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Take Five with Oli Astral

by AAJ Staff
Meet Oli Astral The musical universe of Montreal-Canadian guitarist Oli Astral (Olivier Grenier-Bédard) is a fusion between the sound of modern jazz guitar, digital music technology, and visual projection. At 32, Oli Astral embarked on the adventure of From the Astral (2022), his first album as a leader. The latter is an active member of the ...
Unhinging and Swinging Mythology at the Opera

by Josef Woodard
Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding Broad Stage Southern California premiere of opera ...(Iphigenia) Santa Monica, CA February 19, 2022 When last I interviewed Wayne Shorter, in his panoramic view-endowed Hollywood Hills home, the ostensible primary subject was his then-new and ambitious three-disc-plus-graphic-novel project, Emanon. But his ever active, creatively restless ...
Dave Stryker: As We Are

by Kyle Simpler
Pat Metheny has a section of his website entitled Pat Recommends," where he discusses jazz guitarists whom he believes are making the best music of their careers" on their recent recordings. Dave Stryker is one of the musicians Metheny mentions, and this is certainly an accurate assessment. Dave Stryker has established himself as one of the ...
Doug Hall's Best Recordings Of 2021

by Doug Hall
To echo the converging sentiments and high-fives" for a slew of extraordinary releases under a continued full-frontal assault of Covid Revenge part 2, there is a lot to embrace. I found myself sweeping though streaming releases and recordings of a vast variety of jazz genre. Seeing new faces and old and making discoveries. Such a wide ...
2021: The Year in Jazz

by Ken Franckling
The jazz world continued grappling and adjusting in year two of the COVID-19 pandemic. International Jazz Day again went virtual for the most part. Singer Tony Bennett put the final stamp on his touring--and likely recording--career after his Alzheimer's disclosure. Trumpeter Irvin Mayfield was headed to federal prison. The National Endowment for the Arts welcomed four ...
The Pyramid Factor

By Shawn Glyde
Label: Blue Canoe Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Jacket Statement; Sticks Out; Tony’s Temple; Gong’s Market; Blind, Down In It; Future Artist; Nine
Steps; The Odd Temple; Blur; Art Room; Wee Pop
The Jazz All Stars Volume 1

Label: Le Coq Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: There For Flotus; Tu Were Nui; Log Jammin; There You Go; Afro Blue; Caravan; Rockin and Rhythm; Avalon.
Live!

By Chick Corea
Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2021
Track listing: Disc 1: Morning Sprite; Japanese Waltz; That Old Feeling; In a Sentimental Mood; Rhumba
Flamenco;
Summer Night; Humpty Dumpty.
Disc 2: On Green Dolphin Street; Eternal Child; You and the Night and the Music; Monk’s Mood;
Humpty Dumpty (Set 2); You’re Everything (featuring Gayle Moran Corea).
PURPLE REFLECTION

By Nery Kim
Label: Nery Music
Released: 2021
Track listing: 1. Love Poem (戀歌)
2. Luna
3. Purple Reflection
4. BD
5. Merveille
6. Mikyren
7. Falling Blossoms (落花)
8. Aster
As We Are

By Dave Stryker
Label: Strikezone Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Overture; Lanes; River Man; Hope; Saudade; One Thing At A Time; As We Were; Dreams Are Real; Soul Friend.