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Keith Oxman: Home
by Jack Bowers
On Home, the sixth album under his name, Colorado-based tenor saxophonist Keith Oxman and his quintet weave a bright and picturesque tapestry of song that should gladden the heart and enliven the soul of anyone who appreciates music that is as charming as it is meaningful. It is always a pleasure to hear soloists ...
Michael Moody: The Ecstasy of Love
by Artur Moral
Whether or not there is any personal affinity with their stylistic and thematic approach, it is impossible not to tip one's hat to those musicians who insist on navigating against the current mainstream--be it by brandishing the flag of a fierce vanguard or by defending the essentials of tradition, updated with a layer of necessary contemporaneity. ...
Ella Grace: Figments
by Katchie Cartwright
Raised in the icy Minneapolis-St. Paul area, trumpeter and composer Ella Grace studied with longtime Prince band member Steve Strand before moving to Chicago to attend DePaul University, from which she graduated summa cum laude in 2025. Supported by a Chicago Music Scene Fellowship, Figments, her debut as a leader, is a testament to the warm ...
Gregory Lewis: Organ Monk Sings
by Pierre Giroux
There have been many tributes to Thelonious Monk, but few have truly captured his world as theatre. Organ Monk Sings does just that. Designed as a sonic play in four acts, complete with an overture, scenes, interludes, and a closing tableau, the album approaches Monk's Songbook not as a mere repertoire but as dramatic literature. Over ...
Francesca Confortini & Ryan Mackenzie: Mosaico
by Pierre Giroux
There is a quiet conviction at the heart of Mosaico, a recording that treats Brazil's songbook not as a postcard scene but as a living repertoire. Vocalist Francesca Confortini and arranger Ryan Mackenzie have crafted the album as its title indicates: a patchwork of styles: samba, bossa nova, baião, and MPB; thoughtfully arranged alongside Brazilian rhythms ...
Charlie Rouse: Cinnamon Flower: The Expanded Version
by Angelo Leonardi
Il decennale sodalizio con Thelonious Monk ha dato ampia notorietà a Charlie Rouse ma ne ha anche oscurato l'immagine e le potenzialità che aveva espresso negli anni cinquanta (quando suonò nelle orchestre di Duke Ellington e Count Basie, si unì al quintetto di Bennie Green e fondò con Julius Watkins i Jazz Modes). Dopo aver lasciato Monk nel ...
Tomeka Reid Quartet: Dance! Skip! Hop!
by Don Ball
If the fourth album from the Tomeka Reid Quartet proves nothing else, it is that the group has shown a remarkable capacity for getting better with each release. Not just in the strength and quality of the compositions, but also through the tightness and cohesiveness of the band. The title Dance! Skip! Hop! is ...
Ben Rosenblum: The Longest Way Round
by Jack Bowers
The Longest Way Round, New York City-based pianist, accordionist and composer Ben Rosenblum and his cutting-edge Nebula Project take listeners on a wild and exhilarating ride across musical boundaries, through multiple genres and around customary intersections to a destination that is as fresh and pleasing as it is creative and unique. While contemporary jazz ...
Dave Wilson: When Even Goes East
by Pierre Giroux
There is a long and respected tradition in jazz of taking familiar popular songs and reimagining them in new ways. It involves uncovering fresh rhythmic vitality, harmonic subtleties, and emotional depth within melodies that listeners think they already know. Multi-instrumentalist Dave Wilson follows this tradition with conviction on When Even Goes East, an album that blends ...
Knats: A Great Day In Newcastle
by Neil Duggan
Led by two lifelong friends from Newcastle, bassist Stan Woodward and drummer King David Ike Elechi, Knats are not the easiest band to pin down to a single genre. So they created their own: “Geordie Jazz," or as they sometimes call it, “Geordie Noir." Drawing on their Tyneside roots (a “Geordie" being a person from the ...
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