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Johannes Weidenmueller

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“One of the most interesting and explosive bass players to come along in a long time” reads a quote from a review in the French newspaper Le Monde, referring to bassist Johannes Weidenmueller. Bassist Johannes Weidenmueller has been a first call performer with a long list of jazz greats since settling in New York City 20 years ago He has been a member of the Hank Jones trio, Ray Barretto’s New World Spirit, the Carl Allen-Vincent Herring quintet, the John Abercrombie quartet, the Joe Lovano trio and the Kenny Werner trio. Other associations include Brad Mehldau, George Benson, John Scofield, Dewey Redman, Randy Brecker, Kenny Wheeler, Toots Thielemans, Wynton Marsalis, Joshua Redman, Gary Bartz, Jonny Coles, Clifford Jordan, Joe Chambers, and many others. His warm full sound, his mastery of time and his flexibility and openness have made him one of most sought after bassist in a wide variety of musical settings

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Bishu Chattopadhyay: Kolkata Stories

Read "Kolkata Stories" reviewed by Jim Trageser


Given this album's title, the fact that the leader's previous album was titled Harlem Meets Hooghly (self-produced, 2020), and even the song titles on this release, it's not unrealistic to be looking for an Indo-jazz fusion release in the vein of John McLaughlin, Warren Senders or simakDialog. But despite the Indian album and song ...

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Midnight Rickshaw with Reni

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Label: Uhsib Cisum Music
Released: 2021
Duration: 06:50

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Kolkata Stories

Label: Uhsib Cisum Music
Released: 2021
Track listing: Midnight Rickshaw; Sonnet for Ranjon; Ustad Rashid Khan's Tree; Dusts of Fear; Mango Afternoon at Sonali and Swapan; Kolkata Stories; Balada for Bulada; Bengali Night with No Moon; Shivaji’s Harmonium; Saraswati I Two Basses.

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Hypersphere

Label: ArtistShare
Released: 2020
Track listing: Kakistocracy; Boulder Snowfall; Gina; Hypersphere; Incandescent; Quantum Entanglement; Tales of Mendacity; Orison.

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Transparency

Label: Dafnison Music
Released: 2020
Track listing: Amanecer Contigo; No Es Fácil; Uncerntradition; Con Alma; Cry With Me; On the Way; Feed the Lions; Nothing or Everything; Lazy Blues.

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Dafnis Prieto Sextet: Transparency

Read "Transparency" reviewed by John Chacona


In Cuban music, emotional grandeur and extravagant virtuosity is built on a foundation of inexhaustible rhythm. So, it's no surprise to find an abundance of juicy melodies and breathtaking drumming on Transparency from drummer and MacArthur “Genius" Fellow Dafnis Prieto. Yet for all the astonishing things he does behind the kit, what stands out ...

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Dave Pietro: Hypersphere

Read "Hypersphere" reviewed by Paul Rauch


You may not know the name Dave Pietro offhand, but it is likely, if you are a jazz fan of any sort, that you have heard him play. As a saxophone/woodwind artist, composer, educator, sideman, and bandleader, he has performed across a broad spectrum of projects since his becoming a mainstay on the New York scene ...

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Take Five with Bartosz Hadala

Read "Take Five with Bartosz Hadala" reviewed by Bartosz Hadala


Meet Bartosz Hadala Bartosz Hadala was born in Stalowa Wola, Poland and started his musical education at the age 7 at the local School of Music. Still as a teenager he participated in competitions, workshops and festivals. He became the youngest finalist in the Mieczyslaw Kosz International Jazz Piano Competition at the age 15. Two years ...

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Christian Artmann: Our Story

Read "Our Story" reviewed by Troy Dostert


There are a number of different stories woven into Our Story, flautist Christian Artmann's first offering since 2015. Quotations in the liner notes from Zen sages Thich Nhat Hanh and Yasutani Roshi point to Artmann's Buddhist faith, but the fifth cut of the record, “Amazing Grace," makes a bit of room for the Christian narrative as ...


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