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Loren Schoenberg and His Jazz Orchestra: So Many Memories

Read "So Many Memories" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

Jazz polymath Loren Schoenberg reverses the hands of time on So Many Memories, unveiling sixteen never-before- recorded charts written by the renowned melodist Eddie Sauter in the late 1930s for the Red Norvo-Mildred Bailey Orchestra. To paint his canvas, Schoenberg enlisted students and recent graduates of New York's Juilliard School of Music to be his orchestra, ...

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Antoine Läng: Lâcher Les Chiens Tant Qu'on Y Est

Read "Lâcher  Les Chiens Tant Qu'on  Y Est" reviewed by John Eyles

by John Eyles

The album Lâcher Les Chiens Tant Qu'on Y Est ("Let the dogs loose while we're at it") is a recording of single takes of prepared jaw harps, without overdubs or additional effects, by Antoine Läng, an experimental musician and vocalist from Geneva, Switzerland. It was mixed by Läng and mastered by D'Incise of the label. Alongside ...

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Timo Vollbrecht: Bremen New York

Read "Bremen New York" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero

Per il suo ultimo lavoro il sassofonista e compositore di origine tedesca Timo Vollbrecht allestisce un quintetto da sogno, registra alla leggendaria Sendesaal di Brema e intitola il disco Bremen/New York, ideale ponte tra la patria d'origine e la patria d'adozione. Per qualità del suono, cura dei dettagli e impianto complessivo Bremen/New York potrebbe essere un ...

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ZurHub: Countryside Motorways

Read "Countryside Motorways" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

Zurhub is an Israeli-American quintet formed in 2017 by flutist Mattan Klein and guitarist Ezequiel Hezi Jait. On Countryside Motorways, the group's impressive debut recording, they are ably supported by pianist Itay Simhovich, bassist Assaf Hakimi and drummer Dani Benedikt. The album consists of a dozen original compositions, five by Klein, four by ...

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Kenny Barron: Songbook

Read "Songbook" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux

Kenny Barron's offering Songbook is a deeply personal milestone in the pianist's career. Long regarded as one of the most lyrical voices in modern jazz, Barron fulfills a long-held dream by revisiting thirteen of his original compositions, now reimagined with words by lyricist Janice Jarrett and performed by a talented cast of vocalists spanning different generations. ...

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Enoch Smith Jr.: The Book of Enoch Vol. 1

Read "The Book of Enoch Vol. 1" reviewed by Jim Trageser

by Jim Trageser

With a longstanding residence as a music worship leader at Allentown Presbyterian Church in New Jersey, pianist / composer Enoch Smith Jr. comes to jazz with a gospel perspective. Once common in soul music and even blues, this gospel background is rarer in jazz, especially in recent years. On The Book of ...

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Linda May Han Oh: Strange Heavens

Read "Strange Heavens" reviewed by Vic Albani

by Vic Albani

Vic AlbaniStrange Heavens Linda May Han Oh***Biophila RecordsPortal; Strange Heavens; Living Proof; Acapella; The Sweetest Water; Noise Machinery; Home; Paperbirds; Folk Song; Work Song; Skin; Just Waiting. * Formazione: Linda May Han Oh (contrabbasso) / Ambrose Akinmusire (tromba) / Tyshawn Sorey (batteria)Malesiana ...

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Spinifex: Maxximus

Read "Maxximus" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

Spinifex, the Amsterdam sextet formed in 2005 by saxophonist Tobias Klein, has spent two decades rattling jazz conventions with math-metal precision and global rhythmic flair. With trumpeter Bart Maris, tenor saxophonist John Dikeman, guitarist Jasper Stadhouders, bassist Gonçalo Almeida, and drummer Philipp Moser, their live shows ignite like sonic wildfires. Maxximus marks their twentieth anniversary and ...

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Linda Dachtyl: Full Steam Ahead

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by Jack Bowers

Full Steam Ahead, Ohio-based organist Linda Dachtyl's fifth recording as leader of her own groups, is a largely upbeat studio session wherein she oversees a trio--guitarist Don Hales, drummer and husband Cary Dachtyl--on six of ten numbers. The threesome by itself is quite good, so much so that one might reasonably argue that ...

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Yogev Shetrit: Way of Tradition

Read "Way of Tradition" reviewed by Anastasia Bogomolets

by Anastasia Bogomolets

Ever miss music quizzes? This album is the perfect way to test your musical intelligence. It keeps its jazz roots while weaving in all sorts of global influences. Some Central Asian rhythms and melodies emerge in “Bishkek Ancient City." A different kind of vibe, though from the same region, appears in “Uzbekistan." Distinct Moroccan influences shape ...


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