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Mehmet Ali Sanlikol: The Electric Oud Man Speaks And You Listen…
by Kyle Simpler
Jazz has long operated with something like an open-door policy, absorbing influences from classical, folk, rock, and beyond. Turkish-American composer Mehmet Ali Sanlikol extends that tradition in a particularly personal way on The Electric Oud Man Speaks...And You Listen, a five-track project that brings Turkish makam, jazz improvisation, and rock energy into a shared musical language.
Oscar Peterson Trio: The Oscar Peterson Trio at Baker's Keyboard Lounge
by Pierre Giroux
There are live recordings that capture an engagement, and others that seem to revive an entirely vanished room. This newly unearthed Verve Records release from Detroit's Baker's Keyboard Lounge, recorded over five sets in August 1960, clearly falls into the latter category. More than just a historical curiosity, it reveals atmosphere, temperament, and mastery. The Oscar ...
Andrés Coll: Ride to Heaven
by Artur Moral
Some instruments can come across as far removed from the jazz orbit--especially when we think of them as vehicles for a soloist's showcase. Yet a number of resolute experimenters have worked hard to prove otherwise, with commendable skill. Among others, such is the case with Dorothy Ashby on harp, Julius Watkins on French horn and Garvin ...
Anna Piosik: In the Absence of Gods
by Alberto Bazzurro
Un intero album di sola tromba deve indurre attenzione non fosse altro che per il coraggio che vi sta dietro. La polacca Anna Piosik (che è anche ceramista), ormai portoghese d'adozione, fra Lisbona e il piccolo villaggio di Alfagar, nell'estremo sud del Paese, ci mette dentro tutta se stessa, in questo suo primo album, appunto, solitario ...
Adam O'Farrill: Elephant
by Glenn Astarita
On Elephant, trumpeter Adam O'Farrill steers his ensemble through music that is deliberate and quietly volatile. The writing favors asymmetry without sounding academic, and the group responds with alert patience. Moreover, brass lines hover and fracture while the rhythm moves in angled cycles. The album avoids easy dramatics, building tension through restraint. O'Farrill often ...
Revolutionary Snake Ensemble: Serpentine
by Don Ball
Any jazz band, especially a brass band, that is willing and capable of taking on the erratic rhythms and wild fluctuations of a Frank Zappa instrumental is worthy of kudos. And the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble's take of “Son of Mr. Green Genes" on their release Serpentine demonstrates their immense musical capabilities. The group was ...
Hendrik Meurkens: Samba Tonto
by Jack Bowers
Among the myriad jazz musicians practicing their art in countries around the world, there are few to whom the term “virtuoso" may readily be applied. Australia's James Morrison is one; Germany's Hendrik Meurkens is another. Widely known and admired as a master of the harmonica, Meurkens is equally adept on vibraphone and as a ...
Michel Petrucciani: Kuumbwa
by Jack Kenny
Recorded live on May 11, 1987, at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz, California, this album catches pianist Michel Petrucciani during an inspired phase of his career. It was not his first visit to the venue. While living in Big Sur--about an hour south of Santa Cruz--Petrucciani had befriended saxophonist Charles Lloyd, who was on ...
Caleb Wheeler Curtis: Ritual
by Alberto Bazzurro
Alla testa di un gruppo nuovo di zecca (le incisioni risalgono all'ottobre 2025) che evolve dal quartetto fino al sestetto, il polistrumentista newyorchese Caleb Wheeler Curtis confeziona un album (il sesto a suo nome) dai colori piuttosto decisi, sia sui brani più tirati che, anche, su quelli più compassati (almeno parzialmente): non manca mai qualcosa in ...
Kristijan Krajnčan Quartet: Honey Sparks In The Dark
by Ian Patterson
The hit of honey on tastebuds and the met gaze of a homeless man may seem like curious seeds of inspiration for an album, but Kristijan Krajnčan is no run-of-the-mill artist. A double threat as a virtuoso cellist and drummer, Krajnčan is also a filmmaker and soundtrack composer. What perhaps best defines his artistry is an ...
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