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Randy Ingram: Aries Dance
by John Chacona
No one would suggest that a car stereo in a rush-hour traffic jam is an ideal environment to evaluate a recording--or even to squeeze much enjoyment out of one. Yet even in this setting the graceful, gliding waltz that opens Randy Ingram's Aries Dance immediately dispelled the frustration and tension of the highway like an offshore ...
Christopher Zuar Orchestra: Exuberance
by Jack Bowers
Composer/arranger Christopher Zuar's second album, Exuberance, recounts in musical terms a twisting yet picturesque journey that began seven years earlier, in 2017, when Zuar first met his now-wife, the animator Anne Beal, at MacDowell, the famed artists' residency in New Hampshire. While the relationship “blooms" in winter, there are “moments between" and other inescapable detours until ...
Jason Robinson: Ancestral Numbers II
by Pat Youngspiel
Jason Robinson's Ancestral Numbers is “a sound meditation on genealogy and family history" and will comprise an “ongoing series of compositions for varying instrumentation." “I" and “II" are merely the starting point for an intimate investigation into the depths of the saxophonist's family tree, set in motion shortly after the passing of Robinson's grandmother. Accompanying the ...
Some Overlooked 2024 Releases
by Jerome Wilson
Here are reviews of some of the many worthwhile jazz albums that came out in the latter half of 2024. Leslie Pintchik Prayer For What Remains Pintch Hard Records 2024 The latest album by pianist Leslie Pintchik has a gentle, swinging calm to it. She ...
Floros Floridis, Tyshawn Sorey & Phil Haynes’ Daydream Trio
by Maurice Hogue
This episode is a truly mixed bag featuring drummer-led piano trios, the saxophone playing of a true jazz legend in Greece, live recordings from New York, and the usual music from faraway lands. Drummer Tyshawn Sorey has been hailed as one of the most important creators of our time, and his recent The Susceptible Now continues ...
Sweet Tooth
Album: Ancestral Numbers II
By Jason Robinson
Label: Playscape Recordings
Released: 2024
Duration: 6:53
Jason Robinson: Ancestral Numbers II
by Terence Collie
Ancestral Numbers II is saxophonist, flautist and composer Jason Robinson's second album of music reflecting on his ancestry, following the May 2024 release of Ancestral Numbers I. The album launches with “Sweet Tooth," a simple but compelling composition that starts with a vamp. Opening melodic statements--with saxophone and trombone playing together over infectious piano ...
Day Dream: Duke & Strays Live
by Pierre Giroux
The Day Dream trio's album Duke & Strays Live is a two-CD release recorded at Bucknell University in September 2023. It is a sparkling exploration of the timelessness embedded in Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn's music. Lead by drummer Phil Haynes along with pianist Steve Rudolph and bassist Drew Gress, the trio deftly navigates the familiar ...
My Conversation with David Binney
by Glenn Astarita
This article first appeared on All About Jazz in September 1999. New York City-based saxophonist and composer David Binney has been getting lots of well-deserved attention over the last several years. Three excellent CDs with the unique and hard driving band Lost Tribe, stints with Medeski Martin & Wood, Drew Gress' Jagged Sky, Aretha ...
In Winter Blooms
Album: Exuberance
By Christopher Zuar
Label: Tonal Conversations
Released: 2024
Duration: 8:15
