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Don Was & the Pan-Detroit Ensemble: Nubian Lady

by Ludovico Granvassu
November 12, 2025

Don Was' Groove in the Face of Adversity (Mack Avenue Records) is both a celebration of friendship and positivity in challenging times, and a heartfelt love letter to his hometown. Sneaking out from behind the Blue Note presidential desk for a moment, Was slips back behind the upright bass to shine a light on Detroit's vibrant--yet ...

Article: Album Review

Yellowjackets: Fasten Up

Read "Fasten Up" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
May 5, 2025

Since their auspicious debut in 1981, the Yellowjackets have stood as both standard bearers and restless innovators of the jazz fusion movement. The group is anchored by founding pianist and keyboardist Russell Ferrante, long-time collaborators drummer Will Kennedy and saxophonist Bob Mintzer and, the most recent addition (for nearly a decade), bassist Dane Alderson. With their ...

Article: Year in Review

I Dischi del 2024 secondo Ludovico Granvassu

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 2, 2025

Spesso molti articoli sulle “migliori uscite dell'anno" iniziano con una premessa quasi apologetica ("questi non sono necessariamente 'i migliori album dell'anno,' ma 'i miei preferiti';" “è tutto soggettivo;" “domani avrei scelto titoli diversi;" “ho potuto selezionare solo dieci album," ecc.)? Queste dichiarazioni sembrano riflettere il disagio del redattore, costretto a riassumere un vasto ecosistema artistico selezionando ...

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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Embracing Dawn

By Christian Sands

Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Good Morning Heartache; Divergent Journeys; Ain't That the Same; Thought Bubbles I (Can We Talk?); Serenade of an Angel; MMC; Thought Bubbles II (Do Not Disturb); Braises de Requiem I (The Embers Requiem, Mov. I); Embracing Dawn.

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Complex Emotions

By Reid Anderson

Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Grid/Ocean; French Horns; Casa Ben; Carrier; Cupcakes One; Tyrone’s Flamingo; Deep Water Sharks; Li Po.

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Vibe Provider

By Emmet Cohen

Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Lion Song; Surrey With the Fringe on Top; Vibe Provider; Unblock the Love; Henei Ma Tov; If This Isn’t Love; Everlasting; Time on My Hands; Emmet’s Blues.

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But Who's Gonna Play The Melody?

By Christian McBride

Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Green Slime; Barnyard Disturbance; Bebop, of Course; Bass Duo #1; Solar; Canon; Philly Slop; Interlude #1; FRB 2DB; Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered; Bass Duo #2; Lullaby for a Ladybug; Days of Wine and Roses; Interlude #2; Tennessee Blues.

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City Lights: The Oscar Peterson Quartet – Live in Munich, 1994

By Oscar Peterson

Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: There Will Never Be Another You; The Gentle Waltz; Kelly's Blues; Love Ballade; City Lights; You Look Good To Me; Samba Petite; Satin Doll; Nighttime.

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Fly

By Michael Mayo

Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Bag of Bones; Just Friends; I Wish; Silence; Fly (feat. Scott Mayo & Valerie Pinkston); I Didn't Know What Time It Was; Frenzy; It Could Happen to You; Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most; Four; Speak No Evil.