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Henry Grimes & Marzette Watts: The Call
by Glenn Astarita
Long before Henry Grimes became known as jazz's great Lazarus story, he was simply one of the most technically astonishing bassists working in New York City's' free jazz underground. Recorded on December 28, 1965, and issued by ESP-Disk in 1966, The Call stands as his debut as a leader, and it remains a document of quiet ...
Jason Kruk: Beyond the Veil
by Glenn Astarita
Veteran New York City-based drummer and composer Jason Kruk leverages decades of technical precision and international touring into a major leap forward on Sun Goose Records. Rather than a standard rhythm showcase, his latest release is an ambitious, collaborative suite bridging structured composition and open improvisation. The album unfolds as a deeply conceptual journey ...
Frank London: Touzle Your Kurchy
by Glenn Astarita
Trumpeter Frank London has never been one to color neatly inside the historical lines. Known for his groundbreaking work with the Klezmer Conservatory Band and The Klezmatics, the restless downtown maestro has spent decades detonating cultural boundaries. With the Loisaida Fife and Drum Corps, he turns his sights toward eighteenth-and nineteenth-century Americana, dragging dusty martial traditions ...
Andres Thor: Relocate
by Glenn Astarita
Icelandic guitarist Andres Thor has spent the better part of two decades quietly building a catalog that swings between Nordic chamber-jazz and something closer to countrified twang, and on Relocate the splits the difference again, this time with a jazz trio featuring French bassist Nico Moreaux and Icelandic drummer Magnús Trygvason Eliassen. The record follows the ...
Lars Fredrik Frøislie: Gamle Mester
by Glenn Astarita
Lars Fredrik Frøislie has spent the better part of two decades as the keyboard architect behind Wobbler, the Norwegian outfit that rebuilt 1970s symphonic prog from the inside out using vintage gear and a period-accurate ear. He has also logged time in White Willow and appeared on more than thirty other recordings since 2003, alongside a ...
Luciano Soriano: New Places, Old Faces
by Glenn Astarita
Luciano Soriano arrives with considerable momentum for a debut leader. He earned a Vail Jazz Workshop credential, an LA Jazz Society Shelly Manne New Talent Award, and a win at the International Trombone Festival's Carl Fontana Competition—all before completing his Jazz Trombone degree at Juilliard. As a commissioned composer for the school's Green Club, Soriano's ambitions ...
Schanzer/Speach with Guests: Live in Brooklyn 1992-2002
by Glenn Astarita
Recorded between 1992 and 2002 at Brooklyn landmarks like the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, Live in Brooklyn 1992--2002 serves as a crucial historical document of a fertile, pre-gentrification avant-garde movement. The sprawling two-CD retrospective captures guitarist Jeffrey Schanzer and pianist Bernadette Speach acting as host-collaborators, juxtaposing intimate duo work with expansive ensemble explorations alongside an extraordinary ...
Josh Warren: The Path
by Glenn Astarita
Brevity, done well, remains an underrated virtue in jazz. Josh Warren is not yet a household name, though he has been building a reputation the honest way, working alongside a string of notable artists before ever stepping out as a leader. Based in Toronto and only 22 years old, he arrives at The Path with more ...
Satoko Fujii: Second Attempt
by Glenn Astarita
Satoko Fujii has spent three decades assembling large ensembles the way other composers assemble scores, treating personnel as raw material shaped alongside melody and structure. Her Berlin orchestra, formed during a 2014 residency, reunites nine years later. Recorded live in Berlin on May 3, 2026, the album closes out a tour Fujii nearly abandoned after a ...
James Emery / Anthony Braxton: Articulations
by Glenn Astarita
Thirty-four years is a long time for a tape to sit in a drawer, but jazz history is littered with such delays, and Anthony Braxton's discography in particular has always unspooled out of chronological order. Articulations, a duo session with guitarist James Emery recorded in Florence on June 19, 1992, finally surfaced this year on Emery's ...
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