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The Hemphill Stringtet: The Hemphill Stringtet Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill

Read "The Hemphill Stringtet Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill" reviewed by Troy Dostert


One of the most multifaceted saxophonists to come out of the 1970s-80s jazz avant-garde, Julius Hemphill exuded both fervid power and delicate sensitivity, always with an underpinning of swing to help anchor him within the jazz tradition. While his iconic releases like Dogon A.D. (Mbari, 1972) and Flat-Out Jump Suite (Black Saint, 1980) are rightly considered ...

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Silke Eberhard Trio with Jan Roder and Kay Lübke: Being-A-Ning

Read "Being-A-Ning" reviewed by Mark Corroto


It is rare to describe an audio recording as brave, but that is precisely what the latest release by the Silke Eberhard Trio is--bold, fearless, and unflinchingly original. Being-A-Ning, the group's fifth album, borrows its title from Thelonious Monk's “Rhythm-A-Ning," nodding to the jazz giant while continuing the trio's thematic naming convention. Previous albums--Being (2008) and ...

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Charles Mingus: Mingus in Argentina

Read "Mingus in Argentina" reviewed by Jack Kenny


This latter-day Charles Mingus group is ripe for reassessment. The new guys, Ricky Ford, Robert Neloms and Jack Walrath carried a heavy burden as they toured South America. The two-CD collection is a great feast of Mingus played by a band that, as yet, has never had real recognition. Much of the music was written for ...

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Barbara Bruckmüller Jazz Orchestra, feat. Aruán Ortiz: A Chain of Moments

Read "A Chain of Moments" reviewed by Artur Moral


Julio Cortázar's Rayuela (1963), Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves (2000) and Chris Ware's Building Stories (2012) are novels--both written and graphic--that stand out, not just for their literary merit, but also for the various ways readers can engage with them. A similar phenomenon occurs on the listening level with A Chain Of Moments: Suite in ...

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The Hemphill Stringtet: The Hemphill Stringtet Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill

Read "The Hemphill Stringtet Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Let us borrow a famous tagline from the dairy industry: Got Hemphill? If not, it is time to take a closer listen. Julius Hemphill (1938-1995) was a towering figure in the creative music scenes of both St. Louis, where he co-founded the Black Artists' Group (BAG), and New York's vibrant loft jazz scene of the 1970s ...

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Brittany Davis, Joe Lovano, Steve Hirsh & Jakob Bro

Read "Brittany Davis, Joe Lovano, Steve Hirsh & Jakob Bro" reviewed by Maurice Hogue


If you haven't heard of singer/pianist Brittany Davis, find her new album Black Thunder now! Ms Davis, who hails from Seattle and is blind, has released a very exciting recording that evokes echoes of Nina Simone, Betty Carter, Fay Victor and other great female singers. The fact that she and her trio, despite not being all ...

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Jaki Byard: Blues For Smoke

Read "Blues For Smoke" reviewed by Fran Kursztejn


If Jaki Byard is most commonly categorized as a proud progenitor of the 'new jazz,' as his seminal work with Eric Dolphy on Outward Bound and Charles Mingus on Black Saint and the Sinner Lady would suggest, then a record like Blues for Smoke may throw listeners for a loop. Byard's notoriously difficult to pin down--a ...

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Charles Mingus: In Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts

Read "In Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts" reviewed by Thierry De Clemensat


Resonance Records specializes in the release of such sonic documents, serving both the history of jazz and the sheer pleasure that albums of this kind offer to collectors. It is, therefore, with immense delight that we rediscover in this recording Charles Mingus (bass and piano), Ricky Ford (tenor saxophone), Jack Walrath (trumpet;), Robert Neloms (piano), Dannie ...

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Charles Mingus: In Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts

Read "In Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


The Charles Mingus ensemble that arrived in Argentina in 1977 for the Buenos Aires concerts remains one of the lesser-known yet musically potent groups in the bassist-composer's storied history. These concerts are now presented in this first authorized release as a 2-CD set under the title Mingus In Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts, offered in a ...

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New Releases, Record Store Day Specials, And Ivo Perelman On Leo Records

Read "New Releases, Record Store Day Specials, And Ivo Perelman On Leo Records" reviewed by Bob Osborne


This show includes many new releases and lots of those are self produced demonstrating the healthy state of independent music production in the industry. There is some classic jazz meets rock from over 20 years ago plus three outstanding live albums from Resonance Records for Record Store Day 2025. In addition with the planned release of ...


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