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Article: Album Review

Romain Collin: Press Enter

Read "Press Enter" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


On his way to creating this extraordinary album, French pianist Romain Collin had the opportunity to chat with Wayne Shorter about those who delay and defer their aspirations. Shorter's two word strategic summation would become the title for this project, Press Enter. Now a New York City resident, Collin did not begin his musical journey through ...

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Article: Album Review

Kamasi Washington: The Epic

Read "The Epic" reviewed by Mark F. Turner


Kamasi Washington's masterwork The Epic showcases an incisive saxophonist/composer who has performed with jazz luminaries Gerald Wilson and Herbie Hancock but is probably better known for his work with creatives outside of jazz--Grammy winning electronic musician/producer Steven Ellison aka Flying Lotus (grand-nephew of Alice Coltrane); rising Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar and Steven Bruner aka Thundercat who ...

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Bob Albanese: Time Remembered

Read "Time Remembered" reviewed by Mark Corroto


What of the lunchpail musicians? The blue collar jazz players like pianist Bob Albanese, are craftsmen who work to complete the jazz cathedrals whose foundations were laid by the masters. Albanese acknowledges the jazz icons, yet his artistry is as imaginative as the names written on the cornerstones. Proof positive is Time Remembered with guest Eddie ...

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Article: Album Review

Chris Spedding: Songs Without Words

Read "Songs Without Words" reviewed by Roger Farbey


All five musicians on this retrieved-from-the-vaults archival release were at various times alumni of bands or recordings directed by British veteran jazz composer Mike Westbrook. Songs Without Words was produced at the end of 1969 under the aegis of Peter Eden (who produced several early Westbrook records for the Deram label), on the condition, imposed by ...

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Article: Interview

Gary Burton: On ECM & Playing With Pat Metheny

Read "Gary Burton: On ECM & Playing With Pat Metheny" reviewed by Mark Sullivan


Vibraphonist Gary Burton was a busy man at the 2015 Detroit Jazz Festival. He was a member of the Mack Avenue Superband (organized by Mack Avenue Records, his current record label), and joined Artist-in-Residence Pat Metheny for two shows. The Pat Metheny/Gary Burton Quartet Reunion took place on Saturday night, and the North American premiere of ...

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Article: Album Review

Jesse Fischer: Day Dreamer

Read "Day Dreamer" reviewed by James Nadal


If there is a recognition for a musician in perpetual engagement to his craft, Jesse Fischer would certainly be in the running. The versatile pianist, arranger, engineer, and producer has been on a creative tear since 2011 when he released “Homebrew" with his group Soul Cycle. This was quickly followed in 2012 by “Retro Future," under ...

Article: Book Review

Possibilities - L'autobiografia

Read "Possibilities - L'autobiografia" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Possibilities -L'autobiografia Herbie Hancock con Lisa Dickey 366 Pagine ISBN: 978-88-7521-667-2 Minimum Fax 2015 Da mezzo secolo Herbie Hancock è un protagonista del jazz e di generi popolari come funk, rock, rap, pop e reciproche commistioni. È il musicista che più ogni altro ha scorazzato nelle nuove tecnologie, ...

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Article: Album Review

Electric Squeezebox Orchestra: Cheap Rent

Read "Cheap Rent" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Yes, the name is intriguing--but what should one expect musically from the San Francisco-based Electric Squeezebox Orchestra? Bits and pieces of a number of disparate elements, really, from straight-ahead contemporary motifs to shuffle beats and old-line swing, from down-home New Orleans rhythms to throwback grooves from the '70s and even a seductive ballad. What matters most ...

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Article: Album Review

Fred Hersch: Solo

Read "Solo" reviewed by Mark Sullivan


To paraphrase the famous remark Miles Davis made about Bill Evans, Fred Hersch plays the piano the way it ought to be played. This album documents a live performance from August, 2014, which was not originally intended for release. But when Hersch listened to it, he changed his mind. “I firmly believe this may be the ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Miles Davis at Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4

Read "Miles Davis at Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4" reviewed by Doug Collette


There's a theory a nascent jazzlover could build an estimable collection of the music simply by picking and choosing from the discography of Miles Davis and the various musicians with whom he's collaborated over the years. Likewise, the mercurial alterations of style enacted by the man with the horn reflect the evolution of the music itself, ...


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