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Jon Irabagon: Behind The Sky
by Dan Bilawsky
The grieving process is a personal journey and an act of discovery, allowing individuals to truly appreciate what was, while awakening to the reality of what is. And while no two people mourn in the exact same fashion, mourning itself, no matter the method, is almost always a cathartic experience. In the case of saxophonist Jon ...
Various Artists: The Magic & The Mystery Of The Piano Trio: Ballads & Lullabies
by John Ephland
It's rare that a collection of songs that stay the course with a theme from track to track can hold interest. Especially when the tunes are so spare in execution, essentially simple love songs, performed by a collection of trios who maintain distinct musical personalities. Such is the case with The Magic And The Mystery.
Gene Ess: Eternal Monomyth
by Geannine Reid
Award winning guitarist, Gene Ess, draws upon a diverse background to form his unique style of playing and writing. Eternal Monomyth is a companion piece to Ess' last album, Fractal Attraction. Ess explains, the music should be heard in that regard. In a transparent sense, it is a continuation of my exploration with the combined timbre ...
Randi Cee: Any Kind Of Man
by Budd Kopman
Singer and all-around showbiz personality Randi Cee is a real deal throwback to the days when Tin Pan Alley and jazz intersected and produced the music that had high musical content as well high entertainment value. The nightclubs, Broadway musical and 78s were the soundtrack to the 1920s and 1930s and, to this day, this music ...
Kjetil Husebø: Steps
by Eyal Hareuveni
Norwegian pianist Kjetil Husebø attempted in his recent releases to integrate programmed sounds and live sampling into the sound of the acoustic piano. On Steps he focuses on the grand piano, his first solo piano album. The album was recorded in the famed Rainbow Studio in Oslo in a short session in December 2014, with the ...
D'Agaro - Mella - Rivagli: Bangalore
by Neri Pollastri
Il trio pianoless che interpreta questo lavoro è nato quasi per caso nel 2013 ed è imperniato sulla figura di Aldo Mella, che vanta lunghe e fortunate collaborazioni con ciascuno degli altri due membri. Ma proprio la qualità del rapporto umano tra i musicisti contribuisce a dare sostanza al CD, che vede in programma ...
Gabriel Vicéns: Days
by Mark F. Turner
A rising jazz guitarist who graduated from Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico and currently serves as a Professor at Universidad Interamericana in San Juan, Gabriel Vicens's sophomore release Days exuberantly articulates the soundtrack of his life. This follow up to his 2012 self-produced Point in Time shows personal growth and expression with its contagious hooks ...
Scottish National Jazz Orchestra/Makoto Ozone: Jeunehomme: Mozart Piano Concerto No. 9 K-271
by Dan McClenaghan
It's Mozart, so you expect genius to jump out of the speakers, and it does, on Jeunehomme: Mozart Piano Concerto No 9 K-271. And it's not just the genius of the composer, it's also a brilliant showcase for pianist Matsuko Ozone's arranging and conducting skills, and for the hearty magnificence of the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra. ...
Various Artists: The Magic & The Mystery Of The Piano Trio: Ballads & Lullabies
by John Ephland
It's rare that a collection of songs that stay the course with a theme from track to track can hold interest. Especially when the tunes are so spare in execution, essentially simple love songs, performed by a collection of trios who maintain distinct musical personalities. Such is the case with The Magic And The Mystery.
Laurie Antonioli & Richie Beirach: Varuna
by C. Michael Bailey
There is a tuneful Constellation in the West and her name is Laurie Antonioli. Returning to her native Bay Area in 2006 after an expatriate period in Europe where she served as professor of voice at Austria's Kug University, she formed her American Dreams" band recording, most recently, the well critically well-received albums, American Dreams (Intrinsic ...

