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Ken Peplowski: Unheard Bird
by Jack Bowers
Even when the recording (in this case, two) is a classic--as, for example, Charlie Parker's memorable Bird with Strings (Mercury Records, 1950)--some songs that deserve better are necessarily left on the cutting-room floor. Some may see that as disappointing, while others--like reed specialist Ken Peplowski--embrace it as an opportunity. On Unheard Bird, Peplowski--with strings and a ...
In Winter Blooms
Album: Exuberance
By Christopher Zuar
Label: Tonal Conversations
Released: 2024
Duration: 8:15
Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 2024
by Mark Sullivan
Various Venues Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Montréal, Canada June 30 to July 4, 2024 This year's official announcement of the headliners of the 44th edition of the festival included André 3000, Norah Jones, Hiatus Kaiyote, Laufey, Robert Glasper, and Orville Peck. This diverse group is notable for departing from ...
9 Horses: Strum
by Neil Duggan
There are no prizes for guessing that this album from 9 Horses is called Strum because every track features the sound of a strummed instrument. There are over 20 stringed instruments involved, with mandolins, violins, guitars, banjos, basses and pianos, in various combinations, forming the main components. They are strummed, plucked or otherwise coaxed into life ...
Take Five With Mandolinist Joe Brent
by AAJ Staff
Meet Joe Brent Called, one of the truly exceptional musicians of his generation," a mandolinist about whom it has been said, there has never been a mandolinist with greater technical skills," and a composer whose music, touches and communicates the essence of what it means to be an alive, feeling human being," Joe Brent has forged ...
On a Limb: When the Skies Parted
by Neil Duggan
When the Skies Parted is the third album from the Cincinnati trio, On A Limb, but their first since they moved to New York in 2021. It follows on from Replaying the Tapes (Honestly Records, 2020). There are six tracks over the 45 minutes of the album, five composed by pianist Andrew Haug and one written ...
Mareike Wiening: 'Reveal' Offers Jazz Rhythms of Hope
by Lawrence Peryer
Today, the Spotlight shines On Mareike Wiening. Mareike is a drummer and composer who joined us on the occasion of the release of her third record as bandleader, Reveal (Greenleaf Music). Featuring her long-time group: tenor saxophonist Rich Perry, pianist Glenn Zaleski, guitarist Alex Goodman, and bassist Johannes Felscher, the band is joined on ...
Mareike Wiening: Reveal
by Mark Sullivan
Mareike Wiening is a German drummer/composer who began her career in New York, and now divides her time between there and Köln, Germany. On her third album, she continues making music with her New York-based working band, an increasingly rare situation in contemporary jazz. It provides her an opportunity for more compositional experimentation with each release. ...
Dreams, Visions, Illusions
By Nick Finzer
Label: Outside in Music
Released: 2023
Track listing: To Dream a Bigger Dream;
Aspirations and Convictions;
Intro to Follow Your Heart;
Follow Your Heart;
I Thought I Should Take the Road Less Traveled;
But I Did What They Said;
To The Top;
Visions or Mirage;
Waking Up;
Now, Then, and When
Reveal
Label: Greenleaf Music
Released: 2023
Track listing: Time for Priorities; Choral Anthem; Reveal; Encore; Declaration of Truth; Balada; Old Beginning; The Girl By the Window.

