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Greg Artry

Scott Burns / John Wojciechowski / Geof Bradfield: Tenor Time

by Jack Bowers
December 31, 2022

Tenor Time unveils the talents of a trio of Chicago-area tenor saxophonists, each of whom--presumably—solos on each of the album's eight numbers. The qualifier is necessary because the solo order is not given and, skillful as they are, the tenors sound much like triplets at the same workbench. That is to say that in terms of ...

Tenor Time

Label: Afar Music
Released: 2022
Track listing: Valkyrie; Monday Waltz; Force Majeure; Some Other Sunday; Altar Blues; Jazz Folk Song; Curioso; Corea.

The Ancestors' Call

By Marques Carroll

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2021
Track listing: The Ancestors' Call Upon Us; Generational Response; Assemble The Enlightened; Beyond The Battle; Urgency; Aries Goddess (For Consuela and the Fallen); Resolution For US; The Ancestors' Final Words.

Marques Carroll: The Ancestors' Call

by Jerome Wilson
July 5, 2021

This is the debut album from Chicago-based trumpeter Marques Carroll and he uses it to address very specific concerns—the ongoing struggle for identity and freedom that African-Americans have been going through in the USA for centuries. He does this in compositions that represent a dialogue between generations, music that reaches back to the spiritual jazz of ...

Fathoms

By Jeff Swanson

Label: Bace Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Gaussian, Roads, Replicant, Elisha, Tre, Fyra, Round One, Färvel, The Accutron, Let The Children Play

G. Thomas Allen

By G. Thomas Allen

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2020
Track listing: It's Sunny You and Me Time Coffee Ocean Deep You Wonder Why Gospel Blues

Roberto Magris: Suite!

by Jerome Wilson
November 30, 2020

Roberto Magris, the Italian pianist who spends a good bit of time in the United States, records prolifically. His latest release is a 2CD set that covers a lot of ground, encompassing sparkling hard bop, spiritual jazz, solo piano work and soulful excursions that feature electric keyboards. For much of the CD Magris plays ...

Sunset Breeze

June 5, 2020

Album: Suite!
By Roberto Magris
Label: JMood Records
Released: 2020
Duration: 10:36

Roberto Magris: Suite!

by Jack Bowers
June 1, 2020

When appraising a new recording by Roberto Magris, Rule No. 1 is always to expect the unexpected. On eighteen previous albums, the Italian-born pianist has produced tributes to Lee Morgan, Elmo Hope and Cannonball Adderley, welcomed guest artists Herb Geller, Sam Reed and Ira Sullivan, and led groups ranging from trio to septet, all for Kansas ...