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Art Hirahara: Peace Unknown
by Kyle Simpler
Art Hirahara is one of the most in-demand pianists in contemporary jazz, appearing on countless recordings while steadily building an impressive solo career. WithPeace Unknown, he continues his prolific partnership with Posi-Tone Records, with a deeply personal and expansive set that brings new life to earlier compositions while introducing bold new material. Framed within a robust ...
Something Blue: In The Beginning
by Michael Ambrosino
Jazz is powered by many things. Perhaps most notably, the expansive variety of independent record labels representing some of the more inspiring aspirations of the idiom. Reflecting the grit, passion and often sheer audacity to exist within an industry that makes little room for jazz, independent labels have established an expanse of music that exemplifies the ...
Behn Gillece: Pivot Point
by Carl Medsker
Posi-Tone will have released 253 albums in its post-bop contemporary mainstream jazz space with Pivot Point by Behn Gillece. Maintaining freshness and avoiding formula could become a creative challenge for any such productive label, but Gillece avoids that potential pitfall through well-written songs, crafty arrangements and excellent musicianship. The sequencing of songs is also thoughtful, varying ...
Diego Rivera: West Circle
by David A. Orthmann
Let it not be said that Posi-Tone Records fails to put its weight and resources behind the artists it believes in. A case in point is the volume of releases that entail the combinations of tenor/soprano saxophonist Diego Rivera, pianist Art Hirahara, bassist Boris Kozlov, and drummer Rudy Royston. In the last five years, discs in ...
Posi-Tone Swingtet: In Jazz We Trust
by Joshua Weiner
The Posi-Tone Records label, founded and run by producer Marc Free and engineer Nick O'Toole, celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2025. Given the many upheavals in the music business since 1995--the rise of file sharing, the introduction of iTunes, iPod, and iPhone, the decline of the compact disc concomitant with the rise of streaming services, the ...
Posi-Tone Swingtet: In Jazz We Trust
by Dan Bilawsky
In the mid-'90s, when Posi-Tone released its first album, the recording industry landscape was completely different than it is today. Small independent labels were not the norm, every artist did not have their own imprint and Napster had yet to arrive to kick off the access revolution. It was, quite simply, a different world--one where label ...
Blue Moods: Force & Grace
by David A. Orthmann
Blue Moods' Force & Grace is the third in a series of Posi-Tone releases in which music of under-recognized jazz composers is given a fair shake by bands comprised of some of the label's leading lights. This time around, the group features 12 compositions by Freddie Hubbard, a figure revered for his prowess as a trumpeter, ...
Meet Omar Thomas
by Cheryl K.
In this hour, an interview with composer, arranger, and educator Omar Thomas. He and his Large Ensemble released Griot Songs on Omar Thomas Music. Also, selections from new releases by flutist Laura Cocks and pianist Ariane Racicot. Playlist Noah Preminger “Unfair World" from Ballads (Chill Tone) 5:23 Kasan Belgrave “Madness" from Dual Citizen (Tribe) ...
Measured Response
Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Where Do We Go?; A Tragic Tango Comedy; Song For The Whales; Every Choice Comes With An Invoice;
Stony Mountain Mist; Wise One; Between The Lakes; Flip On A Drip; Prelude To A Farewell (For Barry Harris);
Texas Tenor.
Swing & Soul
By Diego Rivera
Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: ESP; Chili Peppers; Each Time I Think Of You; You Know I Care; Idle Moments; Sweet Honey Bee; Gaslight;
Ready Rudy; Is That So?; Big Bertha.
