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Article: Album Review

Dawn Clement, Elsa Nilsson, Emma Dayhuff, Tina Raymond: Esthesis Quartet

Read "Esthesis Quartet" reviewed by Paul Rauch

by Paul Rauch
June 1, 2022

The Covid-19 lockdown of 2020 and 2021 mandated that musicians find ways to connect without gathering in person. The pandemic produced a litany of recordings that along with photos of masked loved ones, will serve as tacit reminders of two years of solitude and isolation. For Esthesis Quartet this meant gathering on Zoom to keep the ...

Article: Interview

Meet Brian Blade

by Craig Jolley
February 17, 2022

This article was first published at All About Jazz in April 2000. Musical background I started playing when I was thirteen in church. My father was the pastor. My brother, Brady, who was five years older (he still is) was the drummer. He left for college so it became my duty to take over ...

Article: Album Review

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, ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Eddie Harris - Harmonic Genius, solos form Jeff Parker & Patrick Shiroisk, and Christian McBride

by David Brown
January 8, 2022

Multi-layered solo works from Jeff Parker and Patrick Shiroishi, quartets & big bands from both Jared Schonig & Toshiko Akiyoshi; then a tribute to harmonic genius Eddie Harris; and finally, Christian McBride in Trio, and the Inside Straight. Welcome friends and neighbors to The Jazz Continuum. Old, new, in, out... wherever the music takes us. Each ...

Album

Live At Bluewhale, Volume 1

By Josh Nelson

Label: Steel Bird Music
Released: 2021
Track listing: Double Helix; Our Electromagnetic Hearts; Peter Sellers; Oumuamua; Bluewhale Dives Deep.

Album

Deciphering the Message

By Makaya McCraven

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: A Slice of the Top (AKA Sliced Off the Top); Sunset (AKA Son Set); When Your Lover Has Gone (AKA When You’ve Left Your Lover); Ecaroh (AKA Revlis); Tranquility (AKA Corner of the World); Wail Bait (AKA Wait Bail); Coppin’ the Haven (AKA At the Haven Coppin’); Frank’s Tune (AKA De’Jeff’s Tune); Autumn in New York (AKA Spring in Chicago); Monaco (AKA Monte Negro); Mr. Jin (AKA Mr. Gin); C.F.D. (AKA D.F.C.); Black Rhythm Happening.

Album

Cloud Script

By Joshua Abrams

Label: Rogue Art
Released: 2021
Track listing: In Place of Memory; Harbor; Echo Tracer; Duke Hill; Collapsing Novelty; Coniunctio.

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Jeff Parker, Emile Parisien, Andrea Keller, Gabriel Zucker & More New Releases [Mondo Jazz 181-1]

by Ludovico Granvassu
December 28, 2021

Up-and-comers, younger and older Statesmen in a playlist that offers a cross-section of some the most creative new jazz on record. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Dave Meder “Century Rag" Unamuno Songs and Stories (Outside-in-Music) 0:16 Host talks 6:33 Alex Hamburger “What's ...

Article: Album Review

Makaya McCraven: Deciphering the Message

Read "Deciphering the Message" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
November 8, 2021

Il debutto in casa Blue Note di Makaya McCraven è un omaggio alla storia musicale dell'etichetta, espresso ovviamente in prospettiva personale. Come ha fatto nei suoi dischi recenti—e in particolare nell'omaggio a Gil Scott-Heron (We're New Again, XL Recordings 2020)-il batterista e produttore di Chicago usa creativamente la tecnologia sperimentata dai DJ e ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five with Matt Clark

by AAJ Staff
April 22, 2021

Meet Matt Clark I'm a guitarist and composer from Brighton, England. My career has spanned 35 years, encompassing genres as broad as jazz, blues, alternative, experimental, and electronic music. The year of COVID-19 and lockdown has been both testing and inspiring. Lack of live music and in-person collaboration has meant rethinking my musical output. ...