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Article: Journey into Jazz

Record Store Day Black Friday 2025 Jazz Releases

Read "Record Store Day Black Friday 2025 Jazz Releases" reviewed by Kyle Simpler

by Kyle Simpler

Although the main Record Store Day event occurs every year in April, the Black Friday drop gives record collectors a chance to find some one-of-a-kind releases to wrap up the year. The list always features music from a wide range of genres, and, of course, there are plenty of jazz releases available. However, these are limited-edition ...

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Article: Album Review

John Dikeman: Old Adam On Turtle Island

Read "Old Adam On Turtle Island" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

Committed improviser John Dikeman assembles a crack Amsterdam domiciled quartet to navigate Old Adam On Turtle Island, a song cycle that probes the intersections of colonization, religion, and their potential to inspire transcendence or tyranny. The framework is deliberately loose: a schematic more than a score, allowing the musicians to chart the course collectively. Themes emerge ...

Article: Interview

Lucian Ban: jazz, musica popolare della Romania e l'alter ego Mat Maneri

Read "Lucian Ban: jazz, musica popolare della Romania e l'alter ego Mat Maneri" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri

Originario della Romania, sebbene da quasi trent'anni residente a New York, il pianista Lucian Ban alterna da tempo le proprie produzioni originali alla ricerca sulla musica della propria terra, quasi sempre assieme al violista Mat Maneri, con il quale forma da anni uno stretto sodalizio artistico. Dopo aver più volte parlato dei suoi album dedicati alla ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Piano Four-té: Keyboard Masters Delight On A Quartet of ECM Luminessence Vinyl Reissues

Read "Piano Four-té: Keyboard Masters Delight On A Quartet of ECM Luminessence Vinyl Reissues" reviewed by Joshua Weiner

by Joshua Weiner

Blue Note. Verve. Impulse! Prestige. Just saying the name of such storied jazz record labels immediately conjures up each one's distinct aesthetic, from the music to the cover art. Over the past half century, the German ECM label has earned its place in this pantheon by steadfastly following its own vision, perhaps best summed up by ...

Article: Live Review

Vicenza Jazz - New Conversations 2025

Read "Vicenza Jazz - New Conversations 2025" reviewed by Libero Farnè

by Libero Farnè

Vicenza Jazz 2025 Varie sedi Vicenza 15--25 maggio 2025 Vicenza Jazz--New Conversations ha sempre portato un sottotitolo che mettesse in evidenza il tema su cui di anno in anno si concentrava prevalentemente. Questa ventinovesima edizione ha evitato di celebrare anniversari o di puntare i riflettori su uno strumento principe, ...anche se, ...

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Article: Album Review

Sun Ra: Nuits De La Fondation Maeght (Sun Ra)

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by John Sharpe

Discoveries of lost tapes are often trumpeted as legendary or revelatory, but in the case of the greatly expanded Nuits De La Fondation Maeght, the hype feels entirely warranted. The release offers a comprehensive view of a pivotal moment in Sun Ra's career. In 1970, Sun Ra was invited to play at the ...

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Article: Album Review

William Parker / Hugo Costa / Philipp Ernsting: Pulsar

Read "Pulsar" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

Inestimable bassist William Parker has made hundreds of records, but this unlikely meeting with two stalwarts of the Rotterdam scene, Portuguese alto saxophonist Hugo Costa and German drummer Philipp Ernsting, should not to be overlooked. The Dutch-based pair invited Parker to join them for a recording in October 2023 and Pulsar is the splendid result. Costa ...

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Article: Album Review

Albert Ayler Trio: Prophecy Live, First Visit

Read "Prophecy Live, First Visit" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

This 1964 New York City recording, now remastered and released on the Ezzthetics label, captures Albert Ayler with Gary Peacock and Sunny Murray at a crucial juncture in the saxophonist's development. This performance at the Cellar Cafe marks an early, vital snapshot of a trio that would become foundational to the free jazz movement. It is ...

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Article: Album Review

Albert Ayler Trio: Prophecy Live, First Visit

Read "Prophecy Live, First Visit" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

No jazz artist has been as polarizing as Albert Ayler. Listeners either revere him as a prophet or dismiss him as a charlatan. To some, his music is a divine revelation; to others, an indecipherable cacophony. But while Ayler's music was undeniably radical, he was no insurrectionist-- he was simply a true original. His sound was ...

Article: Album Review

Tadd Dameron: Fontainebleau & Magic Touch Revisited

Read "Fontainebleau & Magic Touch Revisited" reviewed by Maurizio Zerbo

by Maurizio Zerbo

Le linee guida di Fontainebleau e Magic Touch, i due capolavori di Tadd Dameron qui riuniti in un solo CD, furono teorizzate dal pianista di Cleveland sulle pagine della rivista Record Changer, in cui descrisse come la sua adesione all'estetica del bebop fosse mediata dalla classica scrittura swing. Le forme multitematiche ABA e i ...


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