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Strata-East, James Brandon Lewis & Phil Haynes
by Maurice Hogue
Back in the '70s and '80s, flicking through the LPs at a favourite record store and finding the latest Strata East releases made the trip worthwhile. Established by trumpeter Charles Tolliver and pianist Stanley Cowell, the label that was dedicated to spiritual jazz and social consciousness was releasing music by some of the most important artists ...
Phil Haynes: Return to Electric
by Dan McClenaghan
The band Return to Forever was a seminal jazz fusion group led by pianist Chick Corea. The eponymous first album, on ECM Records, was released in 1972, opening doors for scores of other like-minded ensembles. Electricity was a main aspect of the move away from acoustic jazz. The Fender Rhodes piano and plugged-in bass and guitars ...
Marc Copland Quartet: Dreaming
by Alberto Bazzurro
Si pone per così dire al centro del guado questo quartetto del settantaseienne pianista di Filadelfia Marc Copland, qui (il quartetto) al suo secondo album dopo Someday (2022, stessa etichetta). Il guado è la centralità dell'idioma jazzistico proposto, in bilico (in equilibrio, forse più correttamente) fra rispetto per il déjà écouté, tratti originali e sete di ...
Yelena Eckemoff: Romance of the Moon
by Neri Pollastri
Yelena Eckemoff, prolifica e camaleontica compositrice russa da anni residente negli U.S.A., è usa mutare con frequenza collaboratori, adattando le proprie composizioni al loro stile e alla loro cultura. Questo suo ultimo album, intitolato Romance of the Moon, sebbene sia ispirato alla poesia di Federico Garcia Lorca, è di fatto un lavoro italiano," essendo realizzato nel ...
Ben Monder: Planetarium
by Vic Albani
Ben Monder chi? In Italia è piuttosto difficile incontrare qualcuno che conosca bene il lavoro di questo sessantatreenne signore newyorchese. Inquadriamolo: chitarrista di spicco nell'area newyorkese da oltre un trentennio, Ben ha lavorato con importanti nomi della musica moderna come (tra i tanti) Marc Johnson, Lee Konitz, Andrew Cyrille, George Garzone, Paul Motian, Maria ...
Marc Copland: Dreaming
by Dan McClenaghan
Jazz man Marc Copland is known primarily for his piano albums, solo and trio outings. He is considered by some, rightly so, as the premier jazz pianist of our day, closer to the supple touch and refined harmony of Bill Evans than the bouncing, joyous near-bombast of Bud Powell. But he is no stranger to playing ...
Perdido
Album: Day Dream
By Phillip Haynes
Label: Corner Store Jazz
Released: 2024
Duration: 5:36
Jamie Saft, Quispel Quintet, Leiba Trio, Funkwrench Blues & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
Tributes to Thelonious Monk, Dutch novelist A.F.Th. van der Heijden, the Portuguese city of Guimarães, and much more in this intriguing playlist.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Funkwrench Blues feat. Grant Green Jr., Hamid Drake Indelicate Balance" Mischief in the Musitorium (Funkwrench Blues) 0:16 ...
Aries Dance
By Randy Ingram
Label: Sounderscore Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Towards Polaris; Para Milton e Pedro; Into the Night; You and the Night and the Music;
Penelope; Aries Dance; Castle and Fog; Guimarães; Dedicated to You.
Ancestral Numbers II
Label: Playscape Recordings
Released: 2024
Track listing: Sweet Tooth; The Return; Ruby; Enos; Deployment; Arrival; Grayscale; Ancestral Numbers.

