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Asaf Harris: I Thought I Was Ready
by Neil Duggan
Building on the direction of his debut album, Walk of the Ducks (Ubuntu Music, 2022), Israeli saxophonist and composer Asaf Harris follows up with his second release, I Thought I Was Ready. The album consists of seven original pieces that take inspiration from self-reflection and narratives from personal memories. Harris graduated from the New ...
Kris Davis and the Lutoslawski Quartet: The Solastalgia Suite
by Don Phipps
Kris Davis's The Solastalgia Suite is a towering achievement. Straddling the diverse worlds of modern classical and jazz idioms, Davis, already a notable heavyweight on the jazz scene, has moved to another level, the emergence of a kind of beyond jazz. Here, teamed with the Lutoslawski Quartet--Roksana Kwasnikowska (1st violin), Marcin Markowicz (2nd violin), Artur Rozmysłowicz ...
Susanne Alt: Dark Horse
by Neil Duggan
In 2024, saxophonist Susanne Alt released Royalty For Real (Venus Tunes); the album was a homage to her mentor, the late trumpeter Roy Hargrove. It featured bassist Gerald Cannon and drummer Willie Jones III. Their seven-year collaboration in Hargrove's band brought a tight, intuitive groove to the session, complemented further by keyboardist James Hurt. From that ...
Lina Allemano: The Diptychs
by Giuseppe Segala
Di origine canadese, la trombettista Lina Allemano distribuisce la propria attività artistica tra le scene di Toronto e Berlino, manifestando significative sfaccettature di un'attitudine che spazia con spregiudicato talento in vari ambiti della musica e dell'improvvisazione di oggi. Il quartetto protagonista di questo The Diptychs è la sua realizzazione più longeva e la più prolifica in ...
Stefano Boggiani: Andvake
by Glenn Astarita
Italian guitarist and composer Stefano Boggiani, now based in Oslo, operates at the crossroads of modern jazz and rock-inflected improvised music. Andvake, his debut for Losen Records, presents a Norwegian quartet featuring Oyvind Mathisen on trumpet, Oskar Lindberget on saxophones, Erlend Olderskog Albertsen on bass, and Markus Kristiansen on drums. The material originates from Boggiani's master's ...
Kemuel Roig: Dos Almas
by Edward Blanco
Cuban-American Latin jazz pianist Kemuel Roig presents a new solo album entitled Dos Almas ("Two Souls") documenting several originals in a repertoire that contains a selection of classic songs from some of his favorite Cuban composers. The album is an intimate personal journey delivering is own interpretation of Latin jazz music and his place in the ...
Bobby Naughton Trio: Live at Charlie's Tap
by Mark Corroto
Today, a number of drummers, including Ches Smith and Kenny Wollesen, also double on vibraphone, underscoring the instrument's fundamentally percussive nature. In the hands of Bobby Naughton, however, the vibraphone functioned as something more expansive: a reimagined piano, capable of both harmonic depth and rhythmic propulsion. Naughton began studying piano at the age of ...
Kubri: Due
by Neri Pollastri
Il termine Kubri, in arabo, significa “ponte," ed è per questo stato scelto come nome per la loro formazione dai quattro musicisti piacentini che danno vita a questo album: perché la loro musica vuol essere un ponte tra molteplici tradizioni diverse, da quella jazzistica a quella araba, passando per il folk, la ricerca, la contemporanea. La ...
Ilona Kudina: Baltic Transit
by Katchie Cartwright
Born and raised in Latvia, Ilona Kudina was trained as a classical musician, earning a master's degree in flute performance from Jazeps Vitols Latvian Academy of Music in Riga and becoming a flutist and piccolist with the Latvian National Symphony. Pursuing her interest in improvisation, jazz and contemporary music, she moved to Boston in 2001, where ...
Vancouver Jazz Orchestra: Vancouver Jazz Orchestra Meets Brian Charette
by Pierre Giroux
The Vancouver Jazz Orchestra's debut album arrives with a sense of purpose that feels both timely and reassuringly traditional. Formed to showcase the city's rich pool of jazz musicians while creating a platform for composers and arrangers, the VJO proves itself not through rhetoric but through sound. This release features a confident, well-rehearsed ensemble playing music ...
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