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Devil May Care

May 30, 2025

Album: Be Cool
By Nancy Kelly
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2025
Duration: 03:40

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Storyteller

April 8, 2025

Album: East by Midwest
By Charlie Ballantine
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2025
Duration: 03:55

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Charlie Ballantine: East by Midwest

Read "East by Midwest" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
April 7, 2025

A bracing guitar/bass/drums trio outing from guitarist Charlie Ballantine, East By Midwest, sounds as if it was recorded in a large, high-ceilinged warehouse with a cement floor, that floor buffed into the next dimension to a high polish, this giving the music a beautiful resonance. Retro? Think Link Wray or Dick Dale and The Deltones. Modernistic? ...

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Ben Patterson Jazz Orchestra: Mad Scientist Music

Read "Mad Scientist Music" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
April 7, 2025

Trombonist Ben Patterson's high-powered Jazz Orchestra from the Washington, D.C. area returns virtually intact from 2024's well-received Groove Junkies (Origin Records) with another bold and hard-hitting session that is all but guaranteed to please anyone whose musical antenna leans toward fresh and exciting big-band jazz. Its title, Mad Scientist Music, coined by Harry Schnipper, owner of ...

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Incerteza

April 7, 2025

Album: Odyssey Mixtape
By José Luiz Martins
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2025
Duration: 08:04

Article: Album Review

Dave Hanson: Blues Sky

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by Dan McClenaghan
March 25, 2025

Pianist Dave Hanson opens his Blue Sky with a joyful barnburner, “Two Masters," a tip of the hat to Bill Evans and Chick Corea, two of the biggest names in piano jazz. Hanson is probably best known for his work as composer-arranger and co-leader of Denver's H2 Big Band, but he pares things down on his ...

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Eric Jacobson: Heading Home

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by Jack Bowers
March 23, 2025

There is a sensible piece of advice known to every baseball batter that has been taken to heart by Milwaukee-based trumpeter Eric Jacobson's concerning his hard-hitting quintet: come out swinging. Which is precisely what happens on Heading Home, Jacobson's second (or perhaps third) recording as leader of his own ensemble, whose opening number, “Survival," proves beyond ...