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Jon Irabagon: Focus Out
by Glenn Astarita
Jon Irabagon remains among the most uncompromising voices in contemporary jazz. A first-generation Filipino American from Chicago, he draws deeply from the AACM legacy--Anthony Braxton, Henry Threadgill, Muhal Richard Abrams--and his home city's tradition of bold, searching saxophone work. Since his 2008 Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition win, Irabagon has used his Irabbagast Records imprint to ...
Airelle Besson & Lionel Suarez: Blossom
by Ian Patterson
Trumpet-accordion duos are rare enough to be filed under 'endangered species,' so infrequent are sightings. Dave Douglas and Guy Klucevsek broke cover with a number of duets on the quartet album Charms of the Night Sky (Winter & Winter, 1998), but it was another quarter of a century before the population doubled with the appearance of ...
Jim Witzel Quartet: Very Early (Remembering Bill Evans)
by Jack Bowers
Very Early, a warmhearted tribute to the late great pianist Bill Evans, is led not by a pianist but by a guitarist, San Francisco-based Jim Witzel, an Evans admirer since his introduction to the pianist's singular music on Evans' 1961 album, Live at the Village Vanguard. There is a pianist on this tasteful quartet ...
Jon Irabagon: Someone to Someone
by Stefano Merighi
Il sassofonista e compositore Jon Irabagon è un altro super virtuoso del nostro tempo: ecletttico, onnivoro musicalmente, molto prolifico. Questo recente disco presenta una formazione nuova, PlainsPeak, un quartetto convenzionale, e si offre come un caloroso omaggio alla città di Chicago, a partire dalle note di presentazione, scritte da Jon stesso, bravissimo nel comporre una guida ...
Clizia Miglianti, Angelo Petraglia: Visions | Homage to William Blake
by Neri Pollastri
Tentativo ardito quello della cantante Clizia Miglianti e del pianista Angelo Petraglia, che in questo album ci offrono i risultati dei loro quattro anni di lavoro per mettere in musica non solo le poesie, ma anche i dipinti di William Blake. Un'audacia che, complici anche i brillanti compagni che si sono scelti per l'avventura, alla fine ...
Lars Danielsson Liberetto: Echomyr
by Neil Duggan
The Lars Danielsson Liberetto ensemble has assembled a distinctive body of work over its four previous albums. That development and continuity derive from his core partners for over 15 years, drummer Magnus Ostrom (Esbjorn Svensson Trio) and UK guitarist John Parricelli. They were joined in 2017 by Martinican pianist Gregory Privat, who replaced original member Tigran ...
Giovanni Hidalgo: Jubilation
by Don Ball
While Bad Bunny is making Puerto Rican culture better recognized in contemporary popular music, jazz has long championed the island's rich musical traditions and artists, from the legendary composer and trombonist Juan Tizol to the rollicking pianist Eddie Palmieri to the soulful saxophonist Miguel Zenón, among many others. Included in that group would be Giovanni Hidalgo, ...
Brian Landrus: Just When You Think You Know
by Jack Bowers
Brian Landrus, best known for his eloquent performances on baritone sax, shows his versatility--as player, composer and arranger--on Just When You Think You Know, his tenth album as leader, adding tenor sax, bass clarinet, flute, alto flute and bass flute to enlarge an impressive arsenal of musical weaponry. In fact, Landrus unlimbers the baritone on only ...
Arvind Ramdas: Here We Go
by Glenn Astarita
Arvind Ramdas emerges as a fresh voice in the jazz drumming world, hailing originally from India before planting roots in Vancouver, Canada. With his debut album, Here We Go, Ramdas pays homage to the bebop pioneers who shaped his musical DNA. This collection serves as both a personal milestone and a nod to the ...
Bobby Selvaggio: Red Rhinoceros
by Mark Corroto
Minutes after the final out at Progressive Field, the stadium loudspeakers blast the refrain, “Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks," from the 1979 Ian Hunter anthem (You're Never Alone With a Schizophrenic, Chrysalis). Fans stream out into the night singing along, celebrating another victory by their beloved small-market ballclub. Like Cleveland's Guardians, saxophonist Bobby Selvaggio has ...
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