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Lynne Arriale: A Suite Of Hope In Chaotic Times
by Anya Wassenberg
Pianist/composer Lynne Arriale's The Lights Are Always On (Challenge Records, 2022) is a suite of compositions that reflects on the tumultuous period of history we live in. Through the chaos, though, she offers a message on hope and the indomitable nature of the human spirit. “The theme of the album was inspired by an ...
Lynne Arriale Trio: The Lights Are Always On
by Jack Bowers
Music with “a message" need not be inscrutable or bombastic, as pianist/composer Lynne Arriale proves time and again on The Lights Are Always On, whose ten original Arriale compositions are dedicated to caregivers, healers, truth-tellers and defenders of democracy in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and the brazen hoax-fueled attack on the U.S. Capitol building ...
From Generation to Generation, A New Collection Transcends Borders and Barriers
by John Chacona
The release of the three-disc set The Concert for Bangladesh (Apple) in 1971 established a template for the charity benefit album that is still followed to this day: multiple discs in lavish packaging, a grab-bag of songs and most importantly, a red-carpet lineup of established, often older stars, one of whom was invariably the organizer of ...
The Lights Are Always On
Album: The Lights Are Always On
By Lynne Arriale
Label: Challenge Records
Released: 2022
Duration: 3:23
Solace
By Dave Mullen
Label: Mullsoul Music Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: The Grind;
Shanna Shuffle;
For Michael;
Satin Doll;
Mane Tronk;
Kinda Green;
Like Rahsaan.
The Way We Are Created
Label: Inner Circle Music
Released: 2021
Track listing: The Way We Are Created; It Doesn't Matter; Caribeño Pensador; The Upcoming; A City Of Many Mysteries; Fuera de mi Cuerpo; To the Unknown; Retorno; The Mystery of S.T.
Gabriel Vicéns: The Way We Are Created
by Mark Sullivan
Puerto Rican jazz guitarist & composer Gabriel Vicéns has been living in New York City since 2016 but, for this album, he chose to explore traditional Puerto Rican music (Bomba and Plena—music and dance styles born from African slavery and Caribbean influences) blended with his own compositional style. He was also exposed to Cuban Changüí, and ...
Logan Richardson: To Boldly Go Where No Jazz Has Gone Before
by Chris May
In a 2016 interview, Kansas City-born alto saxophonist Logan Richardson said: “Jazz will constantly change because there's constantly a new us, new times. There will always be a fight from the conformists--but they don't represent where the tradition is coming from." Richardson was talking not long after the release of his adventurous Blue Note album, Shift, ...
Gabriel Vicéns: A Growing Voice In Jazz
by R.J. DeLuke
Guitarist Gabriel Vicéns from Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, has only been on the New York City scene for about five years. But his rich tone and engaging style have gained him a reputation--still growing--as a remarkable voice and an artist with something valid to say. He's not a guitar shredder, though he has plenty of ...
What We Do Now
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2020
Track listing: No Turkey; Without a Soul(feat. Milena Casado Fauquet); Song For Orange; Alone Together; Don't Know Anymore(feat. Judette Elliston).
