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Greg Ward

Greg Ward is a saxophonist and composer that was born in Peoria, IL. Currently based in Chicago, Ward has had the opportunity to perform and record with a varied group of artists like Prefuse 73, Lupe Fiasco, Tortoise, William Parker, Andrew D'Angelo, and Mike Reed.

In 2000, Ward began his studies at Northern Illinois University where he worked with Steve Duke, Fareed Haque, Ron Carter, and Joey Sellers. Already interested in composition, having the opportunity to compose for NIU's jazz combos deepened his understanding of the inner-workings of music. Also, working with composer and arranger, Joey Sellers, equipped Ward with some important tools to further explore this new love.

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Rich Halley, Ethan Philion and Other Releases

Read "Rich Halley, Ethan Philion and Other Releases" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


Here are a few more albums from 2023 that deserve some belated recognition. Rich Halley Fire Within Pine Eagle Records 2023 This is tenor saxophonist Rich Halley's third recording with a quartet that also features Matthew Shipp on piano, Michael Bisio on bass, and Newman Taylor Baker on ...

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Article: Year in Review

Ludovico Granvassu's Garden of Jazzy Delights 2023

Read "Ludovico Granvassu's Garden of Jazzy Delights 2023" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


If it is true that, like The Police once put it, “when the world is going down you make the best of what's still around," then throughout 2023 jazz fans were better off than most other social groups. In a year in which everyday news brought ever more inconceivable disappointments, jazz musicians, labels, festivals and venues ...

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Both Sides of Joni

Label: ACME Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Help Me; Both Sides Now; I Think I Understand; River; Don't Interrupt the Sorrow; My Old Man; The Hissing of Summer Lawns; Sweet Bird; The Circle Game.

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The Gennett Suite

Label: Patrois Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Disc 1: Movement 1--Royal Blue: Introduction; Tin Roof Blues, Part 1; Tim Roof Blues, Part 2; Chimes Blues; Dippermouth Blues. Movement 2--Blues Faux Bix: Davenport Blues; The Jazz Me Blues; Interlude; Wolverine Blues. Disc 2: Movement 3: Hoagland--Stardust; Riverboat Shuffle, Part 1; Riverboat Shuffle, Part 2. Movement 4--Mr. Jelly Lord: King Porter Stomp; Grandpa's Spells.

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Folklore

Label: Shifting Paradigm Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Suspension (Adrift, Glide); When the Darkness Reaches Morning; I. At Night, and Then Upon Waking; II. Ramifications; Storybook; Other Half; The Primrose Path; Feeling; Premonition, Acuity, Flourish.

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Gnosis

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: The Boot; What Love; Sheep Shank; Nostalgia; Comment Section; Gnosis.

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Article: Album Review

Ethan Philion: Gnosis

Read "Gnosis" reviewed by John Chacona


When it comes to making memorable entrances, Ethan Philion is on a par with Seinfeld's Kramer. The jny: Chicago bassist burst into the scene with Meditations on Mingus (Sunnyside Records, 2022), an audacious debut recording on which he arranged familiar selections and deep cuts from the towering jazz bassist Charles Mingus. On Gnosis, the forces are ...

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Article: Album Review

Rami Atassi: Dancing Together

Read "Dancing Together" reviewed by Gareth Thompson


The Chicago-based guitarist Rami Atassi went on a south American journey with his wife to explore Mexico and Colombia. Amid the daily background music, he heard different styles and rhythmic foundations than those he was used to and took percussion lessons locally. All this later began seeping into his solo work. A Syrian-American, Atassi ...

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Article: Live Review

Detroit Jazz Festival 2023: A Tribute to a Great Jazz City

Read "Detroit Jazz Festival 2023: A Tribute to a Great Jazz City" reviewed by Paul Rauch


Detroit Jazz Festival 2023 Hart Plaza & Campus Martius Detroit, MI September 1-4, 2023 Opening night is always a gas. Whether it takes the form of the annual rite of spring in baseball, the long anticipated opening of a Broadway play, or for that matter, the opening salvo of a world ...


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