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Jamile & Vinicius Gomes, feat. Joe Martin: Boundless Species
by Jerome Wilson
Vocalist Jamile and guitarist Vinicius Gomes bring their common backgrounds in Brazilian music to bear on a wide-ranging collection of songs here. It is expected that the two, assisted by bassist Joe Martin, would create an intimate atmosphere in their performances of songs by Ivan Lins and Milton Nascimento. The surprise is that they do the ...
Yusef Lateef: Alight Upon the Lake: Live at the Jazz Showcase
by Troy Dostert
One of the legendary figures of Detroit jazz, Yusef Lateef experienced a truly distinctive path of artistic development, with a trajectory which took him from swing, bebop and R&B in the 1940s and 1950s through a deep immersion in world music, funk and classical idioms during the 1960s and beyond. Somehow incorporating all of these disparate ...
Scott Routenberg Trio: Live at Merrimans' Playhouse: Oscar Peterson Tribute
by Jack Bowers
The indomitable spirit of Canada's gift to pianistic supremacy is ever-present on the Scott Routenberg Trio's radiant and swinging centennial Oscar Peterson Tribute, recorded in concert at Merryman's Playhouse Jazz in South Bend, Indiana, on October 11, 2025. Routenberg, an award-winning pianist, composer, arranger and educator, knows as well as anyone that there has ...
Jon Henriksson: Shapeshifter
by Konstantin N. Rega
Without the bassist, who would keep the band together? Well, Stockholm-based bassist Jon Henriksson keeps his group in line while still allowing for a fluid sound on Shapeshifter . Furthering the smooth turns turning up in Scandinavian jazz, the musician is softer in tone but nonetheless exciting. Of course, the album would not be half as good without ...
Cecil Taylor: Fragments: The Complete 1969 Salle Pleyel Concerts
by Mike Jurkovic
Another insanely good Record Store Day release from Elemental Music, Fragments, The Complete 1969 Salle Pleyel Concerts, is available as a limited-edition, 180-gram, 3-LP gatefold set or as your standard 2-CD version, but truth be told and told plainly, any version will serve one well. Talk about rumble in the jungle. Fragments, The Complete ...
Dayna Stephens: Monk'D
by Angelo Leonardi
Da un decennio Dayna Stephens s'è imposto tra i migliori sassofonisti della sua generazione ma pochi lo conoscono come contrabbassista, ruolo che ha assunto saltuariamente con Roy Hargrove, Billy Hart, Joshua Redman e altri. La scelta dello strumento a corde in questo suo progetto dedicato alla musica di Monk nasce dalla volontà di esplorare ...
The Paul Keller Orchestra: Thank You Notes--The Music of Gregg Hill
by Jack Bowers
Bassist Paul Keller 's Michigan-based orchestra was formed in 1989. For those who are keeping score, that was 37 years prior to the release of the disc at hand, Thank You Notes--The Music of Greg HIll. Big bands have undergone a large number of twists and turns, some for better, others for worse, since then, but ...
Hi Res Heart: Move Fast And Mend Things
by John Sharpe
On its second outing, British outfit Hi Res Heart trades the stitched-together aesthetic of its debut for the friction and immediacy of shared space, sharpening both its collective instinct and sonic identity. Where the earlier release documented remotely recorded parts later assembled in the studio, Move Fast And Mend Things convenes the ensemble in a single ...
Finely Tuned Elephant: No Goats
by Dan McClenaghan
The Ottawa-based jazz-rock group, Finely Tuned Elephant, sounds like a band that Steely Dan might have hired to craft their sound. A quartet comprised of guitarist Jordan Robinson (the group's leader), bass guitarist Cyrus Robertson Orkish, keyboardist Alex Lugli and drummer Kyle Iveglia crafts a sharp, tight sound. They are snappy and upbeat. A blind listen ...
Jorge Sylvester Spontaneous Expressions: Mayhem At Large--The Last Baha'i Session
by Jack Bowers
This two-disc set by saxophonist Jorge Sylvester's Spontaneous Expressions documents the last of the Tuesday evening jazz concerts at the Baha'i Center on East 11th Street in New York City. According to the jacket notes, the event was recorded live in March 2020. If that is so, Sylvester's listeners have earned top prize as the quietest ...
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