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Cat Conner: Cat House

Read "Cat House" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
November 15, 2014

On Cat House, the follow-up to her superb debut album, Cat Tales, California-based vocalist Cat Conner shows again that she has the astuteness and chops to leave many other contemporary jazz vocalists floundering in her wake and gasping for air. This time around, Conner has chosen a baker's dozen of what she calls her “lucky tunes," ...

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Bebel Gilberto: Tudo

Read "Tudo" reviewed by Ernest Barteldes

by Ernest Barteldes
November 15, 2014

On her seventh studio album, Bebel Gilberto follows a path similar to her last two records: a blend of original electronic-enhanced acoustic music sung in English and Portuguese and a handful of covers. Tudo opens with the gentle ballad “Somewhere Else," a track cleverly arranged with the addition of a string quartet led by Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. ...

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Shauli Einav: A Truth About Me

Read "A Truth About Me" reviewed by Dave Wayne

by Dave Wayne
November 15, 2014

A quick glance at the song titles on Shauli Einav's third album A Truth About Me reveals a narrative thread concerning restlessness and movement. Song titles such as “Embarcadère," “The Traveler," “Nomads," and “Le Musketeer" suggest that Einav's musical inspirations are tied to journeys; both his own and others.' Listening to A Truth About Me, with ...

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kÖök: Imber, Wiltshire

Read "Imber, Wiltshire" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
November 15, 2014

kÖök is a Norwegian minimalist duo featuring guitarists Jørn Erik Ahlsen and Stian Larsen, the sonic aesthetics of both are inspired by the highly personal improvised language of free jazz guitarist Marc Ducret and the ambient landscapes of Alva Noto (aka Carsten Nicolai). The duo began working together in 2010 and recorded a self-titled album for ...

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Pamela Hines Trio: Thrive!

Read "Thrive!" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
November 14, 2014

Pianist Pamela Hines 2013 CD offering, 3.2.1 (Spice Rack Records), was an immersion in the standards, with a big nod to the iconic Bill Evans. It was, perhaps, a bit of a writing respite for Hines, who is a supremely talented tune-smith. She's back, song-writing talents intact, energized even, on this all originals set, Thrive!.

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Assaf Kehati Trio: Naked

by Dan Bilawsky
November 14, 2014

Guitarist Assaf Kehati has never been one to hide behind the impenetrable or the opaque; his art has always been centered on clarity of thought and communicative expressionism, yet he's reached a new level of musical directness and comprehensibility with Naked. On this, his third release, Kehati winnows away anything that could remotely ...

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Albert Beger Trio: The Way To Go

Read "The Way To Go" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
November 14, 2014

Israeli sax hero Albert Beger's new album presents this restless composer and ambitious improviser in two, schizophrenic forms. On one hand, The Way to Go features some of Beger's most impressive compositions, mostly written after his beloved mother's death, showing Beger as a restless musician who seeks to expand his compositional ideas and vocabulary as an ...

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Matthias Schubert: 9 Compositions for the Multiple Joy[ce] Ensemble

Read "9 Compositions for the Multiple Joy[ce] Ensemble" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro
November 14, 2014

Il tenorsassofonista tedesco Matthias Schubert, una trentina d'anni fa tra le maggiori promesse del jazz europeo (e come tale inserito in formazioni che in qualche modo ratificavano tale status), strada facendo--in realtà uscendo spesso e volentieri dal nostro cono di luce--si è avvicinato alla composizione pura, con risultati che questo CD, inciso a Colonia nel dicembre ...

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Greg Tardy: Hope

by Angelo Leonardi
November 14, 2014

Mantenere viva una tradizione artistica, esaltandola e rinnovandone i valori, non è così secondario rispetto a innovare. Nato a New Orleans cinquant'anni fa, cresciuto artisticamente sotto la tutela di Ellis Marsalis, Greg Tardy è uno dei migliori sassofonisti della sua generazione e da alcuni anni s'è legato alla SteepleChase (questo è il settimo disco ...

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David Ricard Big Band: Holidays with a Bang!

Read "Holidays with a Bang!" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
November 14, 2014

Bang! is an apt description of David Ricard's approach to big-band endeavors in general and holiday music in particular. The bassist / arranger's talented ensemble comes out swinging hard on Holidays with a Bang! and keeps its collective foot on the accelerator throughout this charming laundry list of well-worn seasonal favorites given a fresh new appearance ...