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Noah Preminger: A Veteran Saxophonist Tackles The Ballad
by Lawrence Peryer
Today, the Spotlight shines On renowned saxophonist Noah Preminger.Boston-based saxophonist Noah Preminger has spent years pushing jazz into new territories before focusing on one of the art form's most enduring traditions. He's just released Ballads (Chill Tone, 2025), a collection that finds this restless musical explorer settling into the quiet power of beautiful melodies.
Noah Preminger: Ballads
by Pierre Giroux
Noah Preminger has long been an artist who thrives at the intersection of tradition and innovation. On Ballads, the tenor saxophonist delves into the depths of lyricism with a quartet that exudes understated intensity: pianist Julian Shore, bassist Kim Cass, and drummer Allan Mednard. This release communicates in whispers rather than shouts, yet it never loses ...
Noah Preminger: Ballads
by Dan Bilawsky
Balladry becomes Noah Preminger. And that may come as a surprise to some. Over the past seventeen years and about as many releases, this critically-acclaimed tenor saxophonist has often made his mark going the opposite way--in myriad bold-and-beyond settings where he's thrown haymakers with precision, explored duo dynamism with bassist Kim Cass, pushed the envelope through ...
Matt Pavolka: Disciplinary Architecture
by Vincenzo Roggero
Pur essendo da oltre vent'anni una presenza importante della scena newyorchese il bassista, trombonista, compositore Matt Pavolka ha pubblicato solo tre album a proprio nome: l'esordio di Something People Can Use (Toneofapitch, 2008), l'ottimo The Horns Band (FSNT,2014) e, a dieci anni di distanza, questo Disciplinary Architecture per la prestigiosa Sunnyside. Se nell'album ...
Tomorrow's Another Day
By Jeremy Pelt
Label: HighNote Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Ante Meridiem; No A.I.; Earl J; Amma Is Here; Milocraft (It’s a Cartoon World); People; Basquiat; Tomorrow’s Another Day.
Portals, Volume 2: Returning
Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Gate of the Year; Coming 'Round; Back Again; Olympian Air; Kites; Only the Names Are Changed, Part 1; Darien; Only the Names Are Changed, Part 2; Everlasting Fire; City Flora; Oblivion; Cover Up.
Disciplinary Architecture
By Matt Pavolka
Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: An Aged Flamingo in a Dried-Up Pool; And Then We Towed New Zealand Out to Sea; Lighter-Complected Invaders from The North; Ricin Beans; Nuts and Bulbs (For Drenka); Defeating the Porpoise; The Word for Moonlight Is Moonlight; Disciplinary Architecture; Vile, In the Sunshine Crawling.
Caroline Davis: Portals, Volume 2 : Returning
by Glenn Astarita
Alto saxophonist/composer Caroline Davis, a rising star in the jazz world, has unveiled her second installment of the “Portals" series, titled Portals Vol. 2: Returning. This album serves as a sonic memoir, inspired by her grandmother, Joan “Lady" Anson-Weber, and it represents a deeply personal journey of reflection and healing. As a gifted saxophonist and composer, ...
Tony Malaby and Firebath Ignite the Jazz Gallery
by Dave Kaufman
I had the great pleasure of seeing Tony Malaby perform at The Jazz Gallery. Malaby moved to Boston a couple of years ago to take up a teaching position at Berklee. Although he continues to perform in New York City, I had not seen him live since he moved. On this occasion, his band presented the ...
Lucas Pino: Covers
by Jack Bowers
Covers is a quartet date in which New York-based tenor saxophonist Lucas Pino “covers" half a dozen generally pleasing songs written by his contemporaries, alongside one each by Charlie Parker ("Relaxin' at Camarillo") and Duke Pearson ("New Girl"). Pino's smooth, articulate tenor saxophone is reinforced by guitarist Alex Goodman, bassist Rick Rosato and drummer Allan Mednard. ...
