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Willy Rodriguez: In The Unknown (I Will Find You)
by Pierre Giroux
There are recordings that announce themselves with polish and calculation, and there are those born of necessity. In the Unknown (I Will Find You) by drummer Willy Rodriguez clearly falls into the latter category; a heartfelt reflection on absence, memory, and the unseen threads that connect us beyond time. Recorded at the esteemed Rudy Van Gelder ...
Dexter Gordon: More Than You Know
by Alberto Bazzurro
Intitolato come un 33 giri orchestrale del lontano 1975 dello stesso Dexter Gordon, questo doppio album, uscito prima in CD e da poco più di un mese anche in vinile (poco meno di ottanta minuti totali, parlati compresi), documenta il passaggio del grande tenorsassofonista al festival genovese di Villa Imperiale del 1981, in un'edizione che ospitò ...
Five-Way Split: Modus Operandi
by Neil Duggan
Five-Way Split is a London-based quintet that builds its foundations on the music of bands such as Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, the Max Roach Quintet and the Horace Silver Quintet. This throwback to the hard-bop groups of the 1950s and '60s is infused with the band's brand of contemporary charm as they swing through ...
Ben Rosenblum: The Longest Way Round
by Jack Bowers
On The Longest Way Round, New York City-based pianist 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 interactions to a destination that is as fresh and pleasing as it is creative and unique. While contemporary jazz ...
Sarah L King: The Light Ahead
by Neil Duggan
Sarah L. King follows up her assured debut album, Fire Horse (ECN Music, 2024), with The Light Ahead. She maintains the format of the first album, mixing cover versions with eight of her own compositions. There is a clear shift in the tone of this release, with the focus being far more optimistic and celebratory. “I ...
Jacopo Fagioli: Dialogue
by Marco Iacoboni
È sempre stimolante recensire un lavoro di un giovane talento. Tanto più se questo musicista è stato appena consacrato come miglior talento al referendum Top Jazz 2025. Il trombettista Jacopo Fagioli è al suo secondo lavoro e con il primo nel 2022 aveva già ricevuto riconoscimenti importanti. Se Bilico era un lavoro concepito in ...
Frode Kjekstad Qrt: Stars Aligned
by Glenn Astarita
Talented Norwegian guitarist Frode Kjekstad discovered jazz in his early teens through the bebop genius of Charlie Parker and the refined touch of Joe Pass. He started formal jazz guitar studies at fifteen and moved to Oslo in 1994, where he immersed himself in the local scene and performed with legends like Johnny Griffin, Frank Foster, ...
Javier Nero Jazz Orchestra: Alkebulan
by Jack Bowers
On Alkebulan, the second recording by his Washington, DC-area Jazz Orchestra, composer, arranger and trombonist Javier Nero pays loving tribute to his African heritage, as he did on the orchestra's earlier album for Outside In Music, emet (The Black Land). As before, Nero uses his considerable skills as a writer and orchestrator to share and amplify ...
Vince Guaraldi and Bola Sete: From All Sides
by C. Andrew Hovan
When it comes to West Coast jazz of the highest order, Lester Koenig's Contemporary label set the standard, although Fantasy Records would also carve its own niche. Founded by the Weiss Brothers in 1949, Fantasy would be the home to two early jazz crossover artists, Dave Brubeck and Vince Guaraldi. With a taste for multiple ...
Pasquale Mega PolìCroma Ensemble: Concerto In Tre Colori
by Angelo Leonardi
È un piacere ascoltare dopo molto tempo un nuovo progetto di Pasquale Mega. L'ultimo ensemble documentato del pianista e compositore di Matera risale al 2007 (Coloriade) sempre pubblicato dall'etichetta Dodicilune, ma la sua attività professionale risale alla metà degli anni ottanta e s'è esplicata in vari organici, a suo nome o con altri: dai lontani Sestetto ...
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