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Houston Person: From the Heart
by Jack Bowers
There are seldom any big surprises when tenor saxophonist Houston Person releases a new album. On the other hand, there are few moments that are less than pleasing, as consistency and good taste have been and remain Person's calling cards throughout his more than 60-year career as one of the jazz world's leading artists.
Earl Carter: 495
by Jacob Sylvester
Earl Carter is a guitarist whose craft and artistry are fully expressed on his release, 495. The title of the CD is a reference and dedication to the area in which Carter grew up--The DMV (Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia), home to Interstate 495 (the Capital Beltway). On this CD, he showcases his knowledge of smooth ...
Us3: Snap, Crackle and Bop!
by Mike Raggett
Geoff Wilkinson's music first gained wider attention through production library discs, often used for projects requiring a funky hip-hop style backing. Lesser known at the time was his involvement with Blue Note Records through his group Us3, which had a smash hit with a remix and sample of Herbie Hancock's “Cantaloupe Island," released under the title ...
Emma Rawicz: Paintbox
by Andrew Hunter
Emma Rawicz is a British saxophonist and bandleader who has been remarkably busy since 2021, winning Jazz Newcomer of the Year at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards, a Drake YolanDa award and becoming a BBC Young Musician Jazz Award finalist. She was also nominated for Instrumentalist of the Year at the Jazz FM Awards. Paintbox is her ...
Caleb Wheeler Curtis and Jason Moran: Incantation
by Jack Kenny
The lineage of high-powered jazz duos runs from Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines's “Weather Bird" to Jason Moran and Caleb Wheeler Curtis. Where the earlier performance was a contest between two masters, the style here is conversational and exploratory. Across its 12 tracks, Incantation moves fluidly between free improvisation, original compositions, and affectionate engagements with jazz ...
Jason Kao Hwang / Human Rites Trio: Second Life
by Glenn Astarita
Violinist and composer Jason Kao Hwang has spent much of his career moving between jazz, contemporary composition, and free improvisation, often blurring the distinctions between them. His Human Rites Trio with bassist Ken Filiano and drummer/percussionist Andrew Drury first recorded together on Human Rites Trio (True Sound Recordings, 2020), though the three have worked together in ...
Rob Dixon: Naptown Soul
by Jack Bowers
Saxophonist Rob Dixon, who has called Naptown (aka Indianapolis) home for most of his adult life, salutes the city's enviable jazz heritage on Naptown Soul, leading a splendid quartet through its paces on four of his original compositions (one of which opens the album and three of which close it), a pair by Indy legend Wes ...
Henry Threadgill: Cut You Where You Was
by Giuseppe Segala
Affrancarsi e focalizzare. Liberare e stabilire relazioni. Nella pratica musicale, Henry Threadgill lo fa a proprio modo, tenendo preziosa la sua maturazione libertaria ed estremamente ricca di stimoli all'interno della AACM. Cercando e inventando un proprio linguaggio, nello stile di quella speciale aggregazione. Una propria mappa di orientamento musicale, stilistico, esplorativo, da cui scaturiscono opere ricchissime ...
Henry Threadgill, Vijay Iyer, Dafnis Prieto: Fifteen
by Giuseppe Segala
Due protagonisti di rilievo della scena contemporanea di generazione diversa, Henry Threadgill e Vijay Iyer, presentano un album che li vede uniti per la prima volta, dopo una collaborazione dal vivo che dura da quindici anni con questo trio, completato da Dafnis Prieto alla batteria. Fifteen, recita appunto il titolo del disco. Tra le ...
Jason Robinson: Blue Salience: For Yusef Lateef
by Keith Flint
From a single note a song takes form. From a single seed a tree grows. Consider Yusef Lateef's own words from “Where Are The Goodies?" Spheres: Stories by Yusef Lateef (Fana Publishing, 1976), “To find out in a hurry whether the roots are where the rich dirt is, look up at the tree and see if ...
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