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Premazzi / Nasser Quartet: From What I Recall
by Angelo Leonardi
Dopo saltuarie collaborazioni durate un decennio, la pianista Simona Premazzi e il sassofonista Kyle Nasser hanno deciso tre anni fa di varare questo combo, completato con il contrabbassista Noah Garabedian e il batterista Jay Sawyer. Frequenti esibizioni nei club di New York City e alcuni tour hanno rafforzato la coesione del gruppo che pubblica ora il ...
Randy Napoleon: Waking Dream
by Pierre Giroux
In Waking Dream, guitarist Randy Napoleon has assembled a musical family whose shared history fosters a strong sense of cohesion, one that goes beyond the leader's skillful guitar work. Longtime collaborators bassist [[ {{m: Rodney Whitaker, pianist Rick Roe and drummer Quincy Davis form the rhythmic and harmonic foundation, while four additional guitarists , Luke Sittard, ...
Ringo Oiwake
Album: Identity
By AAPI Jazz Collective
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2025
Duration: 04:37
Peter Lin AAPI Jazz Collective: Identity
by Jack Bowers
Taiwanese-American trombonist Peter Lin formed the New York-based AAPI Jazz Collective in 2018 to amplify the voice of jazz musicians of Asian American and Pacific Island lineage. Identity, the group's debut album, confirms that those voices are essentially strong, clear and eloquent. AAPI's core quintet places Lin out front with alto saxophonist Erena ...
Premazzi / Nasser Quartet: From What I Recall
by Dan McClenaghan
Pianist Simona Premazzi began her journey in Italy, in a small town on the outskirts of Milano. She took her early musical education in her homeland and moved to New York in 2004. She made a name for herself there--no easy task. Her on-the-bandstand education includes stints with saxophonist Greg Osby and trumpeter Jeremy Pelt. She ...
Russell Haight: Go Forth
by Jack Bowers
Go Forth is exactly what saxophonist Russell Haight did after recording this tasteful album in July 2023, leaving the Dallas, Texas area where he had lived and worked for two decades, moving to New York City, the jazz capital of the world, to continue his musical journey among the elite in his profession. ...
Medler Sextet: River Paths
by Jack Bowers
There are two Medlers in the Portland, Oregon-based Medler Sextet--tenor saxophonist Michelle and bassist Ben--who together comprise the nucleus of a sturdy ensemble whose harmonious empathy and distinctive point of view should please most advocates of thought-based contemporary jazz. Having said that, it should be noted that the studio date's all-original composition makeup--five ...
Iacchus
Album: From What I Recall
By Premazzi / Nasser Quartet
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2025
Duration: 07:05
Philly Soul Strut
Album: River Paths
By Medler Sextet
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2025
Duration: 08:19
Ben Markley: Tell the Truth
by Jack Bowers
Ben Markley, who has already earned wide praise as a pianist, educator and leader of the Ben Markley Big Band, brandishes his sturdy composing and arranging chops on Tell the Truth, wherein he leads an able-bodied Colorado-based quintet through its paces on eight of his typically melodious and sunlit original compositions. According to ...
