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Isamu McGregor

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Los Angeles-based pianist/keyboardist Isamu McGregor's versatility has helped him to become an extremely in-demand musician and musical director around the globe. Described as a "pianist for the new generation" and a "jazz pianist and keyboard player of the first order", Isamu maintains a busy touring schedule while continuing to compose and perform his own music. Over the years, he has had the good fortune to perform with a "dizzying variety of collaborators" across a multitude of genres, including Richard Bona (keyboards 2015-2018), Colbie Caillat (keyboards/bandleader 2015-present), Natalia Lafourcade, Tortured Soul, Patti Austin, GZA (Wu-Tang Clan), Bennie Maupin, Sadao Watanabe, Wayne Krantz, Virgil Donati (keyboards 2014-2017) and many more

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Orkestra Eustoria: HyperGiant Hi-Fi

Read "HyperGiant Hi-Fi" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Bringing together an international assortment of forward-thinkers, Peter Sparacino looks far and wide with the music he presents on the debut from Orkestra Eustoria. Dealing with cellular-level ideals and astronomical designs, both of which can be gleaned from the album cover, this New York-based saxophonist finds himself in front of a powerful pack that can stop ...

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Straight Ahead To The U.K.

Label: Dash Hoffman Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Wheelers and Dealers, Highwire, Hippityville, Sermonette, I Get Along Without You, Shake It Down, Recipe Of Love, Song 4 Sandy, Something We May Never Know, Dreamsville, Gypsy In My Soul, Last Night When We Were Young.

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Resonance

Label: Ghost Note
Released: 2017
Track listing: The Dreamer; Relentless; Halfway There; Because; The Drifter; Thor vs. James Brown; The Tao of Flying.

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Isamu McGregor: Resonance

Read "Resonance" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


It has been five years since the release of pianist Isamu McGregor's debut Live at the Baked Potato! (Amorphous Paraphernalia Records, 2012) and his Resonance turns out to be well worth the wait. While the first album was solidly entrenched in the fusion arena, the current outing is a genre defying and eclectic collection with an ...

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Isamu McGregor: Resonance

Read "Resonance" reviewed by Troy Dostert


On this album, his second as a leader since 2012's Live at the Baked Potato, pianist/keyboardist Isamu McGregor continues to hone his approach to crafting intelligent, challenging jazz fusion. With bassist Evan Marien and drummer Gene Coye once again at his side, he's got the right partners for navigating his maze-like compositions, and guest spots by ...

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Baltazanis: End Of Seas

Read "End Of Seas" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


The bounding main knows no single shape, size, or direction. It's both timeless in nature and organic in its arc and flow. Greek guitarist Costas Baltazanis seems to intuitively understand those facts. His is a music that taps into the water's vastness, appreciates its beauty, respects and harnesses its strengths, and rides the ever-adjusting tides.

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Isamu McGregor: Live at the Baked Potato!

Label: Amorphous Paraphernalia Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Rainbows in Transit; A Simple Science; When the Light Fell from the Sky; Grover; Theme Music for a Super Slow-Motion Fight Scene; You and your Milky Ways; Urban Dragon Slayers; Big Sky.

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Isamu McGregor: Isamu McGregor: Live at the Baked Potato!

Read "Isamu McGregor: Live at the Baked Potato!" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Keyboardist Isamu McGregor has fairly raced out of the blocks, playing or recording with guitarist Wayne Krantz, saxophonist Chris Potter, drummer Ari Hoenig, bassist James Genus, pianist Jean- Michel Pilc, vibraphonist Stefon Harris and vocalist Jimmy Scott--to name but a few--while still just 22 years old. His debut as leader sees him lead his energetic quartet ...


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