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Emi Makabe: Echo
by Angelo Leonardi
Conferma il quartetto del suo esordio (Anniversary Greenleaf 2018) la cantante a strumentista giapponese Emi Makabe, con l'aggiunta di tre prestigiosi ospiti: il chitarrista Bill Frisell, il pianista Jason Moran e la bassista Meshell Ndegeocello, che interviene declamando alcuni testi. Anche in quest'album s'incrociano stilemi giapponesi e jazzistici in una miscela generalmente delicata e ...
Alden Hellmuth: Good Intentions
by Neri Pollastri
Sempre attenta alle nuove leve internazionali, l'etichetta spagnola Fresh Sound pubblica l'album d'esordio della giovane sassofonista Alden Hellmuth, originaria del Connecticut ma da tempo residente a Los Angeles. In questo suo primo lavoro --per il quale ha già vinto in Germania un premio come miglior album di esordio del 2024 --l'artista si presenta al sax contralto ...
Jakob Bro: Live at The Village Vanguard
by Fran Kursztejn
Legendary guitarist Jakob Bro revitalized the pensive romanticism of the ECM Records sound with last year's Taking Turns, and continues his crusade in Live at the Village Vanguard. His strategy is simple: a diverse cast, both in style and generation, slavishly dedicated to a dynamic trajectory, like a viscous alloy rushing violent in an aged riverbed. ...
Gary Bartz & NTU: Damage Control
by Pierre Giroux
After a 12-year break from the recording studio, legendary saxophonist Gary Bartz makes a powerful return with Damage Control. This deeply personal passion project honors and re-imagines the soul genre. The album showcases Bartz's unwavering curiosity and artistic evolution, transforming soulful classics into meditative, jazz-infused compositions that cross genre boundaries. At the heart of the album's ...
Cecile McLorin Salvant: Oh Snap
by Frank Housh
It feels like Cecile McLorin Salvant is just showing off. The 2020 MacArthur Genius Grant Award Winner follows up Ghost Song (Nonesuch, 2022) and Mélusine (Nonesuch, 2023) with Oh Snap, a post-genre effort with deeply personal lyrics that sound like they were lifted from the diaries of a rediscovered poet. McLorin recorded Oh Snap ...
Pat Thomas: Sufi Women
by Fran Kursztejn
Virtuoso pianist Pat Thomas released one of the finest (and most frustrating) solo performances of this decade with 2024's The Solar Model of Ibn Al-Shatir (Otoroku), and follows with a no-less important, intimate coda in Sufi Women. “Dedicated," as Thomas proclaims, “to the remarkable contribution of Sufi women in the spiritual science...known as Sufism (Islamic mysticism) ...
Richard Guba: Songs for Stuffed Animals
by Richard J Salvucci
Ok, admittedly, the title is not going to attract many rational listeners. As one understands, the Songs for Stuffed Animals is explained by a band performing tunes for stuffed animals that accompany children during a busy day. Ok. That may well be the case, but the local stuffed animals are not saying. There are quite a ...
James Robert Murphy: Sunday Morning
by Kyle Simpler
Some musicians stick to one style and consistently remain true to it, while others continually explore new sounds and musical styles. Guitarist James Robert Murphy, aka Austin Jimmy Murphy, falls into this second category. He has worked in various genres, but he is clearly a jazz player at heart. With Sunday Morning, he offers a satisfying ...
Joe Alterman & Mocean Worker: Keep The Line Open
by Andy Crowther
The spirit of the late, great pianist Les McCann is revived and respected in Keep The Line Open from Mocean Worker (aka Adam Dorn) and Joe Alterman. Bassist-producer Dorn and pianist-composer Alterman are uniquely placed to record a tribute to their mentor and friend McCann. Dorn's father Joel worked with McCann at Atlantic Records ...
Lettuce: Lettuce with the Colorado Symphony
by Joshua Weiner
Over three decades, the Boston-born funk band Lettuce has delighted audiences worldwide and amassed a discography boasting eight studio albums and three live albums. They have shared members and concerts with the prolific jazz/funk trio Soulive, hit #1 on the Billboard Jazz chart with 2015's Crush (Lettuce Records), and been nominated for the Instrumental Album of ...
