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Album

Why Not

Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: Kind Folk; Capricorn Lady; Break; #14; Landmarks; Future Self; Motian Sickness; Glimmer; Waiting For The Open Door; Silence.

Album

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: Joy Ride; I'd Do It For Your Love; Follower; Minnesota, WI; Be Still, My Soul; Fortress; Solsbury Hill; En Route; The Times They Are A-Changin; Hymn.

Article: Year in Review

Dan Bilawsky's Best Releases of 2018

by Dan Bilawsky
November 30, 2018

Every little bit of the year 2018 will soon take form as memory--first recent, then distant--but the fine music gifted to us in those twelve months will be forever present, living on in ears, hearts and minds. I had the pleasure of hearing north of 400 albums this past year, and I had the privilege of ...

Article: Album Review

Kind Folk: Why Not

by Dan Bilawsky
September 26, 2018

Back in 2014, trumpeter John Raymond, alto saxophonist Alex LoRe, bassist Noam Wiesenberg, and drummer Colin Stranahan gathered in a tiny apartment in Brooklyn to test out their chemistry and let the music flow. Four years later, after some more sporadic get-togethers and a bump or two in the road, we have their debut.

Article: Album Review

Orrin Evans: Presence

Read "Presence" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
September 26, 2018

You have to wonder how many outlets a restless creative like hard bopping pianist Orrin Evans needs to fully express himself. Twenty-five or so albums into a legacy that finds him as the newest member of The Bad Plus after years of riffing and ripping it up with The Mingus Big Band, experimenting with soul/jazz Luv ...

Article: Catching Up With

Gilad Hekselman: New music on the Horizon

by Friedrich Kunzmann
March 6, 2018

Native Israeli and New York-based Gilad Hekselman has established himself amongst today's leading pioneers of jazz-guitar and is constantly in high demand -here, there and just about everywhere. This time around it was Hungarian saxophonist Kristof Bacso, who invited Hekselman to enhance his trio, taking on the role Lionel Loueke had played on Bacso's latest album ...

Article: Album Review

John Raymond & Real Feels: Joy Ride

Read "Joy Ride" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
January 11, 2018

There's something to be said for the centered and warm sound qualities born of a flugelhorn fronting a bass-less trio. Even when John Raymond ratchets up the intensity on his original compositions--the choppy title track in five, the circuitous “Follower"--there's a sense of sonic evenhandedness reflecting both the instrument's depth of character and the artist's depth ...

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John Raymond & Real Feels

By John Raymond

Label: Shifting Paradigm Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Thaddeus; I'll Fly Away; Amazing Grace Intro; Amazing Grace; Atoms for Peace; Donna Lee; Scarborough Fair; Blues for C.M.; This Land Is Your Land; Blackbird.

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Real Feels - Live Vol. 1

By John Raymond

Label: Shifting Paradigm Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: I'll Fly Away; Yesterday; Atoms For Peace; Amazing Grace; This Land Is Your Land; Minor Silverstein.

Article: Album Review

John Raymond & Real Feels: Real Feels - Live Vol. 1

Read "Real Feels - Live Vol. 1" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
December 13, 2016

Trumpeter John Raymond's Real Feels trio with guitarist Gilad Hekselman and drummer Colin Stranahan earned praise for the titular studio release earlier in 2016 with its fresh and modernist take on classics pop tunes and beloved hymns. They took that vibe to the streets in numerous gigs and venues capturing the magic from two dates in ...