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The Sun Rises Again on Strata-East Records
by Joshua Weiner
Fans of classic post-bop, avant-garde, and spiritual jazz rejoiced at the news of Mack Avenue Music Group's partnership with Strata-East Records, a pioneering independent label founded in 1971 by trumpeter Charles Tolliver and pianist Stanley Cowell. Many Strata-East releases are being reissued on CDs, deluxe all-analogue vinyl LP packages, and digitally through streaming services, many for ...
Three Short Trips with Torben Westergaard
by Geno Thackara
Insert cliche here about how good things can come in small packages. While the world continues insistently churning with digital chatter and ADHD, Torben Westergaard has been leaning toward the simple and concise with a string of snack-sized (yet wildly eclectic) EPs. If you know the bassist's history or personality, though, you can guess that this ...
ECM Records: Austerity as Aesthetic
by Doug Collette
ECM Records may boast the most readily-recognizable style of any record label extant, jazz-wise or otherwise. And the austere aesthetic of the label, as originated by founder Manfred Eicher in 1969, remains consistent (predictable?) to this day, not just in terms of the music but in the packaging too: slipcases enclosing jewel boxes belie inserts including ...
Tom Teasley's Duo of Duos
by Geno Thackara
Tom Teasley Lunch Break (featuring Dave Ballou) Self Produced 2025 Considering that there's such a thing as talking drums, it is no surprise to hear how they can also whisper or sing or shout--at least in a skilled pair of hands, which is exactly what we have here. With a well-rounded ...
Celia Cruz: La Reina y Su Corte
by Richard J Salvucci
However complicated “Latin Jazz" may seem--ethnically, rhythmically, politically, culturally--guess again. It is more so. Even the term “Latin" irritates some players, notably Arturo Sandoval, who has the chops, the cred, and the ethnicity to be irritated. Because, Latin, he says, is heard only in Church. Well, Sandoval is at least half right, but for the wrong ...
Satoko Fujii: Endlessly Challenging
by Doug Collette
One of contemporary jazz music's most prolific artists, pianist/composer/bandleader Satoko Fujii refuses to repeat herself except with a purpose. While she is never reticent to embark on novel adventures in composing, playing, arranging and recording, she is likewise hardly averse to revisiting previous collaborations in search of fresh inspiration in the context of the familiar. Devotees ...
François Couturier / Dominique Pifarély and Bob Bralove / Patti Weiss: Intimacy Writ Large
by Doug Collette
The intimacy of a given musical setting does not necessarily translate to accessibility. And duo performances can be among the most thought-provoking of any instrumental combination, revealing not only the fundamental difficulty of not just playing music with skill, but doing so via interaction with other musicians. Besides that particular enlightenment, these coincidental releases further illuminate ...
Another Timbre Changes
by John Eyles
In various ways the three recordings below are very different from one another and may surprise some listeners who think they know what to expect from the Another Timbre label. It is worth remembering that the label was originally set up by Simon Reynell as an outlet for improvising players such as John Butcher, Phil Minton, ...
Five Worthwhile Releases From Early 2025
by Jerome Wilson
These are short reviews of several albums released during the first months of 2025. Pablo Tarantino Charnia PKmusik 2024 Drummer Pablo Tarantino is originally from Argentina but currently resides in Germany. The music on his debut CD moves with the slow grace and spacious beauty of some ...
Yosef Gutman Levitt's Joy in Collaboration
by Geno Thackara
Maybe Yosef Gutman Levitt just never needs to sleep. Amidst the demands of life and family, the worldly bassist somehow consistently manages to produce three or four albums a year, largely of original material, and each distinct enough that it never seems to be coasting on a formula. It also helps to have a globe-spanning cast ...
