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With “an individual tone sounding much older than his years, and a penchant for rugged melodies” (JazzTimes), alto saxophonist Nick Mazzarella is one of the critical figures of Chicago's creative music vanguard. Over the last twenty-five years, he has made an aesthetically unique contribution grounded in rigorous craftsmanship to the city’s historic culture of jazz and improvised music. He “is one of the most versatile musicians on the scene, equally adept at riding a stout groove, delineating a potent melody, or generating powerful free improvisations; [through the] lyricism that lies at the heart of Mazzarella's playing, even at his most bracing moments, there is a pathway into an emotional register which makes his music consistently compelling” (All About Jazz). By “covering a breadth of stylistic terrain” and presenting his “uncompromising vision with grace and precision” (Corbett vs. Dempsey), he has forged an independent voice, championing form, legibility, and intuition over conceptual frameworks.
Siena Sessions
Label: Corbett vs. Dempsey
Released: 2026
Track listing: Echi Senesi (Sienese Echoes); Anima I; Piazza Del Campo; Anima II; Sacred Soil; The Peregrine; Anima III; Last Light;
Nevertheless.
Keep Moving (Home)
By Brian Citro
Label: Calligram Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Stay Where You Feel; The Take Down; For You 470; Keep Moving (Home); Find Some Strength; Risks &
Opportunities; Rolling Down, Back Up; Prelude to Restraint; Restraint; From Hudson; Consternation; Bloom in
Gloom; Trains of Thought; Take Your Time.
Nick Mazzarella: Siena Sessions
by Troy Dostert
With a fruitful partnership extending back to 2016, Chicago mainstay Nick Mazzarella has played in a variety of contexts with bassist Silvia Bolognesi and drummer Cristiano Calcagnile, but they chose Italy for their first recorded encounter. Mazzarella's tart alto saxophone seems particularly energized by the change of scenery, and his obvious chemistry with his superb partners ...
Brian Citro: Keep Moving (Home)
by Jack Bowers
The sound of Brian Citro's mellow guitar introduces “Stay Where You Feel," the first of his 14 original compositions on Keep Moving (Home), most of which began life as pieces for solo guitar and were revised by Citro to suit a quartet format. Citro's teammates on this generally pleasing yet largely anodyne session are ...
Jungle Duke
Label: Caligola Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: The Mooche I; Black and Tan Fantasy; Impro n.1 - The Plunger; Half the Fun; Such Sweet Thunder;
Ko-Ko; Impro n.1 - Freedom of Expression; East St. Louis Toodle-Oo; The Mooche II; Impro n.3 - Listen
to Music; Creole Love Call; Chicago Stomp Down; Diga Diga Doo; The Mooche III.
Sylvia Bolognesi: Jungle Duke
by Glenn Astarita
Silvia Bolognesi, the accomplished Italian double bassist with deep roots in Siena Jazz and Chicago's improvisational scene, leads a dynamic septet through her album, Jungle Duke. This recording offers a spirited and highly successful reworking of Duke Ellington's iconic 1920s “Jungle" era classics, celebrating the centennial of those innovations and the 50th anniversary of the composer's ...
The Hemphill Stringtet: The Hemphill Stringtet Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill
by Troy Dostert
One of the most multifaceted saxophonists to come out of the 1970s-80s jazz avant-garde, Julius Hemphill exuded both fervid power and delicate sensitivity, always with an underpinning of swing to help anchor him within the jazz tradition. While his iconic releases like Dogon A.D. (Mbari, 1972) and Flat-Out Jump Suite (Black Saint, 1980) are rightly considered ...
Silvia Bolognesi: Jungle Duke
by Neri Pollastri
Nel suo inesausto lavoro creativo, che affianca l'ancor più energica attività di strumentista, Silvia Bolognesi intreccia costantemente e virtuosamente l'antico e il moderno, le sue due “patrie"--la natia Siena e l'adottiva Chicago--e i musicisti con i quali condivide il percorso, talvolta da molti anni attraverso mille collaborazioni, talaltra da poco tempo, perché incontrati nelle aule di ...
Since Time is Gravity
Label: Eremite Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Moontide Chorus, Is, Murmuration, Wane, Stigmergy, Immemorial, Wax, Gravity
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