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Article: Year in Review

Ludovico Granvassu's Garden of Jazzy Delights 2024

by Ludovico Granvassu
December 31, 2024

Have you noticed how many “best of the year" listicles start with an apologetic preamble ("these are not necessarily 'the best albums of the year' but 'my favorites';" “it's all subjective;" “tomorrow I might have chosen different titles;" “I could only select ten albums" etc.)? Those disclaimers channel the writer's discomfort of having to summarize a ...

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7th Ave South

By Jon Gordon

Label: ArtistShare
Released: 2024
Track listing: Witness; 7th Ave South; Ponder This; Paradox; Here, There and Everywhere; Ed's Groove; Visit; Intro; Spark; 7th Ave South (reprise).

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Where We Begin

By Alex Kautz

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Chorinho; Bebe; Mira Eso; Within; Milonga Gris; A Ostra e o Vento; Mamulengo; Elvin da Bahia.

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Creole Orchestra Featuring René Marie

By Etienne Charles

Label: Culture Shock Music
Released: 2024
Track listing: Old School; Poison; Think Twice; I Wanna Be Evil; Holy City; Ten to One Is Murder; Centerpiece; Douens; A Shade of Jade; Colorado River Song; Stompin' at the Savoy; Take My Breath Wway; Night Train.

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DAY

By Rudy Royston

Label: Greenleaf Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Morning; Five-Thirty Strut; Thank You For this Day; Limeni Village; Look to the Hills; The Mokes; Five-Thirty Strut; Missing You; Keep It Moving; It's Time To Sleep; A.M. Hours.

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Algures

By Gili Lopes

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Atalya; De Longe; Infant Eyes; Yali: The Fortress; Famara; Outubro; Barrinha. Personnel: Vinicius Gomes: guitar; Helio Alves: piano; Gili Lopes: double bass; Ari Hoenig: drums' Rogerio Boccato: percussion

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Up High, Down Low

By Alan Ferber

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: In Hindsight.

Article: Album Review

Jon Gordon: 7th Ave South

Read "7th Ave South" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
November 29, 2024

Some of life's moments, even when buried in the past, remain almost as fresh and memorable as today's. Such is alto saxophonist Jon Gordon's memory of his first visit to New York City's then-jazz center, Greenwich Village's 7th Avenue South, which was “the first place [he] ever heard live jazz in New York." That was in ...

Article: Building a Jazz Library

Saxophone Meets Guitar: The Dynamic Duo of Jazz

by Robert Middleton
September 11, 2024

Imagine a smoky jazz club where the deep, soulful wail of a saxophone weaves effortlessly with the nimble, melodic lines of a guitar. This rare instrumental combination is a hidden gem in the world of jazz that deserves more attention. Jazz is not just a genre--it is a universe with galaxies of swing, bebop, ...