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Tito Carrillo: Urbanessence

Read "Urbanessence" reviewed by Paul Rauch

by Paul Rauch
November 23, 2022

Trumpeter Tito Carillo's second bite of the apple on Origin was more than a decade in the making, following up his outstanding first release, Opening Statement (Origin, 2011). With Urbanessence (Origin, 2022), the Chicago-based artist is truly up to the task, producing a work which is an homage to everyday life in the city. The narrative ...

Article: Album Review

Tito Carrillo: Urbanessence

Read "Urbanessence" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
November 21, 2022

Urbanessence, the second album as leader from Chicago-area trumpeter, composer and educator Tito Carrillo, is a rhythmic showcase for ten of his buoyant original compositions, all of which embody his love of BAM (Black American Music) and the lyric legacy of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Brazil and Peru. Carrillo, a bold and burnished improviser ...

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Momentum

October 3, 2022

Album: Urbanessence
By Tito Carrillo
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2022
Duration: 06:34

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Take Five with Matthew Muñeses

by AAJ Staff
July 18, 2022

Meet Matthew Muñeses Matthew Muñeses is a saxophonist and educator residing in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. In 2011, he received his B.M. in Saxophone Performance at Illinois State University and his M.M. in Jazz Performance at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2013. During this time, Matthew studied with Dana Hall, Chip McNeill, Ron ...

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Orpheus

February 10, 2022

Album: Falling
By Kristen Lee Sergeant
Label: Tiger Turn Productions
Released: 2022
Duration: 03:48

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Sisyphus

January 14, 2022

Album: Falling
By Kristen Lee Sergeant
Label: Tiger Turn Productions
Released: 2022
Duration: 04:19

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Branches Vol. 2

By Tomoko Omura

Label: Outside in Music
Released: 2021
Track listing: Come Firefly; Melancholy Of A Crane; To Ryan Se; Bow's Dance; Tomie's Blues; Urashima Suite.

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Let's Fall

December 3, 2021

Album: Falling
By Kristen Lee Sergeant
Label: Tiger Turn Productions
Released: 2022
Duration: 04:04

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Branches Vol. 1

By Tomoko Omura

Label: Outside in Music
Released: 2020
Track listing: Moonlight In Vermont; Three Magic Charms; The Revenge Of The Rabbit; Return To The Moon - Intro; Return To The Moon; Konomichi.

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Frozen In Time

By Nicholas Brust

Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Work Ahead; Hearts and Spades; Brooklyn Folk Song; Frozen in Time; Hymnal for Those in Need; Adversity; Something Like a Storm; Soliloquy in F Minor; A Shifting State.