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Stefano Boggiani: Andvake
by Glenn Astarita
Italian guitarist and composer Stefano Boggiani, now based in Oslo, operates at the crossroads of modern jazz and rock-inflected improvised music. Andvake, his debut for Losen Records, presents a Norwegian quartet featuring Oyvind Mathisen on trumpet, Oskar Lindberget on saxophones, Erlend Olderskog Albertsen on bass, and Markus Kristiansen on drums. The material originates from Boggiani's master's ...
Kemuel Roig: Dos Almas
by Edward Blanco
Cuban-American Latin jazz pianist Kemuel Roig presents a new solo album entitled Dos Almas ("Two Souls") documenting several originals in a repertoire that contains a selection of classic songs from some of his favorite Cuban composers. The album is an intimate personal journey delivering is own interpretation of Latin jazz music and his place in the ...
Bobby Naughton Trio: Live at Charlie's Tap
by Mark Corroto
Today, a number of drummers, including Ches Smith and Kenny Wollesen, also double on vibraphone, underscoring the instrument's fundamentally percussive nature. In the hands of Bobby Naughton, however, the vibraphone functioned as something more expansive: a reimagined piano, capable of both harmonic depth and rhythmic propulsion. Naughton began studying piano at the age of ...
Kubri: Due
by Neri Pollastri
Il termine Kubri, in arabo, significa “ponte," ed è per questo stato scelto come nome per la loro formazione dai quattro musicisti piacentini che danno vita a questo album: perché la loro musica vuol essere un ponte tra molteplici tradizioni diverse, da quella jazzistica a quella araba, passando per il folk, la ricerca, la contemporanea. La ...
Ilona Kudina: Baltic Transit
by Katchie Cartwright
Born and raised in Latvia, Ilona Kudina was trained as a classical musician, earning a master's degree in flute performance from Jazeps Vitols Latvian Academy of Music in Riga and becoming a flutist and piccolist with the Latvian National Symphony. Pursuing her interest in improvisation, jazz and contemporary music, she moved to Boston in 2001, where ...
Vancouver Jazz Orchestra: Vancouver Jazz Orchestra Meets Brian Charette
by Pierre Giroux
The Vancouver Jazz Orchestra's debut album arrives with a sense of purpose that feels both timely and reassuringly traditional. Formed to showcase the city's rich pool of jazz musicians while creating a platform for composers and arrangers, the VJO proves itself not through rhetoric but through sound. This release features a confident, well-rehearsed ensemble playing music ...
Pipeline: Ahead Of July
by Mark Corroto
With most recordings, listeners are conditioned to identify a leader. Typically, it is the artist whose name appears on the cover, or occasionally the composer responsible for the material. Pipeline upends that expectation. This is unequivocally an ensemble recording, and to further complicate matters, all of the music is collectively credited. For those familiar with the ...
Anita Donndorff: Thirsty Soul
by Angelo Leonardi
Cantante argentina ventiseienne, Anita Donndorff pubblica il secondo album dopo l'autoprodotto You Invade All My Dreams, intimo debutto del 2021 realizzato col pianista Dante Picca. Pubblicata dalla Fresh Sound, la selezione è frutto di un ricercato lavoro realizzato tra l'Argentina e gli Stati Uniti. Nel 2024 Anita ha inciso a New York due tracce ...
Peter Furlan Project: Live at Maureen's Jazz Cellar
by Jack Bowers
The third album by the Peter Furlan Project, the New York-born and based saxophonist's splendid nonet, was recorded Live at Maureen's Jazz Cellar in Nyack, NY, on June 20-21, 2025. The concert's nine numbers, all written and arranged by Furlan, travel along a conventional straight-ahead path whose sunny melodic and harmonic byways allow ample ...
Lafayette Gilchrist & New Volcanoes: Move With Love
by Ian Patterson
There is no escaping one's formative years when music--and much else--leaves an indelible mark, like a tattoo on the soul. For Lafayette Gilchrist, the jazz, hip-hop, funk and soul he imbibed growing up in Washington D.C. has been at the heart of New Volcanoes since its launch in 1993. In the intervening years, Baltimore-based Lafayette has ...
