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Philip Dizack: Single Soul

by Andrew Luhn
October 22, 2013

Young trumpeter Philip Dizack is a new name on the Criss Cross record label but not a new name for those who closely follow the New York jazz scene. Since his arrival in New York, Dizack has been making waves and winning awards with his beautiful tone and dark intensity, both of which were on full ...

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Linda Oh: Sun Pictures

Read "Sun Pictures" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
September 8, 2013

Linda Oh arrived onto the jazz scene as a fully accomplished improviser with her introspective and free-flowing debut, Entry (Self Produced, 2010). On the follow-up, Initial Here(Greenleaf, 2012), she expanded her range, drawing upon both the western classical repertoire and eastern folk tradition, as well as experimenting with electric fusion-informed sounds. Oh's understated yet highly sophisticated ...

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One Way ... Or Another

By Ben Wendel

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Released: 2012
Track listing: 01. Stompin; 02. One Way ... Or Another; 03. Clap!; 04. Black Magic; 05. Sometimes, at Night; 06. Agin; 07. Avant L'Orage; 08. Meet; 09. Black Magic. Tutte le composizioni sono di Guilhem Flouzat.

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Frame

By Ben Wendel

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Chorale; Clayland; Con Alma; Backbou; Jean and Renata; Blocks; Frame; Leaving; Julia.

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Ben Wendel: Frame

Read "Frame" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 10, 2012

Ben Wendel ha alle spalle una discografia nutrita insieme ai Kneebody, il gruppo elettrico di cui fa parte. Frame è il suo secondo lavoro da leader dopo il debutto con Simple Song, sempre per la Sunnyside Records. Ciò che si ascolta qui, però, è lontano dalla produzione dei Kneebody, anche se due altri componenti della band, ...

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Ben Wendel: Frame

Read "Frame" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
March 23, 2012

There is a beautiful and mysterious quality to multi-instrumentalist Ben Wendel's Frame. It is as if the hot breath from one of his horns has blown some ancient film away to reveal an iridescent object that begins to oscillate and spin, changing colors and hues, mesmerizing as it spins and swings with uncharacteristic swagger. All this ...

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Guilhem Flouzat: One Way ... Or Another

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 10, 2012

È interessante l'assortimento del sestetto protagonista di questo One Way ... Or Another. Assieme ad un manipolo di giovani molto promettenti guidati dal batterista compositore Guilem Flouzat (allievo assai apprezzato di John Riley) troviamo i già esperti Ben Wendel (sassofonista dei Kneebody) e Laurent Coq (il più americano dei pianisti francesi) e, in tre brani, una ...

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Take Five With Josh Nelson

by AAJ Staff
September 16, 2011

Meet Josh Nelson: Josh Nelson, born and raised in Southern California, maintains an active and creative schedule as a jazz pianist, composer, teacher, and recording artist. At 33 years old, he has already performed with some of the most respected names in jazz, including Natalie Cole, Anthony Wilson, Robert Hurst, Jeff Hamilton, Ralph Moore, ...

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ACT

By Ben Wendel

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Released: 2010
Track listing: 01. News (Wendel); 02. ACT (Wendel); 03. Title (Raghavan); 04. Oldworld (Wendel); 05. Pentup House (Rollins); 06. Shamed Into Love (Costello); 07. Break (Raghavan); 08. What Was (Wendel).

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Simple Song

By Ben Wendel

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: 01. Breath; 02. Simple Song; 03. Not Yet; 04. Chorale; 05. No Thank You Mr. West; 06. Lonnie's Lament (Coltrane); 07. Maupin; 08. Ralph; 09. A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing (Strayhorn); 10. Trust Fall; 11. She Never Had. Tutte le composizioni sono di Ben Wendel tranne quelle indicate.