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Makaya McCraven: Split Decision

Read "Split Decision" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Drummer Makaya McCraven supposedly “thinks about rhythm last" when composing, yet his music is all about rhythmic perspicacity. McCraven, who was born in Paris, spent his formative years in Massachusetts and eventually uprooted himself to move to Chicago, uses rhythm as a thickening agent, call to arms, catalyst and continual game changer, throughout this engaging debut. ...

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Nostalgiamaniac

Label: Chicago Sessions
Released: 2011
Track listing: Infatuation; Closing the Door; Quiet Love (and Sunshine); The Epitome; Lady Luna; Longing For...; Revisited; Compliments; Matthew My Boy; Dave's Blues; Alternate Antioch; The Art of Suppression.

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Matt Nelson Trio: Nostalgiamaniac

Read "Nostalgiamaniac" reviewed by Alex Marianyi


According to The Oxford English Dictionary, nostalgia is defined as “a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past," and a maniac is “an obsessive enthusiast." Chicago pianist Matt Nelson embodies both qualities on Nostalgiamaniac. The sentimentality of his ballad playing and the keen musical citation of past generations of jazz musicians clearly display the conversation ...

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Maxwell's House

Label: Chicago Sessions
Released: 2010
Track listing: Maxwell's House; Shuffled; Five; Jathor; Ava; If Only; Welcome; Sector 7-G; Different Colors of Cool; Dangerous Curve.

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Tonight and Tomorrow

Label: Chicago Sessions
Released: 2010
Track listing: Howard's F# Blues; Song for Susan; Chorinho; Floating; Flunky Jazz; Sandi; Aha; Slanted Samba; Triosity; Tonight and Tomorrow.

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Blueprints

Label: Chicago Sessions
Released: 2010
Track listing: Send Eggs, Milessmiles, Captain Spok, Vuelvo a Vivir, Blueprints, Bossa Pegajosa, Tierra, Timeless.

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Maxwell's House

Label: Chicago Sessions
Released: 2010
Track listing: Maxwell's House; Shuffled; Five; Jathor; Ava; If Only; Welcome; Sector 7-G; Different Colors of Cool; Dangerous Curve.

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CALJE - Blueprints

Label: Chicago Sessions
Released: 2010

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Dragon Fish

Label: Chicago Sessions
Released: 2010
Track listing: CPW; Just Give it a Chance; Hills Over Tuscany; Dragon Fish; Diffuse; Camp Dan; Dear James; Pigeon Peas; Adventures; Madeline's Lullaby.

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Chicago Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble: Blueprints

Read "Blueprints" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello


When cooking a marvelous soup or stew from scratch with all the finest ingredients, there's that special moment when the culinary creation rushes to a boil and marvelous flavors burst out explosively into the air. It's the penultimate moment only surpassed by the delicious devouring. Contentment follows. The selections contained in the Chicago ...


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