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Andrew Distel: It Only Takes Time

Read "It Only Takes Time" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
March 26, 2018

When is the right time to release an album? That's a tough question, and a great one to open up for debate. But when you strip away all potential concerns both large and small, the answer stares you in the face: now is the right time. If the music is there, why wait? That's the honest ...

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Screen Sounds

By Joe Policastro

Label: Jerujazz Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Yojimbo (Main Theme); Everybody's Talkin'; Nadia's Theme (Theme From "The Young And The Restless"); Cool Hand Luke (Main Title); Summer Kisses, Winter Tears; Twin Peaks Theme; Angela (Theme From "Taxi"); Hallelujah; The Godfather (Main Title And Love Theme); Blade Runner (Love Theme); Having An Average Weekend (Theme From "Kids In The Hall").

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Joe Policastro Trio: Screen Sounds

Read "Screen Sounds" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
August 20, 2017

There are always new wrinkles to be found in the familiar. That's a philosophical stance that seems to serve the Joe Policastro Trio well. This Chicago-based outfit's debut album--West Side Story Suite (Self Produced, 2013)--served as a distillation and expansion on Bernstein's masterpiece, turning Broadway on its head; Pops! (Self Produced, 2016) referenced both the venue ...

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Out Of The Blue

By Alyssa Allgood

Label: Jerujazz Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Watch Me Walk Away (Dig Dis); Noticing The Moment (Moment's Notice); It's You Or No One; Speak No Evil; Beatrice; Peace; If; Only A Memory (Ceora); Moanin'; Mirrors.

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Alyssa Allgood: Out Of The Blue

Read "Out Of The Blue" reviewed by Tyran Grillo

by Tyran Grillo
November 4, 2016

If Alyssa Allgood's debut EP Lady Bird made a splash, then Out of the Blue is a veritable deluge of inspired thinking. The Chicago vocalist's imprint is evident in every lick of this full-length follow-up. From the original lyrics and arrangements to her choice of musicians and production, Allgood uses everything in her toolkit throughout 10 ...

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Alyssa Allgood: Out Of The Blue

Read "Out Of The Blue" reviewed by Mark Sullivan

by Mark Sullivan
October 15, 2016

Chicago vocalist Alyssa Allgood devotes her first full length album to an unexpected source: the classic hard bop repertoire of Blue Note Records. The label is mainly known for instrumental jazz, and all of these selections were originally instrumental. This presents no problem for Allgood, who demonstrates equal facility scatting, singing wordless vocalise, and writing lyrics ...

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Guitars Galore: Major Vistas, Joe Policastro Trio, Dan Arcamone, Charlie Ballantine, Sound Underground, & Kay-Ta Matsuno

by Mark Sullivan
July 25, 2016

A brief overview of several notable 2016 contemporary jazz releases featuring guitarists. Major Vistas Minor Anthems Self Produced 2016 A fresh approach to the jazz trio, and the debut release from Madison, Wisconsin's Major Vistas. Keyboardist Mike Weiser says he thinks of it as a modern “organ" ...

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Chris Madsen Trio Plays Bix Beiderbecke

By Chris Madsen

Label: Jerujazz Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Riverboat Shuffle; Singin' the Blues; Dardanella; I'm Comin' Virginia; Way Down Yonder in New Orleans; Candlelights; In a Mist; In the Dark; Flashes; Ostrich Walk; Davenport Blues