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David Sneider: Introducing David Sneider
by Jack Bowers
What better way to introduce young trumpeter David Sneider than with one of his half-dozen buoyant new compositions, “Marvelous-Lee," the opening number on Sneider's congenial debut recording. That delightful salute to fellow trumpeter Lee Morgan also introduces one of Sneider's two front-line partners, tenor saxophonist Jacob Chung, and the ensemble's able rhythm section: pianist Tyler Henderson, ...
Marilena Paradisi, Bob Nieske: Here and Now
by Neri Pollastri
Il duo tra voce e contrabbasso è una delle formazioni tradizionali del jazz e ha tra i suoi interpreti artisti come Ella Fitzgerald e Ray Brown o Sheila Jordan e Cameron Brown. In questo lavoro sono la cantante romana Marilena Paradisi, autrice e ricercatrice giunta al suo nono album, e il contrabbassista bostoniano Bob Nieske, artista ...
Ubunye: Tell Me The Truth Or Don't Tell Me Anything
by Andy Crowther
Ubunye's sophomore album on 33 Jazz Records is the provocatively titled “Tell Me The Truth Or Don't Tell Me Anything". In the words of band leader Dave Evans keyboards, “Our second album explores connection, to ourselves and to others, of going beyond the ego." It is an evolution of their refreshing and uplifting fusion of soul, ...
The Scott Silbert Quartet: Dream Dancing
by Jack Bowers
The year 2025 marks the centenary of the birth of John Haley Sims, known around the world by his singular nickname, Zoot, a colossus of the saxophone who left this world far too soon in March 1985. Yet even though Zoot's physical presence is absent, his insuperable spirit lives on via Dream Dancing, a marvelous tribute ...
Steve Lodder: 2 sorts of 3
by Neil Duggan
Pianist Steve Lodder's album 2 sorts of 3 was originally envisaged as two separate projects, one acoustic and one electronic. He ultimately bought them together to create a single release that bridges both plugged and unplugged worlds. Lodder utilizes two contrasting lineups, on the electronic side, he is joined by his long-term collaborators; Dudley ...
Rubalcaba Potter Harland Grenadier: First Meeting
by Alberto Bazzurro
Un'ora e mezza abbondante di musica bella tirata (diciamo ad ampie campate: sei soli brani tutti superiori ai tredici minuti) colta dal vivo al Dizzy's Club di New York a fine agosto 2022 è quanto ci arriva da questo autentico supergruppo forte di quattro prime donne dell'odierna scena jazzistica americana, situazione che può determinare ...
Josh Nelson / Kevin Van Den Elzen: West Coast Echoes
by Jack Bowers
Pianist Josh Nelson and drummer Kevin Van Den Elzen (with bassist Eric Sittner) revisit the glory days of West Coast jazz in the 1950s and '60s on West Coast Echoes, a generally smooth and pleasing glance backward at the “cool" school of jazz championed by such legendary artists as Shorty Rogers, Art Pepper, Stan Getz, Shelly ...
Patricia Brennan: Of the Near and Far
by John Sharpe
Vibraphonist Patricia Brennan continues to redefine her creative horizons on Of The Near And Far, a fourth leadership date that expands her sonic blueprint without tempering the imagination that has marked her rise. Each of its predecessors has been completely different, from the horn-rich Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic, 2024), to the percussion-centered More Touch (Pyroclastic, 2022), to ...
Niia: V
by Scott Gudell
Niia, the Italian / American singer who has been performing since the mid-2010s, has journeyed through various musical incarnations. From subtle to shocking, she seems to have an insatiable lust for changing musical partners. She had an early dedication to classic jazz vocals, darted over to PJ Harvey-inspired angst; she embraced the smooth purring undulations of Sade ...
Michele Sperandio Quartet: The Sea Of Music
by Neri Pollastri
Un disco di cover di brani provenienti dall'ambito perlopiù pop “colto," con autori che spaziano da Robert Wyatt a Robert Fripp, da Nick Drake a Elvis Costello, fino a toccare Tim Bukley, Cristina Donà e persino Lucio Dalla, scegliendo brani aventi tutti un riferimento al mare: questo il contenuto di The Sea of Music, a nome ...
