar-2018

Samuel Blaser with Marc Ducret & Peter Bruun

Taktlos Zurich 2017 (Hatology)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

Published: 30-Mar-2018

28-Mar-2018

Aalberg / Kullhammar / Zetterberg / Santos Silva

Basement Sessions Vol. 4 (The Bali Tapes) (Clean Feed Records)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

Published: 28-Mar-2018

27-Feb-2018

Simon Phillips Protocol

4 (Phantom Recordings)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

Published: 27-Feb-2018

06-Dec-2017

Olli Ahvenlahti

Thinking, Whistling (We Jazz Records)
Reviewed by Anthony Shaw

Published: 06-Dec-2017

02-Dec-2017

Alexander Hawkins / Elaine Mitchener Quartet

UpRoot (Intakt Records)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

100

Published: 02-Dec-2017

24-Nov-2017

Charles Rumback

Threes (Ears And Eyes Records)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

Published: 24-Nov-2017

18-Nov-2017

Burning Ghosts

Reclamation (Tzadik)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

111

Published: 18-Nov-2017

05-Nov-2017

Fish on Friday

Quiet Life (Cherry Red Records)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

100

Published: 05-Nov-2017

30-Oct-2017

Hans Lüdemann - Trio Ivoire

Desert Pulse (Intuition)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

Published: 30-Oct-2017

29-Sep-2017

Rova Saxophone Quartet

Steve Lacy’s Saxophone Special Revisited (Clean Feed Records)
Reviewed by Mark Corroto

Published: 29-Sep-2017

24-Sep-2017

Marco von Orelli - Max E. Keller - Sheldon Suter

Blow, Strike & Touch (Hatology)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

Published: 24-Sep-2017

20-Sep-2017

Roscoe Mitchell

Discussions (Wide Hive Records)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

Published: 20-Sep-2017

09-Sep-2017

Roger Beaujolais

Sunset (Self Produced)
Reviewed by Mark Corroto

Published: 09-Sep-2017

07-Jul-2017

Bruce Jackson

Just Left of Center (Self Produced)
Reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

Published: 07-Jul-2017

02-Jul-2017

Pam Taylor

Steal Your Heart (Self Produced)
Reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

Published: 02-Jul-2017

22-May-2017

Mihaly Dresch Quartet with Chris Potter

Zea (BMC Music)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

Published: 22-May-2017

04-May-2017

Sex Mob

Cultural Capital (Rex Records)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

Published: 04-May-2017

20-Apr-2017

Chicago / London Underground

A Night Walking Through Mirrors (Cuneiform Records)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

Published: 20-Apr-2017

29-Mar-2017

Richard Barbieri

Planets + Persona (Kscope Music)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

Published: 29-Mar-2017

24-Mar-2017

Miles Okazaki

Trickster (Pi Recordings)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

Published: 24-Mar-2017

21-Mar-2017

Lisa Mezzacappa

avantNOIR (Clean Feed Records)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

Published: 21-Mar-2017

19-Feb-2017

Rodrigo Amado's Motion Trio

Desire & Freedom (NotTwo Records)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

Published: 19-Feb-2017

29-Jan-2017

Charles Lloyd & The Marvels with Lucinda Williams

Masters Of War (Blue Note Records)
Reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

Published: 29-Jan-2017

Showcase

Buy Now

Family Feeling by Terell Stafford
Buy Now

Encontros - Orquestra... by Antonio Adolfo

Encontros - Orquestra Atlantica
Antonio Adolfo
AAM Music, 2018
buy
Family Feeling
Terell Stafford
BCM&D Records, 2018
buy

Featured Event

First Annual Jazz Industry Day Conference scheduled for September 13 in Philadelphia

Debut Recordings On The Elsewhere Label
Polka (Worldwide Deluxe Edition)
Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet
Whirlwind Recordings Ltd, 2018
Flying
Johnaye Kendrick
Johnygirl, 2018
Parallels
David Ricard Big Band
ArtistShare, 2018
Live at Village Vanguard Vol. 1 (The Embedded Sets)
Steve Coleman
Pi Recordings, 2018
Meridian
Adison Evans
Self Produced, 2018
Cubafrobeat
Lokkhi Terra meets Dele Sosimi
Funkiwala, 2018

Story of the Day

I love jazz because...jazz encompasses all. Jazz is freedom. It is the ultimate expressive musical conversation. I was first exposed to jazz as an infant. I grew up in a family of musicians. I first fell in love with jazz when listening to Ella Fitzgerald’s scat solo on “How High The Moon”. I met Dianne Reeves, Chaka Khan, Patti Labelle and more... The best show I ever attended was...I can’t pick a best
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I love jazz because...jazz encompasses all. Jazz is freedom. It is the ultimate expressive musical conversation. I was first exposed to jazz as an infant. I grew up in a family of musicians. I first fell in love with jazz when listening to Ella Fitzgerald’s scat solo on “How High The Moon”. I met Dianne Reeves, Chaka Khan, Patti Labelle and more... The best show I ever attended was...I can’t pick a best. But, I can say that seeing Dianne Reeves live changed my life. The first jazz record I bought was Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley. My advice to new listeners; Listen to it ALL. Listen to instrumentalist, vocalists, big bands, vocal groups.... just LISTEN.
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By Ashleigh Smith
Member since: 2018