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Article: Live Review

Arthur Kell Speculation Quartet At Scott's Jazz Club

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Arthur Kell Speculation Quartet Scott's Jazz Club Belfast, N. Ireland May 23, 2025 Outlier comedian and agent provocateur Bill Hicks had a sketch where he greeted the audience with the news that this would be his last gig. Yeah, it was sad, he acknowledged, but he had enjoyed every minute ...

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Carry Me Ohio

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Label: Chill Tone Records
Released: 2025
Duration: 3:53

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Noah Preminger: A Veteran Saxophonist Tackles The Ballad

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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.

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Article: Album Review

Noah Preminger: Ballads

Read "Ballads" reviewed 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 ...

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Article: Album Review

Noah Preminger: Ballads

Read "Ballads" reviewed 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 ...

Article: Album Review

Matt Pavolka: Disciplinary Architecture

Read "Disciplinary Architecture" reviewed 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 ...

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Disciplinary Architecture

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.

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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.

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Tomorrow's Another Day

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.

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Article: Album Review

Caroline Davis: Portals, Volume 2 : Returning

Read "Portals, Volume 2 : Returning" reviewed 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, ...


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