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Michelle Nicolle & Larry Koonse: The Silent Wish

Read "The Silent Wish" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


In The Silent Wish, Australian vocalist Michelle Nicolle collaborates with American guitar virtuoso Larry Koonse in a duo setting that removes all excess, revealing the essence of musical conversation. This recording is both daring and intimate, as it marks Nicolle's entry into a new chapter of vocal exploration, driven by a desire to awaken her creative ...

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Eldad Tarmu: Silver On Aluminum

Read "Silver On Aluminum" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


Vibraphonist Eldad Tarmu has taken on a bold and inspired task in his recording Silver On Aluminum, a trio tribute to the indomitable Horace Silver. Silver, whose writing has always been identified by structural economy and soulful clarity, mainly penned his tunes for a quintet with hard-bop brass front lines and punchy rhythm sections. Tarmu, joined ...

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Mafalda Minnozzi: Riofonic

Read "Riofonic" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright


Singer Mafalda Minnozzi, who already had a solid recording career in Italy, went to Rio for a date in the late 1990s, stayed for a year, then decided to make it her home. Like many musical immigrants to that great city, she went to feel the salt air, to drink in the natural beauty and learn ...

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Terry Waldo: Treasury Volume 1

Read "Treasury Volume 1" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello


Simply stated, and without hyperbole, Terry Waldo is an American musical treasure. He's also a treasure purveyor. A protégé of and mentored by Eubie Blake, Waldo is a player, composer, arranger, author, podcaster, theatrical director, and the noted oracle for ragtime and early American popular music. With Treasury Volume 1 (the first of a three-volume set), ...

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Judy Wexler: No Wonder

Read "No Wonder" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


Judy Wexler's release No Wonder is a portrait in vocal jazz artistry, underscored by thoughtful arrangements from pianist and arranger Jeff Colella and a luminous supporting cast of Los Angeles A-list musicians including multi-instrumentalists Danny Janklow, and Bob Sheppard, trumpeter Jay Jennings guitarist Larry Koonse, bassist Gabe Davis and drummer Steve Hass. The ...

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Judy Wexler: No Wonder

Read "No Wonder" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Judy Wexler imbues every song she touches with a sense of realism, wonder and depth that's ever so rare. An inimitable artist, this celebrated singer adds volumes to each story she encounters, be it a post-millennial jazz tune, '60s counterculture anthem, glimmering Brazilian jewel or any number of other finds. In the case ...

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News: Performance / Tour

The 1881 Club In Pasadena Adds Vocal Jazz To Their Popular Jazz Nights

The 1881 Club In Pasadena Adds Vocal Jazz To Their Popular Jazz Nights

The 1881 Club in Pasadena is pleased to announce the addition of a new music series, Vocal Jazz nights, to their live jazz lineup on the first and third Saturdays of the month, beginning January 18, 2025. The 1881 Club is Pasadena's oldest continuously running cocktail bar, established long ago when Washington Boulevard was still an ...

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Eric Bell: Vulnerability

Read "Vulnerability" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


Eric Bell's debut album Vulnerability is an exploration of artistry, creativity and respect for jazz traditions. Accompanied by his regular partners bassist Cole Sainburg and drummer Nico Vasquez along with special guests guitarist Dean Anbar and tenor saxophonist Eric Hirschhorn, Bell delivers a compelling performance, balancing the weight of jazz history with an innovative spirit. The ...

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Jim Self & John Chiodini: Back into the Future

Read "Jim Self & John Chiodini: Back into the Future" reviewed by Doug Collette


The instrumental pairing of tuba master Jim Self and guitarist John Chiodini is an unlikely one to be sure, but the two veteran musicians have nurtured an equally uncommon chemistry. It is a musicianly dynamic so striking, in fact, that the two inspire not just each other, but the various other players to whom they extend ...

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Article: Album Review

Laila Biali: Wintersongs

Read "Wintersongs" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


Laila Biali is an award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist whose recording Wintersongs offers an immersive journey into the delicate beauty and serene power of winter all through the lens of her jazz and classical roots. With two exceptions, all tracks were composed by Biali in a cabin surrounded by snow-capped mountains in the heart of Canada's ...


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