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Chris Tarry: Rest Of The Story
by Mike Jacobs
Canadian bassist Chris Tarry released his last album, Rest of the Story (Nineteen Eight, 2011) as a CD / book hybrid before effectively exiting music to become a full-time writer. As the title track shows, he is an uncommonly talented composer as well as a fine bassist. Hopefully it won't be the last musical endeavor heard ...
Berklee Indian Ensemble featuring Shankar Mahadevan: Five Peace Band
by Mike Jacobs
From December 2016, the uber-talented Berklee Indian Ensemble takes on the John McLaughlin composition “Five Peace Band" with Shakti's master vocalist, Shankar Mahadevan presiding. Among many other things, the staggeringly tight voice/guitar, voice/violin unison lines, and improvisations will likely have you questioning if these are students or masters--or both. (The answer is yes.) ...
Carmen Staaf: Monk's Mood
by John Chacona
There is an iconic image in Charlotte Zwerin's 1988 documentary film Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser that shows Monk, cigarette in hand, silently contemplating a misty Manhattan skyline. As heard on her recording Sounding Line (Sunnyside Records, 2025), Carmen Staaf's arrangement of “Monk's Mood" that begins with Dylan Vado's spectral bowed vibes perfectly captures ...
Nicholas Payton: #bamisforthechildren
by Ludovico Granvassu
Nicholas Payton's Triune (2025), brings listening joy galore, fueled by the deep chemistry of his all-star lineup: esperanza spalding on vocals and bass and Karriem Riggins on drums. Payton last worked with them some fifteen years ago in one of his earlier bands, and with all three in constant demand, this reunion was long in the ...
Emma Dayhuff: Jaribu
by Ludovico Granvassu
Innovations & Lineage: The Chicago Project marks the much-anticipated leader debut of a bassist whose profile keeps rising, Emma Dayhuff. Now increasingly active in Los Angeles--where the scene is ever more intertwined with Chicago's--Dayhuff chose to return to the city that shaped her for this album. As the title suggests, the record is about ...
Emma-Jean Thackray: It's Okay
by Ludovico Granvassu
Enjoy one of the--many--highlights from British trumpeter and singer Emma-Jean Thackray's Weirdo (Brownswood Recordings), a remarkable album that is not only musically engaging but also a testament to the cathartic power of music--its ability to transform grief and pain into creative inspiration. Listening to the captivating melodies and grooves of this release it may ...
Hermeto Pascoal: Gaio da Roseira
by Ian Patterson
Hermeto Pascoal (June 22, 1936--September 13, 2025), the internationally renowned Brazilian multi-instrumentalist and composer, spent sixty years seamlessly fusing Brazilian music with jazz. From the album A música livre de Hermeto Pascoal (Sinter, 1973) the 14-minute track “Gaio da Roseira" captures the vocal lyricism, percussive colors, dancing rhythms, melodic lilt and avant-garde eclecticism that were some ...
Till Brönner: L'unica chance
by Ludovico Granvassu
Never one to rest on the laurels of his gorgeously burnished trumpet sound, German trumpeter Till Brönner is always chasing new ideas and fresh sources of inspiration. Lately, that search has brought him back to the country where he grew up and spent some of his formative years: Italy. The album Italia is the ...
The Five Corners Quintet: Trading Eights
by Ludovico Granvassu
The Five Corners Quintet was a Finnish combo that doubled as both launchpad and meeting point--bringing together up-and-coming players and established figures alike, with veteran Eero Koivistoinen as well as younger musicians including Timo Lassy (saxophones), Jukka Eskola (trumpet and flugelhorn), Kim Rantala and Mikael Jakobsson (piano), Antti Lötjönen and Tapani Nevalainen (bass), and Teppo Mäkynen ...
Joey Waronker & Pete Min: Parrots
by Ludovico Granvassu
King King (Colorfield Records) was recorded at LA's Lucy's Meat Market studio by drummer Joey Waronker and bassist/engineer Pete Min--the creative force behind both that sonic laboratory and the Colorfield Records label. For these sessions, Waronker and Min played a multitude of instruments with a multitude of guests, including Mark Guiliana, Larry Goldings, Josh ...
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