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Jack Wyllie: Eternal Spring
by Maciej Stasiowski
Starling murmurations are an amazing sight and a wonder illustrating swarm intelligence. How come none of the birds collide with their peers? Decoded by computer modeling, emergent behavior in complex systems unveils patterns that go well beyond single-component contribution. It is tempting to hear out flocking behavior that transforms individual instruments into a rich tapestry--a wall ...
Austin Di Pietro: Live at Mackenzie Hall Jazz
by Jack Bowers
Trumpeter and composer Austin Di Pietro, whose musical enterprises span the border between Canada and the U.S., leads a hard-working quintet in a concert recorded in July 2025 Live at Mackenzie Hall in Windsor, Ontario, a few stones' throw across the border from Detroit. Di Pietro wrote four of the album's seven numbers, while ...
U.T. Gandhi: Farewell Dance
by Neri Pollastri
Per chi conosceva il batterista, percussionista, musicista elettronico e compositore U.T. Gandhi, ascoltare questo suo disco, uscito lo scorso anno, scatena sensazioni forti e contrastanti: bello, singolare e molto personale, questo primo lavoro in solo della sua più che quarantennale carriera, dopo la sua scomparsa nel sonno il 10 agosto scorso appare adesso, per molte ragioni, ...
Matteo Rossi: Young Lions Orchestra
by Marco Iacoboni
È sempre con grande piacere ascoltare il risultato di progetti costruttivi e creativi come quello della Young Lions Orchestra, un collettivo che coinvolge giovani musicisti della scena romana under 30. Matteo Rossi, compositore, direttore d'orchestra, arrangiatore, cresce come un talentuoso pianista e tastierista cresciuto a pane, jazz e avanguardia, prestato alla realtà pop-rock come ...
Steve Rawlins: Word on the Street
by Don Ball
Steve Rawlins has been known as more of a behind-the-scenes kind of guy than a band's frontman for the past few decades, but that may be changing with his release Word on the Street. Rawlins is accredited for his work as an arranger and musical director for artists such as Smokey Robinson, Bette Midler, and Chaka ...
Rahul Mukerji: Mridhangit
by Geno Thackara
As the great (if fictitious) detective Dirk Gently said, what we are dealing with here is the fundamental interconnectedness of all things. The sinuous scales of Indian and Eastern music, the fluid melodicism of jazz, the mathematical precision of prog-rock and the wailing and pounding of heavy metal: when all are approached with the same focus ...
Lars Fredrik Frøislie: Gamle Mester
by Glenn Astarita
Lars Fredrik Frøislie has spent the better part of two decades as the keyboard architect behind Wobbler, the Norwegian outfit that rebuilt 1970s symphonic prog from the inside out using vintage gear and a period-accurate ear. He has also logged time in White Willow and appeared on more than thirty other recordings since 2003, alongside a ...
Geof Bradfield / Myra Melford / Ben Goldberg / Dana Hall: Open Or Close
by Dan McClenaghan
Ornette Coleman may come to mind at the beginning of the spin of Open Or Close. This is understandable. The title song, which opens the set, is from Coleman's pen. Additionally, the jazz collective at work here--reedmen Geof Bradfield and Ben Goldberg, pianist Myra Melford and drummer Dana Hall play loose and free, à la Ornette, ...
Alexis Marcelo: Solo Piano
by Carl Medsker
"Boogieminish Bop" effusively kicks off Alexis Marcelo's first release under his own name, organically combining stride, boogie-woogie and bop into a contemporary melange. For over two decades, Marcelo has honed his chops and developed his personal language, drawing on the full history of jazz piano, his Hispanic roots, early classical training and experiences with hip hop, ...
Jalen Baker: RePaved
by Pierre Giroux
Occasionally, an album comes along that shakes up your thinking about what jazz can do. Jalen Baker's RePaved might be that album. On the surface, it is an eight- part suite about Houston's historic Black neighbourhoods, particularly the 3rd Ward, where Baker's family has deep roots spanning four generations. But on closer listening, it becomes more ...
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