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Kenny Barron: Songbook
by Angelo Leonardi
82 anni, magistrale protagonista del pianismo moderno, Kenny Barron raccoglie suoi vecchi e nuovi brani per affidarli all'interpretazione di cantanti. I testi sono della sua vecchia amica Janice Jarrett (eccetto “Minor Blues Redux" scritto da Catherine Russell & Paul Kahn) e gli interpreti vocali vedono nomi ben noti come Cécile McLorin Salvant, Kurt Elling, Catherine Russell ...
Jack West/Walter Strauss: Guitars on Life
by Joshua Weiner
Emerging from the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1990s, acoustic guitarist Jack West forged a new style on 6-and 8-string instruments that integrates percussive use of the strings and guitar body with melody and harmony. Spicing his tunes with repeated harmonics and slide flourishes and incorporating influences from jazz, folk, rock and Americana music, West ...
Dave Stryker: Blue Fire - The Van Gelder Session
by Kyle Simpler
Many of Dave Stryker's recent albums focus on a particular idea or concept that serves as the recording's focal point. His Eight Track series (Strikezone 2013-2019) and Stryker with Strings Goes to the Movies (Strikezone, 2025) serve as prime examples. With Blue Fire -The Van Gelder Session, the guitarist steps into the studio of legendary producer ...
Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere: Theta Seven
by Mark Corroto
Have you ever tuned into a television series only to discover, once you are fully engaged, that it is already deep into its seventh season? Rather than discouraging you, the experience is often invigorating: the narrative is compelling enough to pull you in immediately, while also tempting you to return to the beginning to understand how ...
Satoko Fujii This Is It!: Message
by Neri Pollastri
Terzo album per il trio This Is It! di Satoko Fujii, che vede accanto alla pianista il compagno di vita Natsuki Tamura alla tromba e Takashi Itani a batteria e percussioni, per un lavoro che mescola con equilibrio e ingegno scrittura e improvvisazione radicale. I sei brani in cui è suddiviso l'album si basano ...
Masabumi Kikuchi: Hanamichi--The Final Studio Recording Vol. II
by Vincenzo Roggero
Quattro brani ascoltati, studiati e poi suonati alla fine degli anni Cinquanta ancora studente di musica a Tokyo, tre improvvisazioni la più lunga delle quali con i quasi dodici minuti è anche l'esecuzione di maggior durata dell'intero album. È questo il contenuto di Hanamichi. The Final Studio Recording Vol. II che insieme ad Hanamichi album pubblicato ...
Edwin Corne: Spruce and Maple
by Frank Housh
Guitarist Edwin Corne 's Spruce And Maple features the American Songbook peppered with eastern harmonies, befitting an Australian-Chinese musician raised in Shanghai and based in New York City. Corne's jazz guitar trio recording continues an ensemble tradition that began with Jim Hall and continued through Barney Kessel, Joe Pass, and Pat Metheny. It is alive and well in Spruce ...
Paul Marinaro: Mood Ellington
by Pierre Giroux
Paul Marinaro's Mood Ellington is an ambitious, carefully crafted double CD that regards Duke Ellington's vocal repertoire not as a fixed monument but as a living collection of work capable of endless renewal. Instead of relying on a single arranging perspective, Marinaro commissioned thirteen renowned composers, allowing Ellington's songs to be explored through multiple aesthetic lenses ...
Charlotte Hug: In Resonance With Elsewhere
by John Eyles
Born in Zurich, Switzerland, in May 1965. Charlotte Hug gained degrees in classical music, pedagogy and fine arts, and won such awards as “Artist in Residence" in London. By the time she was thirty, Hug had begun recording at various locations in Switzerland, the resulting music being part of her first album, Mauerraum Wandraum ...
Billy Martin + Matt Glassmeyer + Jonathan Goldberger: State Fête
by Glenn Astarita
Billy Martin, the renowned groove master and founding drummer of Medeski Martin & Wood, has spent decades collaborating with boundary--pushing artists including John Lurie in the Lounge Lizards and John Zorn in his Cobra ensembles, all while exploring instrument design, filmmaking, and visual art. His 2026 project, State Fête, unites him with multi-instrumentalist Matt Glassmeyer and ...
