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Graham Parker: Sparks Keep Flying!

by Doug Collette
April 13, 2019

It can be brave or foolish (perhaps even a combination of both) for any artist to revisit one of their seminal works as Graham Parker has done here. But the illuminating view he's offered of this music, taken from two markedly different perspectives, reaffirms just how provocative is the material and, in turn, how inspiring it ...

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Introducing Reel to Real Records

by Jakob Baekgaard
April 9, 2019

As the driving force behind the Cellar Live label, saxophonist Cory Weeds has been busy doing his share to promote contemporary jazz, so it comes as a pleasant surprise that he has found the time to start the archive label Reel to Real. Unlike reissues that are sometimes lost treasures that are found again, an archive ...

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I nuovi progetti di Miho Hazama

by Angelo Leonardi
April 8, 2019

È da mezzo secolo, ovvero dai tempi Toshiko Akiyoshi, che dal Giappone non emergeva una bandleader così talentuosa. A soli 33 anni Miho brucia letteralmente le tappe: presenta il terzo disco a capo del suo collettivo M_Unit Dancer in Nowhere e, quasi in contemporanea e sempre per la Sunnyside Records, la sua personale rilettura dei classici ...

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Voices Without Words

by Geno Thackara
April 6, 2019

It's all too easy to forget the voice as an instrument in itself--arguably the most expressive one we have, especially if these examples are any indication. Here we have two offerings to remind us what mind-bending possibilities it can offer. Ikarus Mosaismic Ronin Rhythm Records 2019 A good ...

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Losen Records in for a strong 2019

by Friedrich Kunzmann
April 4, 2019

There's a new stirring in Norway's current jazz scene. At the center of this new orbit lies Losen Records, a label established in 2010 by Odd Gjelsnes--the man who's also in charge of the 1997 founded jazz and classical music distribution company MusikkLosen . Contrary to the cinematically and atmospherically textured sound one has come to ...

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CTI on BGO, Part 2

by Jakob Baekgaard
April 3, 2019

2018 proved to be a very good year for reissues of CTI-albums on the British label, BGO. They stepped up with an abundance of albums from the likes of guitarist Jim Hall, saxophonist Stanley Turrentine and flautist Hubert Laws (you can read about them here). So far, 2019 also looks promising and kicks off with releases ...

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3x3: Piano Trios, vol. IV

by Geno Thackara
March 9, 2019

Yonathan Avishai Joys and Solitudes ECM Records 2019 Though Yonathan Avishai isn't exactly in solitude on his debut as leader, half the recording is well suited to quiet times away from the world, or perhaps being enjoyed with minimal company—the trio at hand is comfortable with silence as any ECM ensemble ...

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Matthew Shipp Announces Presidential Campaign

by Mark Corroto
March 8, 2019

I like to think about Matthew Shipp's music in the same light as that of Eric Dolphy and Charlie Parker. If both artists, Bird and Dolphy, had the level of support from critics and listeners that they currently command while they were still alive, the pair would have been wealthy. Okay, that plus honest record companies ...

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Il debutto di Abelita Mateus: Vivenda - Mixed Feelings

by Angelo Leonardi
February 27, 2019

È un debutto significativo questo di Abelita Mateus, giovane pianista e cantante brasiliana residente a New York dal 2012, che arricchisce la fervida tradizione di musicisti carioca attivi negli Stati Uniti. Il suo recente album Mixed Feelings e il precedente Vivenda offrono piena misura delle sue doti vocali e strumentali. Accompagnata da musicisti di ...

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The Sound Of Progress: Lioness And Ellen Rowe

by Dan Bilawsky
February 21, 2019

The voices of women who've been marginalized, demeaned, abused, and overlooked will no longer be silenced. The #MeToo and #TimesUp movements have pulled the curtains back on deplorable actions and practices that have run rampant in all corners of society, the jazz world being no exception. With scandals airing out hidden truths at the Berklee College ...