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Julia Danielle: Julia Danielle

Read "Julia Danielle" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright

by Katchie Cartwright
November 1, 2024

Julia Danielle has been working hard on her craft. She grew up in the Chicago area, singing in the Campanella Children's Choir, winning the International Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition in 2022 and earning an undergraduate degree from DePaul University in 2023. She is on track to graduate with a master's in jazz studies from Juilliard ...

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Andy Baker: From Here, From There

Read "From Here, From There" reviewed by Scott Lichtman

by Scott Lichtman
October 24, 2024

Andy Baker has crafted an uplifting recording featuring his trombone plus trumpet, upright bass and drums--no chordal instruments. From Here, From There is a fresh take on swing/bop ballads that melds top-notch instrumentalists--Baker, Russ Johnson on trumpet, Clark Sommers on bass and Dana Hall on drums--with beautiful compositions and cover arrangements. Baker luxuriates in “the incredible ...

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Geof Bradfield: Colossal Abundance

Read "Colossal Abundance" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
August 8, 2024

In the summer of 2023, saxophonist Geof Bradfield and trumpeter Chad McCullough launched Calligram Records--a label focusing on the Chicago creative music scene and its branches. The first batch of albums was strong, with showcases for each of the label heads' respective combo projects, trumpeter Russ Johnson's chordless quartet, and newcomer tenorist Arman Sangalang. A wide ...

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Geof Bradfield Releases 'Colossal Abundance' On Double Vinyl

August 1, 2024

Geof Bradfield straddles diverse streams of the African Diaspora, drawing on modern jazz, Southern blues and roots, and African rhythms. With Colossal Abundance, his 10th album as a leader, Bradfield unveils his most ambitious work to date. Colossal Abundance is a meditation on the fabulous wealth—material, intellectual and spiritual—and abject poverty that coexist in modern society. ...

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Rich Halley, Ethan Philion and Other Releases

by Jerome Wilson
January 30, 2024

Here are a few more albums from 2023 that deserve some belated recognition. Rich Halley Fire Within Pine Eagle Records 2023 This is tenor saxophonist Rich Halley's third recording with a quartet that also features Matthew Shipp on piano, Michael Bisio on bass, and Newman Taylor Baker on ...

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Scott Hesse Trio: Intention

Read "Intention" reviewed by Troy Dostert

by Troy Dostert
January 30, 2024

Guitarist Scott Hesse self-released his debut album, Intuition, in 1998, but he has been criminally under-recorded since then. At least, that is the conclusion many will draw after listening to his superb trio disc, Intention, recorded live in Chicago in 2023. His most recent date as a leader since 2015's The Stillness of Motion (Origin Records), ...

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The Trio Book

By Chris Madsen

Label: JMarq
Released: 2023
Track listing: Eiderdown; Amethyst Secrets; N.R.W.; D Minor Mint; Mirrors; West Coast Blues; Granada

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Intention

By Scott Hesse

Label: Calligram Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Introduction; Wise One; Intention; From the Inside; Ana Maria; The Night Owl; All the Things You Are; Rejoicing.

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Moods & Spirits of the Season

By Markus Rutz

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: Blue Christmas; Christmas Time Is Here; Hanukkah Oh Hanukkah; Let It Snow; Oh Holy Night; Winter Wonderland

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