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Marshall Gilkes: LifeSongs

by Dan Bilawsky
July 10, 2024

A sojourn in the city of Cologne is akin to a homecoming for Marshall Gilkes. The lauded trombonist spent four memorable years in that cultural hub beside the Rhine, making his mark within the ranks of the WDR Big Band's brass section, and his departure in December of 2013 did nothing to dampen his love for ...

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Chuck Owen: Renderings

Read "Renderings" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
February 2, 2024

Nato dalla collaborazione tra la WDR Big Band e Chuck Owen, Renderings conferma quest'ultimo ai vertici dell'orchestrazione mainstream contemporanea e l'orchestra tedesca l'autorevole e avvincente ensemble che sappiamo. L'idea del progetto nasce quando la splendida sassofonista della big band, Karolina Strassmayer, ha chiesto a Chuck di arrangiare una sua composizione, stimolando il bandleader a impegnarsi in ...

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Marshall Gilkes and WDR Big Band: Life Songs

Read "Life Songs" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
January 28, 2024

Maryland-born trombonist Marshall Gilkes, who spends much of his time working in and around various jazz bases in North America, returns to his “second" home, Cologne, Germany, for Life Songs, his eighth album as leader and third with his former employer, Cologne's world-class WDR Big Band. Gilkes spent the years 2010-13 in the WDR trombone section, ...

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Beyond Orbits

By Miho Hazama

Label: Edition Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Abeam; A Monk in Ascending and Descending; Exoplanet Suite: I. Elliptical Orbit (feat. Christian McBride); Exoplanet Suite: II. Three Sunlights; Exoplanet Suite: III. Planet Nine; Can't Hide Love; Portrait of Guess; From Life Comes Beauty

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The Baden Baden Suite

By John Goldsby

Label: Bass Lion
Released: 2023
Track listing: Blue Balloon; Kléopatre’s Secret; Café de la Paix; You Can Call Him Maestro; Dahlia Garden; The Baron’s Dilemma.

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Renderings

By Chuck Owen

Label: MAMA Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Knife’s Edge; …And Your Point Is?; Of Mystery and Beauty; This Love of Mine; Fall Calls; Arabian Nights; A Ridge Away; Canoe.

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Beyond Orbits

By Miho Hazama

Label: Edition Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Abeam; A Monk In Ascending And Descending; Exoplanet Suite I. Elliptical Orbit; Exoplanet Suite II. Three Sunlights; Exoplanet Suite III. Planet Nine; Can’t Hide Love; Portrait Of Guess; From Life Comes Beauty.

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Miho Hazama M_Unit: Beyond Orbits

Read "Beyond Orbits" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
October 2, 2023

Uno degli eventi al Monterey Jazz Festival del 2021 è stato il concerto dell'M_Unit di Miho Hazama, la giovane compositrice e bandleader giapponese che s'è imposta tra le figure più innovative della sua generazione. In quell'occasione Hazama ha presentato la suite in tre movimenti “Exoplanet" che--incisa poi in studio--costituisce il fulcro del disco appena pubblicato dalla ...

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Miho Hazama's M_Unit: Beyond Orbits

Read "Beyond Orbits" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
September 29, 2023

Beyond Orbits is the fêted composer and conductor Miho Hazama's fourth album with M_Unit. She founded the band in 2012, two years after moving from Tokyo to New York and while she was still studying for a masters in jazz composition at the Manhattan School of Music. Hazama released M_Unit's first album in ...

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Chuck Owen: Renderings

Read "Renderings" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
August 23, 2023

Renderings by Chuck Owen and The WDR Big Band is a remarkable jazz album that showcases the artist's mastery as a composer, arranger and bandleader. This release stands as a testament to Owen's innovative approach to jazz music blending traditional elements with modern influences to create a unique and captivating sonic experience. ...