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Charles Stepney: Step By Step

Read "Step By Step" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
November 8, 2022

Chicago born, bred and buttered, the composer, arranger and producer Charles Stepney (1931-76) lived and worked on the porous boundary between jazz and funk which has existed since James Brown first got on the good foot. As a staff producer for the Chess label in the 1960s, and later as an independent, Stepney worked on recordings ...

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Dezron Douglas: Atalaya

by Chris May
November 6, 2022

Atalaya is Dezron Douglas' first full-length album leading a band in over four years. The bassist's recent sightings have whet the appetite rather than deliver the main course. Black Lion (Self Produced, 2018), made with a sextet, attracted good notices, but was an EP. His appearance on drummer Makaya McCraven's Universal Beings (International Anthem, 2018) was ...

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Jeff Parker: Forfolks

Read "Forfolks" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
January 29, 2022

Guitarist/composer Jeff Parker is closely associated with indie group Tortoise and Rob Mazurek's Chicago Underground and Exploding Star Orchestra projects, but the scope of his work is extensive. The Bridgeport, Connecticut native has worked in numerous genres and technologies, and with a varied range of artists including, Joshua Redman, Nicole Mitchell, Yo La Tengo, Matana Roberts, ...

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More Energy Fields, Current

By Carlos Niño

Label: International Anthem Recording Company
Released: 2021
Track listing: Pleasewakemeupalittlefaster, Please; The World Sings, 4321 Degnan Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90008; Nightswimming; Now The Background Is The Foreground; Thanking The Earth; Salon Winds; Ripples, Reflections, Loop; Togetherness; Lasos ’79 ‘Til Infinity; Please, Wake Up.

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Now

By Damon Locks

Label: International Anthem Recording Company
Released: 2021
Track listing: Now (Forever Momentary Space); The People Vs The Rest Of Us; Keep Your Mind Free; Barbara Jones-Hogu And Elizabeth Catlett Discuss Liberation; Movement And You; The Body Is Electric.

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Carlos Niño: More Energy Fields, Current

Read "More Energy Fields, Current" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
May 23, 2021

Los Angeles-based percussionist, producer and sometime radio DJ Carlos Niño is active in jazz and new age music. His new age work, though immaculately crafted, is of limited interest from an AAJ perspective. But his jazz projects repay close attention. An early landmark was Horace (Elephant, 2001), singer Dwight Trible's salute to pianist, bandleader and community ...

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Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble: Now

by Chris May
March 19, 2021

Chicago-based collective Black Monument Ensemble's sophomore album was recorded in September 2020 at the intersection of various existential crises, as seen from a US perspective: the threat of Trump winning the presidential election, by fair means or foul; the rising tide of fascist ideology; extrajudicial murders of, in particular but not exclusively, black Americans; a galloping ...

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Resavoir

By Resavoir

Label: International Anthem Recording Company
Released: 2020
Track listing: Intro; Resavoir; Taking Flight; Plantasy; Clouds; Woah; Illusion; Escalator; LML

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Who Sent You?

By Camae Ayewa

Label: International Anthem Recording Company
Released: 2020
Track listing: The Code Noir/Amina; Who Sent You – Ritual; No Más; Blues Ideology; Bread Out Of Stone.

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Live

By Angel Bat Dawid

Label: International Anthem Recording Company
Released: 2020
Track listing: Enlightenment; Destination; Capetown; Black Family; What Shall I Tell My Children Who Are Black; London; We Hearby Declare the African Look; We Are Starzz; VIKTORious Return; Tha Wicked Shall Not Prevail; Melo Deez From Heab'N; Dr. Wattz n' em; HELL.