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Melinda Rose Rodriguez and Frenchy Romero: I'm On My Way

Read "I'm On My Way" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello

by Nicholas F. Mondello

Longtime friends from their Miami days, vocalist Melinda Rose Rodriguez and pianist Frenchy Romero offer their debut collaboration, I'm on My Way. It is a ten-track collection of known fare, as well as original compositions from Rodriguez. The album is a festive musical playground for the two artists, both of whom will be performing in elite ...

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Kris Davis Trio: Run the Gauntlet

Read "Run the Gauntlet" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro

Innanzitutto le dediche: a Geri Allen, Marilyn Crispell, Angelica Sanchez, Carla Bley, Renee Rosnes, Sylvie Courvoisier, sei colleghe di strumento (e non solo), ognuna con la sua brava colonnina esplicativa nel booklet che accompagna il CD, a cui Kris Davis si sente evidentemente vicina. Poi la musica: un piano trio pieno, vitale, contemporaneo ma ...

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Ismael Rivera: Traigo de Todo

Read "Traigo de Todo" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci

by Richard J Salvucci

Ismael Rivera (1931-1987) is one of the key figures of Puerto Rican salsa, an early exponent and pioneer, and so recognized on the island today, largely because of his sojourn in New York City. His career started in his late teens in Santurce while he was still employed as a laborer on the island, but he ...

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Klas Lindquist: Handle With Care

Read "Handle With Care" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco

Considered one of “Sweden's most exciting jazz musicians," by the Goteborgs Posten, a major Swedish-language daily newspaper published in Gothenburg, Sweden, Klas Lindquist delivers his fifth album as leader with the intimate and sophisticated Handle with Care. As pianist Champian Fulton states in the liner notes, the album, “Spotlights Klas Lindquist as a soloist with a ...

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Miki Yamanaka: Chance

Read "Chance" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux

Miki Yamanaka's release Chance reflects her depth as a pianist and an interpreter of material from the jazz playbook. Complementing her nuanced lyrical touch with sensitive interplay is her working rhythm section featuring bassist Tyrone Allen and drummer Jimmy Macbride. The album's mix of jazz standards and tunes from the Great American Songbook, alongside work from ...

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Hank Roberts, Filippo Vignato: Adagio

Read "Adagio" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi

Quest'affascinante sodalizio tra il violoncellista statunitense Hank Roberts e il trombonista Filippo Vignato deriva in primo luogo dalla comune partecipazione al progetto Pipe Dream --comprendente anche Pasquale Mirra, Giorgio Pacorig e Zeno de Rossi--documentato dagli album Pipe Dream del 2018 e Blue Roads del 2022. Dal punto di vista estetico non va però dimenticato ...

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Conor Cantrell: A Place Between Homes

Read "A Place Between Homes" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan

Finding his voice as a composer and guitarist has taken Conor Cantrell on a journey from his native Galway in Ireland to Berlin, via London. So, it may not be a surprise to find that his debut album A Place Between Homes contains song titles like “Departing," “Arriving" and “Another Goodbye." It is clear that his ...

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Diego Rivera: Ofrenda

Read "Ofrenda" reviewed by David A. Orthmann

by David A. Orthmann

Tenor and soprano saxophonist Diego Rivera has amassed an impressive track record on the Posi-Tone imprint as a leader, sideman, and other projects curated by producer Marc Free. Ofrenda, a ten-movement suite, is a vehicle for Rivera's impressions of aspects of altars corresponding with the traditional Mexican holiday Día De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead). ...

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Morpheus Trance - Christy Doran: In Trance We Trust

Read "In Trance We Trust" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

Renowned Switzerland-based guitarist Christy Doran's In Trance We Trust is a musical dreamscape you cannot quite pin down but may never want to escape. The album unfolds like a sonic labyrinth, twisting and turning through genres and moods with the cool confidence of a seasoned psychonaut. Doran, wielding his six-stringed wand, conjures textures that oscillate between ...

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Miguel Zenón: Golden City

Read "Golden City" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro

La musica contenuta in questo album trae spunto da una commissione ricevuta da Miguel Zenón per la composizione di una suite basata sulla storia di San Francisco e della Bay Area, evidenziando in particolare i contributi offerti da parte delle comunità giapponese, cinese, messicana e, ovviamente, afroamericana. Ne è nata così questa Golden City, presentata in ...


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