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Imaginary Road
By Reza Khan
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2021
Track listing: Waiting for the Sky; Neo Funk; I See Stars; La Liaison; Midnight Runner; Broken River;
Seven Miles Road; It’s Happening; Somewhere East; Imaginary Road.
Exhale
Label: Patricks Song Factory
Released: 2021
Track listing: 1. Completely Yours
2. Reinvention
3. Exhale
4. Song of May (feat. Darren Rahn)
5. Sip' n the Breeze
6. Cat Man Blues (feat. Rick Braun)
7. Meant to Be (feat. Darren Rahn)
8. Lighthouse (feat. Allen Hinds)
9. In the Heart of the Seas
10. Providence
11. Walk with Me
Waiting for the Sky
Album: Imaginary Road
By Reza Khan
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2021
Duration: 3:45
Reza Khan: Imaginary Road
by Jack Bowers
To impartially assess Imaginary Road, Bangladeshi-raised, New York-based guitarist Reza Khan's sixth album, it is best to lay aside as best one can his disposition for or against what could reasonably be labeled “smooth jazz" and start from there. Is the music melodically and rhythmically likeable? Yes, it is. Are the musicians technically able? Yes, they ...
Susie Meissner: I Wish I Knew
by C. Michael Bailey
Over the past decade and three previous recordings, Philadelphia-based vocalist Susie Meissner has crafted an intelligently conceived and thoughtfully paced survey of the Great American Songbook. Meissner's considerations of the standard jazz repertoire, in concert with pianist John Shaddy's sturdy arrangements and educated performance manner, have emerged, evolving from chaste and reverent beginnings, into rich and ...
Lisa Maxwell's Jazz Orchestra: Shiny!
by Jack Bowers
Lisa Maxwell, whose album Shiny! marks the recorded debut of her New York City-based Jazz Orchestra, is a pretty good composer and a very good arranger, even though several of her charts lean toward funk / rock, admittedly an acquired taste. Once she veers away from those two-beat cadences, as on “Ludie," “The Craw," “Hello, Wayne?" ...
Susie Meissner: I'll Remember April
by C. Michael Bailey
Philadelphia-based vocalist Susie Meissner has been surveying the Great American Songbook for the past decade and some. Her approach is uncomplicated, using simple head arrangements, presenting the songs that made Tin Pan Alley noteworthy in a straightforward and authentic fashion, and recalling the original intentions of the composers. Hers is an archival and entertainment endeavor not ...
A Conversation with Vocalist Abigail Rockwell
by Lorens Chuno
Join me in a conversation with Abigail Rockwell, a talented vocalist whose singing effortlessly tells a unique intimate story to each listener. Her new album, Autumn Noir, is a collection of 12 songs with arrangements that are meticulously executed to preserve the power and intimacy of Abigail's interpretation. Autumn Noir features Abigail Rockwell on vocals, Quinn ...
The Gil Evans Orchestra: Hidden Treasures - Monday Night Sessions, vol 1
by Jack Bowers
Even though the name Gil Evans has a hallowed ring these days, the late composer / arranger's music remains for many aficionados an acquired taste. On the other hand, while that is the Gil Evans Orchestra performing on Hidden Treasures, Volume 1, the lion's share of the music brought to light isn't his--Evans wrote only two ...
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