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Philip Dizack

Philip Dizack, born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, started trying to play music at the age of 10. After two failed attempts at the alto saxophone and trombone, Dizack knew the trumpet was for him. Raised by his mother and father, neither of which were musicians; Dizacks teachings were from recordings. Falling in love with Miles Davis' 'Just Squeeze Me', Dizack was introduced to the World of Jazz. Through the next few years, Dizack was inspired by the playing of Miles Davis, Nicholas Payton, Lee Morgan and Louis Armstrong. By the time he hit high school, his path in life was clear. Trumpet. Philip Dizack graduated from the renowned Milwaukee High School of the Arts in 2003

The Art Of Conversation

By Leo Sidran

Label: Nardis Music
Released: 2021
Track listing: Row On; The Art Of Conversation; Trying Times; Georgette; Song For A Sucker Like You.

Human

By Shai Maestro

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Time; Mystery And Illusions; Human; GG; The Thief’s Dream; Hank And Charlie; Compassion; Prayer; They Went To War; In A Sentimental Mood; Ima (For Talma Maestro).

The return of Joe Chambers and more

by Bob Osborne
March 11, 2021

Great new albums on this edition with Joe Chambers back at Blue Note and in fine form. There is also the progressive jazz of Francesca Remigi, new sounds from Diego Rivera on Posi-tone, Lisa Hilton with a stunning trio, cutting edge music from Argentina courtesy of Nacho Szulga, and, the sophomore outing on ECM from Shai ...

Shai Maestro: Human

by Mike Jurkovic
February 17, 2021

That pianist Shai Maestro dreams music is an understatement: With an intense romanticist's heart, he also plays in said dream state. And it is re-affirming to know that, after the hellish year the world has been dragged kicking through, that we can all dream too. Human dreams broadly with sunrises, sunsets and all the ...

Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly of Shadows: Assembly of Shadows

by Angelo Leonardi
September 22, 2020

Dopo aver debuttato in veste di leader nel 2019 con il ricercato album Light as a World (un sestetto con, tra gli altri, Aaron Parks e Walter Smith III) il 33enne sassofonista e compositore d'origini californiane, presenta un ambizioso progetto orchestrale comprendente la suite “Assembly of Shadows," un'altra sua composizione ("Strata") e una riscrittura di “Honeymooners" ...

Philip Dizack: If Our Perspective Is Right Then We’re Always in Complete Humility

by Leo Sidran
September 21, 2020

Trumpeter Philip Dizack (named by Downbeat Magazine as “[one of twenty-five] Trumpet Players for the Future") on how he thinks about playing, teaching ("preparing for teaching is the most helpful thing that I've ever done for myself"), practicing ("the more specific your questions are, the more specific your answers will become"), potential ("I hear so far ...

Noam Wiesenberg: Roads Diverge

by Neri Pollastri
January 28, 2020

Il giovane contrabbassista israeliano Noam Wiesenber, ormai da dieci anni residente negli States, giunge qui al suo esordio da leader e lo fa con un album di composizioni originali (con la sola eccezione del brano di chiusura), alla testa di un classico quintetto al centro del quale spicca il pianista Shai Maestro, un connazionale che ha ...

Assembly of Shadows

By Remy Le Boeuf

Label: Soundspore Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Strata; Honeymooners; Assembly of Shadows Suite: I. Introduction; II. Assembly of Shadows; III. Shapeless Dancer; IV. Transfiguration; V. Light Through the Leaves.

Michael Leonhart: Surfing on an Orchestral Wave

by Ludovico Granvassu
July 16, 2018

If one were to find an answer to the age-old “nature or nurture" debate, s/he would have to look no further than The Painted Lady Suite [Sunnyside Records]. Listening to the stunning debut album by the Michael Leonhart Orchestra makes it clear that major achievements are only possible when nature and nurture are well integrated and ...