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Gerry Mulligan: Nocturne

Read "Nocturne" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro

Già edito nel 2005 con un brano in meno (il conclusivo “Rico Apollo"), questo doppio live colto in quel di Bologna nell'aprile 1992 ci tramanda un Gerry Mulligan in ragguardevole forma, lui come del resto il trio che lo affianca, capeggiato (se possiamo dire così) da un pianista dell'affidabilità di Harold Danko. Tredici ...

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Hayeli: Home

Read "Home" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

Hayeli is the moniker of Lebanese double bassist Donna Khalifé and Armenian double bassist Khachatur Savzyan, partners in life as in music. Khalifé is held in high esteem as one of the most progressive voices on Beirut's jazz and improvised music scene--a reputation her highly original self-produced albums Heavy Dance (2017) and Hope is the Thing ...

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The Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra: Mixed Bag

Read "Mixed Bag" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

Award-winning arranger Pete McGuinness has chosen to name the fourth recording by his stellar New York-based Jazz Orchestra Mixed Bag, a term whose meaning may be construed as positive or less so, depending on the context. As he explains in the album's liner notes, McGuinness accentuates the positive, writing that to him, “Variety has always been ...

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Johnny O'Neal: Everybody Loves Johnny O'Neal

Read "Everybody Loves Johnny O'Neal" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux

In the pantheon of jazz pianists and entertainers, Johnny O'Neal occupies a special niche--equal parts master technician, soulful interpreter, and irrepressible entertainer. Everybody Loves Johnny O'Neal, recorded live at Pyatt Hall, Vancouver, BC, captures the pianist and vocalist at his most relaxed and radiant. The date finds O'Neal in the company of two exceptional rhythm players ...

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Gato Barbieri: Standards Lost ad Found 2

Read "Standards Lost ad Found 2" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro

Su doppio LP o CD singolo esce il secondo volume di questo ampio corpus di inediti meritoriamente riesumato da Marco Pennisi della Red. Otto i brani complessivi di questa nuova tranche, con geometrie alquanto particolari, con doppio Gato (e il secondo brano è quel “In Search Of The Mystery" che l'anno prima aveva “battezzato" il primo ...

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The Haas Company: Vol. 3 - Song for Mimi

Read "Vol. 3 - Song for Mimi" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

Steve Haas, the accomplished drummer and driving force behind The Haas Company, brings a wealth of experience and a powerful rhythmic foundation to the band's novel sound. With a career spanning decades, Haas has garnered acclaim for his technical prowess and musical versatility across jazz, fusion and rock. His leadership is central to The Haas Company's ...

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Anne Burnell: This Could Be The Start of Something Big

Read "This Could Be The Start of Something Big" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci

by Richard J Salvucci

This could be the Start of Something is a pleasant recording. It is a joint work by a pair of well-known Chicago cabaret singers, Anne Burnell and Mark Burnell. They are hardly novices, so the production is professional in every way. They are willing to take some risks as well. They handle “Joy Spring," a version ...

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Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp String Trio: Armageddon Flower

Read "Armageddon Flower" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

Saxophonist Ivo Perelman's albums come at us relentlessly. He is prolific. Multiple albums per year is his norm. His approach is, more often than not, sound and fury, signifying... what? It is hard to say. Of his Armageddon Flower he says: “Listening to this music is akin to reading the Book of Revelations in the Bible." ...

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Shuffle Demons: Are You Really Real

Read "Are You Really Real" reviewed by Anastasia Bogomolets

by Anastasia Bogomolets

Celebrating four decades of genre-blending jazz, the Shuffle Demons return with Are You Really Real, a studio album that fuses funk, post-bop, theatrical satire and spiritual jazz. Influences ranging from Eric Dolphy and Alice Coltrane to the Red Hot Chili Peppers shape the band's eclectic high-energy aesthetic. The opening track, “X Marks the Spot," ...

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Mina Choi: Stories

Read "Stories" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

Who could have guessed that the next wave of world-class big-band composers and arrangers would wash ashore in the U.S. after starting its journey in faraway Asia? In 2024 alone, many composers with roots in the Far East have nourished their credentials with impressive and well- received big-band recordings. Those whose names spring to mind include ...


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