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Nebbia/Banner/Andrzejewski: Presencia
by Mark Corroto
Argentinian tenor saxophonist Camila Nebbia wants it known that she is far more than a passing presence on the contemporary jazz scene. Her high-powered, highly personal saxophone voice has become an in-demand commodity, appearing across a wide range of settings and labels. She has collaborated with artists such as Marilyn Crispell, Leo Genovese, Patrick Shiroishi, Angelica ...
Ramiro Zayas: FAMILIA feat. Basel Jazz Orchestra
by Kyle Simpler
Sometimes our friends and associates form some of the strongest bonds, sometimes closer than actual relatives. In this light, the concept of a familial bond is not solely limited to blood relationships. Argentine pianist and composer Ramiro Zayas is fully aware of this, and on Familia, he approaches the musician ensemble as an extended family. Written ...
Christopher Hoffman: REX
by Don Ball
Musicians have been inspired by the visual arts for centuries, from Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition in 1874, depicting the works of the artist Viktor Hartmann, to Myra Melford's 2025 release Splash (Intakt Records, 2025), a homage to the visual artist Cy Twombly. The question always arises: Does the listener have to know the artwork ...
Tuva Halse: Reconnection
by Daniel Mège
Reconnection is one of the projects (and second quintet album) of violinist and composer Tuva Halse. Tuva who? OK, you are not in Norway (that is your right). The entire Norwegian music scene, from jazz to folk, rap and contemporary music, even Eurovision, knows Tuva Halse. She stopped critics in their tracks in a ...
Yelena Eckemoff: Nocturnal Animals
by Tyran Grillo
There is something quietly revelatory about music that chooses the night not as a backdrop but as a mode of thought. With Nocturnal Animals, pianist and composer Yelena Eckemoff enters this liminal terrain with rare attentiveness, offering an album that does not describe animals so much as think alongside them. This is music that crouches, listens, ...
Yelena Eckemoff: Colors
by Tyran Grillo
There is a particular kind of courage in naming an album Colors. Not because the idea is simple, but because it is vast. To invoke color is to invoke perception itself, the mind's habit of sorting the world into tones and meanings, the heart's insistence that even the subtlest shade has a moral weight. With Colors, ...
Dave Douglas: Four Freedoms
by Glenn Astarita
Inspired by Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1941 “Four Freedoms" speech--articulating freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear--trumpeter Dave Douglas frames Four Freedoms as both political echo and musical proposition. Although the quartet is geographically dispersed--Marta Warelis, Nick Dunston and Joey Baron residing in Europe, Douglas based in New York--the ...
Albert Marquès / Rachel Therrien: Dialogue (Vol. I & II)
by Artur Moral
Except for the most radically experimental music, in a jazz context increasingly dominated by written scores that leave little room for improvisation, the appearance of a musical diptych centered on the latter is undoubtedly most welcome. This applies both to individual discourse and to creation shared simultaneously by various performers. Granted, many listeners may be absolutely ...
Martin Wind: Stars
by Pierre Giroux
A chamber-jazz glow hangs over Stars a sessions featuring renowned bassist and composer Martin Wind, with a quietly luminous quartet including legendary pianist Kenny Barron, exceptional clarinetist Anat Cohen, and imaginative drummer Matt Wilson. The album feels less like a blowing date than a late-night conversation among old friends, where each phrase is weighted with warmth ...
Roberto Magris / Denis Razz Quartet: In Action
by Dan McClenaghan
It is not easy for a European jazz artist to establish a notable profile in the United States, but Italian pianist Roberto Magris has done just that, in part via the tried and true “just show up" method of operation. It is necessary to show up with the drive, determination and talent to pull the success ...
