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Art Edmaiston / Chad Fowler: Memphis Mandala
by Mark Corroto
We often approach recordings as if they were live performances: fully present in the moment, deeply engaged, and then rarely revisited. Like a concert, the sounds drift into the ether, lingering in memory and, perhaps, subtly reshaping the listener's internal landscape. Yet Memphis Mandala, the 2024 live collaboration between saxophonists Art Edmaiston and Chad ...
Dave Schumacher & Cubeye: Agua con Gas
by Jack Bowers
As the name Agua Con Gas suggests, Chicago-born, New York-based baritone saxophonist Dave Schumacher and his Cubeye ensemble favor jazz with an unmistakable Latin accent. Schumacher's fourth album with the ensemble leans south of the border all the way, harbored in a sharp and buoyant rhythmic groove that suits them like the proverbial glove.
Johan Lindström Septett: Humankind
by Vincenzo Roggero
Humankind è il terzo album del gruppo guidato da Johan Lindstrom, un ensemble che comprende alcuni degli esponenti di spicco del jazz svedese più creativo con l'aggiunta di una manciata di ospiti di sicuro interesse. Come la maggior parte dei lavori di Lindstrom ( qui alle prese con chitarra, pedal steel guitar, sintetizzatori, celesta) ...
Jasper Høiby’s 3Elements: Conversations of Hope
by Neil Duggan
Copenhagen-born, London-based bassist Jasper Hoiby has always followed a distinctive musical path. Conversations Of Hope marks the third release in his 3Elements trio project, an evolving series that focuses on his work as a composer and bandleader. For each album, Høiby assembles a new trio lineup, allowing fresh perspectives and interplay to shape the music.
Matt Greenwood: Daybreak
by Dan McClenaghan
Writing about guitarist Matt Greenwood's debut album, Atlas (Self-Produced, 2023), one All About Jazz reviewer wrote, “Expect a great deal more from Matt Greenwood." The Zimbabwe-born artist begins the fulfillment of those expectations with his sophomore outing, Daybreak, moving forward on the sweeping luminosity and atmospheric world-building of his debut. Ambient textures, sometimes subtle ...
Django Festival Allstars: Evolution
by Jack Bowers
On Evolution, their fifth recording together, the Django Festival Allstars salute the 25th anniversary of the Django Reinhardt NY Jazz Festival, founded in 2000 by Pat Phillips and her late husband, Ettore Stratta, and held every year since then at New York City's celebrated Birdland Jazz Club. While the name “all-star" is sometimes overused, that is ...
Cat Hope: Speechless
by Alberto Bazzurro
In un clima spettrale (in divenire da un pressoché totale silenzio iniziale) si sparge il caos controllato del brano d'apertura (appunto “Overture," sic) del nuovo album di Catherine Anne “Cat" Hope, compositrice di area squisitamente contemporanea, nativa di Perth, fresca sessantenne, con un passato anche in Italia (fine anni Ottanta) e attualmente di stanza ...
Pat Metheny: Side-Eye III+
by Jack Kenny
Pat Metheny occupies a singular place in jazz history. With over 20 million records sold, three gold albums, and 20 Grammy Awards across 10 different categories--a record unmatched by any other artist--he has achieved a level of crossover popularity rarely seen in jazz. An NEA Jazz Master and DownBeat Hall of Fame inductee, he is widely ...
Alicia Hall Moran: Coldblooded
by Tyran Grillo
Take a heart and cast it into water. Lower the temperature. Watch the surface tighten until motion turns into sculpture. What remains are rings expanding outward, movements frozen into memories. These are the contours listeners encounter on Coldblooded, the third meta-statement from singer and composer Alicia Hall Moran. Sound travels across its surface as a skate ...
Joe Block: Solo Piano Vol. 1
by Victor L. Schermer
At 26, Joe Block is already a mature, creative, and disciplined jazz pianist as well as an exceptional composer, arranger, conductor, and educator. His roots are in the Philadelphia area with such mentors/teachers as Tom Lawton. Repeated performances, especially at the Philadelphia's Clef Club and Chris' Jazz Cafe have helped him in sharpening his craft. He ...
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