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New England Jazz Collaborative: Tributaries
by Jack Bowers
Tributaries is the debut recording by the seventeen-member New England Jazz Collaborative whose origin and purpose are summed up as follows: “an artist-led non-profit collective dedicated to commissioning, presenting and documenting new music and expanding the audience for what remains a thrilling and vital musical form." The album consists of half a dozen fresh ...
Mike Lorenz: I'm Not There
by Andrew Hunter
Following a period of change, upheaval and reflection in his personal life, Mike Lorenz says that this record demonstrates a new approach for him, reflecting both his roots in jazz and the fact that he has been listening to a lot of songwriters; writers such as Jeff Tweedy and Elliott Smith. The opening track ...
Mauro Mussoni Quintet: Tempo
by Neri Pollastri
Terzo disco per il quintetto del contrabbassista e compositore riminese Mauro Mussoni, che in alcuni brani si allarga a sestetto ospitando il clarinetto basso di Achille Succi, questo Tempo è dedicato a illustrare lo scorrere di una giornata e lo fa mettendo in gioco uno swingante jazz moderno, con composizioni perlopiù su tempi medio ...
Szakcsi Lakatos Bela Quintet: Jazz Festival - 2022
by Jack Kenny
Szakcsi Lakatos Bela helped Hungarian jazz become modern without losing its local character. The present recording vividly illustrates this achievement. Captured at the 2022 AVL Érd Jazz Festival, it holds particular significance as the final festival recording of his career. That the audio had to be recovered from a damaged hard drive adds an extra dimension ...
Mike DiRubbo: Way Out Northwest
by Pierre Giroux
Some recordings try to overwhelm the listener with grand statements. With Way Out Northwest, alto saxophonist Mike DiRubbo is not trying to reinvent modern jazz but to remind us how rewarding it can be when four musicians know one another, allowing the music to develop through relationships built over time. Pianist Tilden Webb, bassist Jodi Proznick ...
Kevin Fort: Chiaroscuro
by Jeff Cebulski
The combination of piano and guitar seems to be a potential no-brainer for artistic jazz expression, yet not many successful attempts exist, on record anyway. The obvious victories and inspirations are the two albums by hall-of-famers Bill Evans and Jim Hall , Undercurrent (Blue Note, 1962) and Intermodulation (Verve, 1966). The Chicago-area pianist Kevin ...
Tigran Hamasyan: Manifeste
by Marco Iacoboni
Se è vero che, armonicamente, non ci sia più nulla da scoprire e che, ritmicamente, non ci sia più nulla di rilevante da cercare oltre ciò che è stato prodotto finora, è altrettanto vero che il 99% delle idee ritmiche più interessanti sono state create dai maestri della musica indiana carnatica. E allora tutto ...
Enten Eller + Gianluigi Trovesi: Elpida
by Neri Pollastri
Dopo oltre quarant'anni di vita Enten Eller, il quartetto assemblato da Massimo Barbiero, non perde né energia, né voglia di fare, e presenta il suo diciassettesimo album, registrato dal vivo nel dicembre del 2025 assieme a uno dei tanti ospiti di rilievo che nel corso degli anni sono andati ad arricchire le già ampie tavolozze timbriche ...
Bret Higgins: Scoring The Unseen
by Glenn Astarita
Bret Higgins has built a career as a bassist among adventurous improvisers, but on Scoring the Unseen he steps fully into the role of film composer, minus the inconvenience of an actual film. The concept, soundtracks for movies that exist only in imagination, could easily be read as a gimmick on paper. On wax, it plays ...
The Joshua Breakstone Quartet: Wonderful!
by Pierre Giroux
Joshua Breakstone's Wonderful! arrives on CD nearly four decades after its original release. It is a reminder that truly good jazz never worries about expiration dates. Although the original recording came early in his career, Breakstone hardly sounds like a guitarist searching for his voice. The ideas are already in place. Thoughtful, swinging, and melodic, the ...
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