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The Adventurous Spirit of Red Piano Records
by Geno Thackara
There actually isn't a piano to be heard anywhere in this batch, but the season's crop illustrates the ethic of Red Piano Records in some interesting ways nonetheless. The small Brooklyn label specializes in music offbeat enough to require some adventurous ears, comfortably rooted under the jazz umbrella while usually stepping at least one foot somewhere ...
Special Purpose: Password
by Geno Thackara
Special Purpose's upbeat jam-happy debut wastes no time establishing a setting and a mood. The group kicks off by crossing some 1970s Jeff Beck with a little Allman Brothers Band, and the ingredients for a fun jazz-rock fusion stew are already there: dreamy organ, bubbling bass, guitar that plays off the others without needing to go ...
No-Man: Love You to Bits
by Geno Thackara
Sometimes a new album is what happens when you're busy making other plans. Fittingly enough, plans for this duo have always been something of a joke anyway; No-Man's career has criss-crossed the whole spectrum of styles precisely because they've always been willing to follow unexpected ideas as the mood hits. It's also the reason the band ...
Ben Flocks: Mask of the Muse
by Geno Thackara
It was probably inevitable that the start of the 2020's would see something of a comeback for the Roaring Twenties of the last century. You could say that puts Ben Flocks ahead of the curve for releasing this homage to mark the change of decade... well, except that it's not just rooted in the previous gilded ...
Tubis Trio: So Us
by Geno Thackara
There are so many acts that are easy not to notice--yes, even in the jazz world where just about everybody is under the radar in some way--but this Polish piano trio still seems more of a buried treasure than most. They've quietly built an impressively smart catalogue almost in secret, like an out- of-the-way quality restaurant ...
3x3: Piano Trios: January 2020
by Geno Thackara
Geir Åge Johnsen/Fredrik Sahlander/Bernt Moen 1+1=3 Losen Records 2019 What exactly does this title signify? It isn't quite clear, seeing as there are three players here and each counts as a positive one in any equation. Small mystery and all, though, it's a fun session brimming with good humor and smarts. ...
Klas Jervfors Turner: Suburban Dreams
by Geno Thackara
The title suggests something small-scale and maybe quaint. The moody cover hints at sounding dark, thoughtful and/or lonely. The first thing to actually hit your ears here, however, is a sly bit of reggae-funk draped with slinky Eastern saxophone and wailing horns straight out of a Broadway cabaret. There's also Latin dance, European folk, modern experimental ...
Will Sellenraad - Eric McPherson - Rene Hart: Greene Street Vol.1
by Geno Thackara
Considering how well Will Sellenraad clearly knows the history and ins-and-outs of jazz guitar, he might seem to be making a statement by using a title so reminiscent of Grant Green's classic Green Street (Blue Note, 1961). To be sure, this one does show the influence of some key six-stringers such as Green, Wes Montgomery, Pat ...
Geno Thackara's Best Releases of 2019
by Geno Thackara
Another year, another wealth of goodies, and as usual it seems unfair to narrow down so many fine offerings to only a dozen favorites. Also as usual, there were a couple late discoveries that would have deserved to be included here last year if I'd known about them at the time. Belated credit goes to the ...
2x2: Piano and Saxophone
by Geno Thackara
Mulo Francel and Chris Gall Mythos GLM Music2019 Mulo Francel and Chris Gall know what they're doing in choosing a title as apt as Mythos—its ethic was built on the pair's worldwide travels and particularly inspired by a climb on the Greek island of Samos. The framework of this duo session ...
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