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Trio Of Bloom

Label: Pyroclastic Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Nightwhistlers; Unreal Light; Breath; Queen King; Diana; Bloomers; Eye Shadow Eye; Why Canada; Forge; Bend It; Gone Bust;

Article: Year in Review

Every year, jazz reminds us of its vastness, and 2025 was no different. These recordings consistently graced Ben Boddie on Jazz, showcasing a blend of deep tradition and bold exploration. From grand ensemble pieces to intimate, personal recordings, the albums on this list capture the creativity, curiosity, and emotional depth that keep jazz moving. These are ...

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Nels Cline: Tales Of A Daunted Guitarist

by Lawrence Peryer
December 20, 2025

Most people know Nels Cline as Wilco's guitarist for the past two decades. But his range goes far beyond indie rock. He's spent forty-plus years moving between jazz clubs, punk venues, and studios where the rules get bent or thrown out entirely. Rolling Stone put him on their list of the top 100 guitarists of all ...

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Gregg Belisle-Chi: Slow Crawl: Performing the Music of Tim Berne

Read "Slow Crawl: Performing the Music of Tim Berne" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala

by Giuseppe Segala
December 15, 2025

Il rapporto di Gregg Belisle-Chi con la musica di Tim Berne è stretto. Ne avevamo conosciuto gli ampi legami nel primo volume dedicato alle composizioni del sassofonista, Koi: Performing the Music of Tim Berne, uscito nel 2021. Poi nella pubblicazione in duo di Mars e Zone One dell'anno successivo, e in quella di Yikes Too, edito ...

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Troy Dostert's Best Jazz Albums of 2025

by Troy Dostert
December 10, 2025

We were treated to another superb year of creative jazz and improvised music in 2025, with a broad range of projects seeking to extend the boundaries of jazz into and beyond other idioms. Chamber-adjacent outfits such as the Hemphill Stringtet and Patricia Brennan's latest ensemble blurred the border between jazz and contemporary classical music, while Miguel ...

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Don Ball’s Favorite Jazz Albums of 2025

by Don Ball
December 8, 2025

Whether these are best releases in 2025 or not, they are the ones that resonated most with me. And 2025 seemed a good year for guitarists; they were often a driving force on many of these recordings and an important element in the mood and atmosphere of the songs. There's Anthony Pirog on Skullcap's Snakes of ...

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Mike Jurkovic's Best Jazz Albums Of 2025

by Mike Jurkovic
December 2, 2025

Many things besides the demise of democracy got in the way of listening to everything, but these are the discs still in heavy rotation. Vijay Iyer Thereupon Pi Recordings Gonzalo RubalcabaFirst Meeting: Live at Dizzy's Club 5Passion Records

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Jack Kenny's Best Jazz Albums Of 2025

by Jack Kenny
November 30, 2025

A year is an arbitrary time. The list is chronological by how they came to me. The albums that still stand out are Bone Bells (Pyroclastic Records) by Sylvie Courvoisier and Mary Halvorson and the sheer professional expertise of Jed Levy Faces and Places (Self Produced). Both albums, in their different ways, exude creativity and joy. ...

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Saha Gnawa: Bacha Hamou

by Ludovico Granvassu
November 13, 2025

Even though Saha Gnawa is co-lead by Moroccan master musician Maâlem Abdellah Ben Jaafer--genuine Gnawa royalty--the project was actually born in Brooklyn, sparked by his collaboration with drummer Daniel Freedman and growing from late-night sessions into a full-fledged band. Their self-titled debut includes notable guests, among them Donny McCaslin and, on this track, “Bacha Hamou," Nels ...

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Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, Thomas Morgan, Trio of Bloom & Monk

by Maurice Hogue
October 14, 2025

There's a bit of a celebratory tilt to this episode of One Man's Jazz as Boston's Revolutionary Snake Ensemble led by saxophonist Ken Field hits the 35-year mark with the release of Serpentine, the Dutch powerhouse Spinifex marks its 20th year of originality with the upcoming Maximus, and the whole jazz world celebrates the October 10th ...