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Yellowjackets: Fasten Up

Read "Fasten Up" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


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 ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Nels Cline: The Shape of Sound

Read "Nels Cline: The Shape of Sound" reviewed by Leo Sidran


For nearly two decades, Nels Cline has been best known as the mercurial, shape-shifting guitarist of Wilco, a role that has introduced his name to legions of fans and placed him at the center of a beloved and influential American band. But to reduce Cline's career to his work with Wilco would be to miss the ...

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Chick Corea, Christian McBride and Brian Blade: Triology 3

Read "Triology 3" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


The gift that graciously and selflessly keeps on giving, Chick Corea, Christian McBride and Brian Blade, known far and wide by both young and old as Trilogy, comes to life once more on Triology 3. Cut short by that global pandemic the world still cannot shake, these gloriously effusive live performances are gathered from the ...

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Article: Live Review

The Bad Plus at Bop Stop

Read "The Bad Plus at Bop Stop" reviewed by John Chacona


The Bad PlusBOP STOP at the Music SettlementCleveland, OHFebruary 7, 2025 Teachers of jazz--the good ones, at least--emphasize the importance of finding an individual sound. That goes for ensembles, too, and at their Friday appearance at Cleveland's Bop Stop, The Bad Plus demonstrated how, even with a radical overhauling of personnel ...

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

Read "City Lights: The Oscar Peterson Quartet – Live in Munich, 1994" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


The first big challenge presented by the latest grand release from the Oscar Peterson archives, City Lights: The Oscar Peterson Quartet--Live in Munich, 1994 is how not to spontaneously burst into dance, either with yourself or some total stranger who happens to be within five miles of earshot of the ecstatic opener, “There Will Never Be ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Christian McBride: Jazz Notes from the Engine Room

Read "Christian McBride: Jazz Notes from the Engine Room" reviewed by Lawrence Peryer


Today, the Spotlight shines On Christian McBride, a musician, recording artist, prolific composer, arranger, producer, cultural curator, dedicated educator, and mentor.Christian has been called the hardest-working person in jazz and the above list might be underselling it. From his early days in Philadelphia soaking up the sounds of Philly Soul to sharing stages with ...

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The Bad Plus: Complex Emotions

Read "Complex Emotions" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


For those out there who may have inadvertently thought The Bad Plus had nothing major left to say after two-plus decades of saying major things, guess again. Because Complex Emotions--their sixteenth statement of purpose--doubles down and ups a hundred. Proof positive is how guitarist Ben Monder's valedictory “LiPo"--equal parts biblical wind and prairie sandstorm--sleigh ...

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Aaron Parks: Little Big III

Read "Little Big III" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


Listening to the ever-evolving mind and music of pianist Aaron Parks reveals a sizable rock and roll streak running through it all. His impulsive 2008 solo nod on Blue Note Records, Invisible Cinema, carried indy rock energy. And it is a good bet that if one digs into his work with Terrence Blanchard--four albums from 2003 ...

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Dave Edmunds: Swan Songs: The Singles 1976-1981

Read "Swan Songs: The Singles 1976-1981" reviewed by Doug Collette


Extended as is Joe Marchese's essay in the twelve-page booklet enclosed with Swan Songs, it is nonetheless as breezy and free-flowing as the content spread across the two compact discs. Consisting of cuts originally issued 45-rpm singles on the label imprimatur of Led Zeppelin (referenced in the main title of the package), the cumulative impact of ...

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Christian Sands: Embracing Dawn

Read "Embracing Dawn" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


Way back in the mottled history of the 1950s and '60s, record biz guys in sharkskin might kick down a DJ's door and bark: “You gotta to hear this single!" But who truly listens to and what exactly is a single these days? Add in the disturbing though elusive truth that any single can ...


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