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David Binney: Barefooted Town
by Josef Woodard
Continuing Saga of the Strong Seeker I remember distinctly during the 2007 Montreal Jazz Festival, sifting through and measuring up the usual blur of stimuli, seeking out the prizes among prizes in the program. In one corner, there was Wayne Shorter, in the finest of his performance I'd ever heard—playing up his suits as composer and ...
Opus 5: Introducing Opus 5
by Josef Woodard
The Evident Charms and Secret Powers of Five For all the myriad varieties and contextual possibilities under the rubric of what makes for a valid jazz group, there is something distinctively powerful and tradition-enriched about the number five. Smaller groups tighten up the focus on individual voices involved, and often frame a specified protagonist leader, while ...
Misha's Wishes
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2022
Track listing: Fire Horse; Strike Up the Band; Misha's Wishes; There Was A Birch Tree In the Field, So What; Lost in Her Eyes; Just
A Scale; Give Me Five; Hope and Despair; Comrade Conrad; Are You With Me.
Swing On This
By Opus 5
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2022
Track listing: Swing On This;
Pythagoras;
Moonbay;
Fermata;
Finger Painted Swing;
Sight Vision;
The Great Divide;
In Case You Missed It.
Standards From Film
By Mike Moreno
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2022
Track listing: Beautiful Love; You Stepped Out Of A Dream; There Will Never Be Another You; Stella By Starliight; Laura; I Fall In Love Too Easily; On Green Dolphin Street; My Foolish Heart; Invitation; Days Of Wine And Roses.
Mike Moreno: Standards From Film
by Chris May
At last. An enjoyable alternative to the ghastly albums of “jazzed up" hymns and Christmas carols which spew forth every holiday season. There is nothing overtly Christmassy about guitarist Mike Moreno's Standards From Film, but it is appropriate that the album, recorded in New York in December 2021, was released in the UK in early December ...
Opus 5: Swing On This
by Paul Beard
Recorded in September 2021, at the Samurai Hotel Recording Studio under the direction of Mike Marciano, this is the fifth album from contemporary jazz group, Opus 5. Entitled Swing On This, it comprises eight tracks that average around seven minutes each. Hailing from the Netherlands, Opus 5 is a stylish quintet made up of ...
Misha Tsiganov: Misha's Wishes
by Edward Blanco
New York-based pianist and composer Misha Tsiganov, a well-established jazz veteran having appeared on countless albums throughout his career, presents his seventh recording as leader with Misha's Wishes, conceived and birthed during the COVID pandemic, when his time at home offered the perfect opportunity to develop this project. The long-time isolation during 2020 allowed the pianist ...
The Color Of US Suite
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2021
Track listing: Little Hopes; Red; White; Blue; Intro To Black; Black; Brown; Tan; Finding Beauty; Hurricane
Sophia.
Donald Edwards Quintet: The Color Of US Suite
by Chris May
This is an album one really wants to love but ends up applauding more for its intention than its realisation. Drummer Donald Edwards has composed a suite which addresses the race hate which besmirches America and which, observed from the other side of the pond, seems to have become more bitter and entrenched with the passing ...
