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Rodrigo Amado The Bridge: Further Beyond
by John Sharpe
As well as being one of the premier exponents of his instrument, Portuguese tenor saxophonist Rodrigo Amado thrives in demanding company. For Further Beyond, the follow-up to Beyond The Margins (Trost, 2023), he reconvenes the all star cast he calls The Bridge, comprising pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach, bassist Ingebrigt Haker Flaten and drummer Gerry Hemingway. On ...
John Ellis & Double Wide: Fireball
by Alberto Bazzurro
La spinta, la propulsione, la pienezza, che può generare la presenza di una tuba (o di un sousaphone, come accade qui) all'interno di un combo jazz è indiscutibile, generalmente tangibilissima, almeno se il suo impiego è di natura prevalentemente (ma non esclusivamente, attenzione) ritmica. Il Double Wide diretto ormai da quasi vent'anni dal cinquantunenne polistrumentista e ...
Angelika Niescier: Chicago Tapes
by Troy Dostert
Continuing to solidify her reputation as a double-threat composer and improviser, alto saxophonist Angelika Niescier shines once again with Chicago Tapes, a superlative effort which sees her uniting with a number of the leading figures in the Windy City scene. The results are consistently riveting, showcasing these musicians in myriad ways and generating infectious synergy throughout. ...
Chris Fagan: Fortune Telling
by Jack Bowers
Saxophonist Chris Fagan traveled well south of the equator--in fact, to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2025--to record Fortune Telling, his first album as a leader in almost 30 years. Fagan also changed horns, from alto saxophone on that earlier recording (Signs of Life) to tenor while adding clarinet to the mix (and at times, thanks ...
Nicole Glover: Memories, Dreams, Reflections
by Angelo Leonardi
Nel suo nuovo album per l'etichetta Savant la sassofonista Nicole Glover conferma la scelta del formato pianoless col bassista Tyrone Allen II e il batterista Kayvon Gordon. L'unica variazione riguarda l'ospite che non è più il vibrafonista Steve Nelson ma il violoncellista Lester St. Louis, aggiunto in un paio di brani. Alcune diversità si aggiungono nelle ...
Brandon Seabrook: Hellbent Daydream
by Vincenzo Roggero
Avevamo lasciato Brandon Seabrook alle prese con le chitarre vintage nel notevole Object of Unknown Function, lo ritroviamo in quartetto (tre cordofoni, un pianoforte/sintetizzatore, l'assenza vistosa di batteria e strumento a fiato) nell'altrettanto notevole Hellbent Daydream, sempre per Pyroclastic Records. Nuovo quartetto dunque quello di Seabrook ma medesima tensione verso un mondo musicale spiazzante, distorto, sovversivo ...
Muriel Grossmann: Plays The Music of McCoy Tyner and Grateful Dead
by Mark Corroto
To avoid the possibility of provoking outrage from any quarter, we sidestep, at least in theory, the perennial question of whether the Grateful Dead belong under the jazz umbrella. The devotion inspired by the band founded in the 1960s by Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir and company is legendary. 'Dead Heads' formed a small nation unto themselves, ...
Ingi Bjarni Skúlason: Hope
by Tyran Grillo
On Hope, Icelandic pianist and composer Ingi Bjarni Skulason opens a quiet interior, one shaped by listening as much as by sound. Joined by bassist Anders Jormin, guitarist Hilmar Jensson, and drummer Magnus Trygvason Eliassen, he presents a quartet steeped in introspection, where each note seems to arrive after careful consideration, as if feeling its way ...
Bram De Looze, Felix Henkelhausen, Eric McPherson: Vice Versa II - Rebounce
by Tyran Grillo
Belgian pianist Bram De Looze's Vice Versa project is one that gradually becomes visible, the way a constellation appears only after your eyes adjust to the night. The music feels as if it had always been orbiting somewhere just beyond earshot, waiting for the right trio of creatives to call it into being. At ...
Jonathan Karrant with The Joe Alterman Trio: Live In Concert
by Pierre Giroux
There is a unique honesty that only a live recording can reveal, and on Live in Concert, vocalist Jonathan Karrant and pianist Joe Alterman embrace that truth with confidence, grace, and genuine joy. Recorded during a performance at The Smith Center in Las Vegas, the album captures not just a series of songs but the authentic ...
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