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George Colligan
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George Colligan is a New York based pianist, organist,drummer, trumpeter, teacher, and bandleader, who is one of the most original and compelling jazz artists of his generation. An award-winning composer (Chamber Music America/Doris Duke Foundation grant recipient, RACC Grant Winner) and player (winner, Jazzconnect.com Jazz Competition, DownBeat Critics Poll Winner), Colligan is highly in demand as a sideman, having worked with players like Jack DeJohnette, John Scofield, Cassandra Wilson, Ravi Coltrane, and many others, both on the bandstand and in recording sessions (appearing on over 150 CDs). He has released 31 recordings full of his intelligent writing and impressive technique. His latest CD on the Ubuntu Label is called”Live in Arklow” and features Darren Beckett and Dave Redmond. Colligan’s musical style incorporates everything from showtunes to funk, from free improvisation to 20th century classical music. His performances include dazzling technique as well as mature restraint. Colligan was on the faculty of the Juilliard School for two years and is currently an Assistant Professor at Portland State University. He is currently a member of Jack DeJohnette’s New Quintet.Recently, Colligan started playing the Hammond 44 Melodion(melodica). He also started a popular blog called jazztruth(jazztruth.blogspot.com).
I Dischi del 2025 secondo Ludovico Granvassu
by Ludovico Granvassu
Immortalare la bellezza e la varietà del jazz pubblicato nel 2025 attraverso una “top ten" appare tanto arduo, vano--e alla fine deludente--quanto cercare di fotografare un tramonto sulla costiera amalfitana usando una rudimentale fotocamera digitale e facendo un forellino sul copriobiettivo. Certo, una foto verrà scattata. Potrebbe persino dimostrare che eri lì, in quel momento, quando ...
Ludovico Granvassu's Garden Of Jazzy Delights 2025
by Ludovico Granvassu
Capturing the breathtaking beauty, range, and diversity of jazz released in 2025 through a list of “10 best albums" feels as challenging, vain--and ultimately disappointing--as trying to photograph the Grand Canyon at sunset by placing a pinhole in front of a rudimentary digital camera's lens. Sure, a picture will be taken. It might even prove you ...
Live At The Jazz Standard
Label: Whirlwind Recordings
Released: 2025
Track listing: Waiting for Solitude; Song for the Tarahumara Intro; Song for the Tarahumara; Her Majesty Intro;
Her
Majesty; Liam's Lament Intro; Liam's Lament; If the Mountan was Smooth.
All In Motion
By Dave Redmond
Label: Step By Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: All In Motion; Inner Way; Centro; Faultlines (trio); Pond Life; Windchill; Chilled Hymn; One Way Street; All In
Motion (duo); Drip Dry.
Alternate Route
Label: Whirlwind Recordings
Released: 2025
Track listing: Before It's Too Late;
Here We Go Again;
Watercolor;
Storm Warning;
Alternate Route;
Stopped at a Green Light;
The Sunrise Wants to Break Through;
Intensity;
Change of Plans;
No Present Like the Time;
Tara.
New America
By Nick Biello
Label: La Reserve
Released: 2025
Track listing: Bel Canto; Queen of Jordan; Slightly Perilous; Before the Flood; A Long Way to You; New
America.
Live at Blue Llama
Label: Bandstand Presents
Released: 2024
Track listing: Tread Lightly, Cole Train Blues, Sunset Dreams,
Yearn for the Burn, Remembering You, Going
Viral, Anthem
Cipher
Label: PHP Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Departure, 13 Miles, En Route, Namesake, But Not Forgotten, Eden, Are You Sure?, 2 in 1.
Carl Medsker's Best Jazz Albums Of 2025
by Carl Medsker
Best of 2025? A bold claim, given the fire hose of content from which to drink. In my drafts from the torrent, I discovered many engaging, entertaining and thought-provoking releases. The ones on this list were the most often replayed throughout the year and will remain in rotation into the future. Whether energizing or calming, joyful ...
