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Anthony Branker: Manifestations of a Diasporic Groove & Spirit
by Dan McClenaghan
At the time of this writing (early 2026), the United States is beset by an odious president, a racist sociopath who seems hellbent on erasing all references to achievement or success of anyone of African descent--leaving aside that we are all of African descent; but some made the relocation to North America involuntarily. Stubborn ...
Josh Archiron: Climbing
by Mark Corroto
Geof Bradfield, co-founder of Calligram Records along with Chad McCullough, introduces a compelling new voice from Chicago's ever-fertile jazz scene. Climbing, the debut recording by guitarist Joshua Archiron, pairs the young bandleader with a seasoned and deeply attuned rhythm section: Bradfield on tenor saxophone, bassist Clark Sommers and drummer Dana Hall. Archiron's program, seven ...
Frank Lamphere: Frank Songs, My Way: Frank Lamphere Sings Sinatra
by David Bondelevitch
"Now that's original... How'd he ever come up with that one?" These words open the press material for Frank Songs, My Way: Frank Lamphere Sings Sinatra, and it is a solid question, with so many albums of Frank Sinatra covers. It would be tough to top Tony Bennett's Perfectly Frank (Columbia Records, 1992).
Jakob Dreyer: Roots and Things
by Alberto Bazzurro
Jakob Dreyer è un contrabbassista tedesco di quarantacinque anni di cui questo costituisce il terzo album da leader (il primo nel 2022, tutti su Fresh Sound New Talent), inciso in realtà a Mount Vernon (come innumerevoli altri, da un po' di anni a questa parte) nel marzo 2025 con un trio tutto a stelle e strisce. ...
Angelika Niescier: Chicago Tapes
by Glenn Astarita
When German alto saxophonist Angelika Niescier first explored Chicago jazz a few years ago--teaming with cellist Tomeka Reid on the striking Beyond Dragons (Intakt, 2023)--the collaboration sparked something unmistakably electric. Now comes Chicago Tapes,, recorded live at Transient Sound Studio. Here, Niescier dives headlong into the improvisational deep end of the city, enlisting an all-star lineup ...
Kate Olson: So It Goes
by Jack Bowers
There are times when an album slips completely off the rails so abruptly and forcefully that it tarnishes what has come before it as well as what is to follow. Such is the case with Seatte-based saxophonist and composer Kate Olson's album, So It Goes, which is humming briskly along, free from perplexity or discord, until ...
Ivo Perelman and Wadada Leo Smith: Duologues 5
by Hrayr Attarian
Tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman thrives in the company of like-minded artists. The number of superb duo releases in his prolific body of work is proof of that. On the fifth volume of the Duologues series, he has found a uniquely synergistic match in the trumpeter and composer Wadada Leo Smith. Smith, a founding member of the ...
Joëlle Léandre, Lotte Ancker, Kresten Osgood: Worlds
by Neri Pollastri
Registrato il 6 luglio 2023 a The Playhouse Copenhagen Jazz Festival, questo disco vede all'opera un trio di straordinari improvvisatori radicali europei quali sono la contrabbassista francese Joëlle Léandre, la sassofonista Lotte Anker e il batterista Kresten Osgood, entrambi danesi. I quasi tre quarti d'ora di musica a cui i tre artisti danno vita ...
Roy Brooks: The Free Slave
by Angelo Leonardi
Esistono molte ragioni per non farsi sfuggire questa splendida riedizione (anche in vinile dal master originale analogico). Primo: Il nome del batterista Roy Brooks resta ingiustamente dimenticato anche se gli unici raffronti possibili--musicalmente parlando--sono con Tony Williams ed Elvin Jones. Affetto da un disturbo bipolare Brooks fu spesso internato in case di cura e in carcere ...
Dave Mattock: Knucklebox
by Glenn Astarita
Dave Mattock has spent more than two decades quietly building one of Philadelphia's most reliable musical reputations--teaching at Temple, gigging at Ortlieb's, holding down residencies, and releasing records on his own terms. Knucklebox is his fifth album and second with the organ trio Funktap. The title, Mattock has explained, refers to the musical and technical puzzles ...
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