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Opa and The Blackbyrds: Coveted 1970s Jazz-Funk
by Mark Sullivan
Opa released only two albums before disbanding in the early 1980s. While neither of their albums found commercial success during their initial releases (despite the high-profile personalities involved), both titles gained underground followings over the following decades. The Blackbyrds' City Life celebrates its golden anniversary. “Happy Music," the dancefloor-ready title track and the group's heavily sampled ...
Gaia Wilmer, Ra Kalam Bob Moses: Dancing with Elephants
by Angelo Leonardi
Questa collaborazione tra la sassofonista e compositrice Gaia Wilmer e il batterista/bandleader Bob Moses, è stata progettata dieci anni fa, quando i due si sono incontrati al New England Conservatory, nei ruoli di allieva e docente. Il giudizio che Moses esprime in copertina sulle doti di scrittura di Gaia può apparire eccessivo (la paragona ...
Emma Rawicz At Roscommon Arts Centre
by Ian Patterson
Emma Rawicz Roscommon Arts Centre Roscommon, Ireland June 6, 2025 If the best method to hone one's all-round skills as a leader, soloist and composer is in the live arena, then Emma Rawicz is going about things in the right way. Since releasing her debut album Incantation (Self Produced, 2022) at ...
Jazz In Brazil: the legendary composers and musicians
by Larry Slater
Though Bossa Nova, and the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim, are Brazil's most recognized musical export, Brazil hosts a vast number of musical styles with musicians garnering international followings. One of the most unique, and influential is the composer and multi-instrumentalist Hermeto Pascoal, who defies categorization. Moacir Santos is revered today as a giant ...
Livio Almeida: Brasília Sessions
by Richard J Salvucci
This is a good recording by a very good instrumentalist. Livio Almeida is a Brazilian saxophonist living in New York, but whether or not Almeida sounds particularly “Brazilian" is for others to say. Frankly, his tenor playing is straight ahead and while there are Latin rhythms galore, Almeida's “Brasilia Afro Samba" really recalls the guitar riff ...
Take Five with violinist and ETHEL member Kip Jones
by AAJ Staff
Meet Kip Jones Kip Jones (violin) is known for his ebullient and innovative solo performances in a style he describes as “experimental folk." Kip is a member of the acclaimed ETHEL string quartet and can often be found performing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art as its Ensemble-in-Residence. Kip is preparing to premiere Monk arrangements for ...
Stephen Guerra: No Balanço do Choro-Samba
by Katchie Cartwright
Guitarist Stephen Guerra was finishing up his undergraduate degree in engineering when he became enchanted with Brazilian music. It was the guitar and song magic of Baden Powell with its mysterious metric ambiguity. Upon graduating, he took a job in personal wealth management, teaching himself to play guitar and read music on the side. After a ...
Pra você, Ilza
Label: Rocinante Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Passeando pelo jardim; Conversação; Porto da Madeira; Do Rio para Recife; Seus lindos olhos; Inspirando fundo; Voltando para casa; Pra você, Ilza; Recordações de Recife; Sentir é muito bom; Na feira do Jabour; Sol de Recife; No topo do morro de Aracajú.
Goldenwings
By Opa
Label: Craft Recordings
Released: 2024
Track listing: Goldenwings; Paper Butterflies (Muy Lejos Te Vas); Totem; African Bird; Corre Niña; Pieces: Tombo / La
Escuela / Tombo / The Last Goodbye; Groove.
Katchie Cartwright's Best Jazz Albums Of 2024
by Katchie Cartwright
2024 was another great year for jazz, and here are a dozen more reasons to think so... Hermeto Pascoal Pra você, Ilza Rocinante Records “I saw heaven on earth doing this work." --Hermeto Pascoal Rhiannon Giddens American Railroad: A Musical Journey of ...
