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Article: Multiple Reviews

Jazz, Gnu and New: ECM Reissues To Excite Vinyl Fans

Read "Jazz, Gnu and New: ECM Reissues To Excite Vinyl Fans" reviewed by Joshua Weiner


ECM's “Luminessence" series pays tribute to the impressive legacy of Manfred Eicher's label, founded in Germany in 1969. Several of its most historic and beloved releases are being reissued on audiophile vinyl cut from the original analog tapes (or, in the case of more recent albums, from high-resolution digital masters) and presented in heavy gatefold sleeves ...

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Hackney Diamonds

Label: Rolling Stones Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: CD1: Angry; Get Close; Depending On You; Bite My Head Off; Whole Wide World; Dreamy Skies; Mess It Up; Live By the Sword; Driving Me Too Hard; Tell Me Straight; Sweet Sounds of Heaven; Rolling Stone Blues. CD2 – Live at Racket, NYC: Shattered; Angry; Whole Wide World; Bite My Head Off; Jumpin’ Jack Flash; Sweet Sounds of Heaven.

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Article: Album Review

Howard University Jazz Ensemble 2024: A Return to Glory

Read "A Return to Glory" reviewed by Jack Bowers


The Howard University Jazz Ensemble celebrates its golden anniversary in 2024 with the release of its annual studio recording, A Return to Glory, dedicated this year to Howard alumnus Chadwick Boseman, an acclaimed actor best known for his starring role in the film Black Panther and his masterful film portrayals of baseball star Jackie Robinson and ...

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Article: Album Review

Joe Syrian Motor City Jazz Octet: Secret Message

Read "Secret Message" reviewed by Jack Bowers


No fuss, no frills here, simply forty-seven or so minutes of generally bright and engaging straight-ahead jazz, stylishly performed by drummer Joe Syrian's admirable Detroit-based octet. This is music the group plays often, blending standards from the Great American Songbook with more recent themes by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, Leon Russell and others. ...

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Article: Album Review

Suzanne Pittson: Emerge Dancing

Read "Emerge Dancing" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello


Emerge Dancing is a fascinatingly intriguing album from New York vocalist (and pianist/composer) Suzanne Pittson and her husband, pianist Jeff Pittson. Primarily a duo album, the pair is joined on a trio of tracks by their son, violist Evan Pittson. Team Pittson has delivered a buffet of jazz, pop, rare-find and well-known standard fare that emerges ...

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Article: Book Review

Living The Beatles Legend: The Untold Story Of Mal Evans

Read "Living The Beatles Legend: The Untold Story Of Mal Evans" reviewed by Doug Collette


Living The Beatles Legend: The Untold Story of Mal Evans Kenneth Womack 592 Pages ISBN: #978-0063248526 Dey Street Books2023 Kenneth Womack covers a tremendous amount of ground in writing The Untold Story of Mal Evans. Granted, Living The Beatles Legend runs nearly six-hundred pages including scrupulous footnotes as well ...

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Article: Album Review

Todd Mosby: Land of Enchantment

Read "Land of Enchantment" reviewed by Jack Bowers


As Land of Enchantment is New Mexico's state motto, it is not hard to ascertain the motive behind Missouri-bred guitarist Todd Mosby's latest album. As for its target, that would seem to be the light or smooth jazz market, as there is an abundance of rhythmic flow but a lack of what could be considered improvisational ...

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Article: Album Review

Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Borrowed Roses

Read "Borrowed Roses" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


While many men and women approach their sixtieth birthday with visions of retirement, pianist and iconoclast Gonzalo Rubalcaba, with his perceptive ear for folk dance and dense improvisation, moves as far as possible from the idea of retirement and attains another peak of perfection on Borrowed Roses. Unlike his previous head-turning, stylistic solo recordings--the ...

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Article: Album Review

Joshua Espinoza: Songs From Yesterday

Read "Songs From Yesterday" reviewed by Neil Duggan


The period of reflection afforded by the pandemic continues to provide fertile ground for musical expression. For pianist Joshua Espinoza, it gave him time to reflect on childhood and his early musical memories. This eventually evolved into his second album, Songs of Yesterday. This follows on from his first release, Journey Into Night (Self-produced, 2019).

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Article: Live Review

Brad Mehldau Live at The Falcon

Read "Brad Mehldau Live at The Falcon" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


Brad Mehldau The Falcon Marlboro, NY August 28, 2023 Twenty four hours after a raucous, spirit raising performance by South African pianist Nduduzo Makhathini and his trio mates, drummer Francisco Mela and bassist Zwelakhe-Duma Bell le Pere the evening began quietly like a haiku. Brad Mehldau thanked his Hudson Valley neighbors, ...


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