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The Flying Horse Big Band: Unbridled
by Jack Bowers
On Unbridled, its ninth album to date, central Florida's admirable Flying Horse Big Band “meets veteran tenor saxophonist George Garzone" on four of seven numbers, starting with John Coltrane's exemplary jazz standard, “Giant Steps," arranged by the band's music director, Jeff Rupert. Garzone is showcased again on Michael Philip Mossman's handsome arrangement of Rupert's ...
Bob Schlesinger: Falling From Earth
by Joshua Weiner
Many a music project was derailed by the COVID-19 pandemic, but Colorado-based pianist, composer, and educator Bob Schlesinger's Falling From Earth (Self-Produced, 2025) has had a longer gestation and more interesting rebirth than most. With funding from the Pathways to Jazz fund, part of the Boulder County Arts Alliance, Schelsinger initially planned for his first release ...
Sofia Borges: The Unseen Pact
by Hrayr Attarian
German percussionist Sofia Borges explores unique time signatures in her work, drawing on an eclectic range of influences. Meanwhile, Argentinian saxophonist Ada Rave is a dynamic improviser. A deep sensitivity beautifully balances her bold, striking style. The stimulating The Unseen Pact is the result of Borges and Rave's poignant collaboration. It showcases a deep camaraderie and ...
Mauricio Morales and Adam Hersh: Between Dreams and Twilight
by Neil Duggan
Between Dreams and Twilight marks the first joint collaboration between Mauricio Morales and Adam Hersh. The pair became friends when Hersh gave Morales a lift home from the Continental Club in Los Angeles. Their album features nine pieces: three written by bassist Morales, three by pianist Hersh and three co-written. The duo keep excellent ...
Michael Sarian: Live at Cliff Bell's - Vol. II
by Troy Dostert
There was no reason whatsoever for listeners who enjoyed trumpeter Michael Sarian's terrific 2024 release, Live at Cliff Bell's (Shifting Paradigm Records), to feel short--changed. Capturing all the energy and excitement of a first-rate performance at the renowned Detroit jazz club from the previous year, the album traversed a wide spectrum of emotional registers and displayed ...
Sacha Boutros: Sacha: Paris After Dark
by Pierre Giroux
With Sacha: Paris After Dark, vocalist Sacha Boutros, delivers an elegant and lovingly crafted tribute to a century of French and American song, drawing on the enduring traditions of both genres with the care of someone deeply familiar with their roots. Recorded with a seasoned Franco-American ensemble including trumpeter Stéphane Belmondo, pianist Franck Amsallem, guitarist Hugo ...
LAC Trio: L'ala incerta della farfalla
by Neri Pollastri
Ispirato dal desiderio di esplorare “il potere creativo e rivoluzionario dell'inazione, la sua bellezza e ricchezza come risposta e alternativa a una società ossessionata dalla produttività e l'autottimizzazione," questo album del LAC Trio --dalle iniziali dei nomi dei suoi membri Leonardo Franceschini, Andrea Leone e Carlo Longo --si sviluppa attorno all'improvvisata title track e vede quattro ...
Jerome Sabbagh: Stand Up!
by Joshua Weiner
While much great jazz has emerged from one-off encounters among musicians, there is a lot to be said for the synergy of longstanding working bands. The former may provide more spontaneity and produce fireworks, but it can also lead to the occasional dud due to a mismatch in approach. Players in a working band, in contrast, ...
Nick Storring: Mirante
by Glenn Astarita
Nick Storring titles his ninth album with a Portuguese word meaning “lookout," though the music rarely lets you settle into any one view. His connection to Brazil is indirect--two tracks were written before he ever visited--but the album carries the energy, textures, and rhythms of a place half-remembered, half-imagined. Instead of leaning on familiar Brazilian cues ...
Peter Evans: Ars Ludicra
by Fran Kursztejn
In the band's handful of releases the past decade, Peter Evans' Being & Becoming has defined itself by an unusual pattern of influence. As the former leader of superstar avant-garde quartet Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Evans has always played the agitator, the many-hats uncompromising auteur, challenging in both sonic intellect and actual practice. He ...
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