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Laura J Marras: Isotope
by Artur Moral
Laura J Marras first drew Neil Duggan's attention in his review of Alessandro Di Liberto's Punti Di Vista (GleAm Records, 2025), where her alto saxophone is repeatedly highlighted--thanks to her fresh blend of sensitivity and energy. Other press notes on that release, quite rightly, attributed to her traces of John Coltrane and Oliver Nelson, as well ...
Trombone Shorty: Dumaine St.
by Geno Thackara
If it might not be feasible to make it to New Orleans for the authentic Mardi Gras experience, at least some of its natives are happy to bring the street parades to us. The brash Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue are always good for a party, and at their most loud and horn-heavy, they make it ...
Trond Kallevåg: Twins of Træna
by Ludovico Granvassu
On Minnesota (Hubro, 2025)--one of the most compelling releases of recent months--Trond Kallevåg deepens his exploration of the cultural and emotional ties between Norway and the United States. The album reflects on waves of migration driven by the longing for a better life across the ocean--and by the quiet ache for what was left behind. With ...
...and in three months' time, Cecil Taylor freed jazz
by Daniel Mège
In the 1950s, while jazz explored its coolness far out west, Cecil Taylor, freshly back from Boston, took up the Thelonious Monkian revolution in New York City. Three years younger (1929) than John Coltrane and Miles Davis, he launched two kids, Archie Vernon Shepp (1936) and Steven Norman Lackritz (1934)--better known as Steve Lacy--whom he drew from dixieland. ...
Vincent Peirani: Magnetic Dancing on the Cliff
by Daniel Mège
There exists a mystery to melody. For example, “Left Alone," composed on a cross-country flight by Mal Waldron and Billie Holiday. In a few hours, the melody and the chords were established, an absolute compositional masterpiece, full stop. So much beauty served by implacable writing rigor: giants achieve it. Vincent Peirani achieves it. “Physical Attraction," released on ...
Patrick Watson: Peter, The Wolf, And The New Orleans Bayou Ghosts
by Daniel Mège
Is Patrick Watson a jazz musician? Lennie Tristano said that jazz is defined by feeling. Having seen Patrick Watson on stage in 2025 in Lausanne and 2026 in Winterthur, Switzerland, he definitely has it, plus very cool vibes. He deserves the title. Since its release, “Peter and the Wolf" from Uh Oh (Secret City ...
Ben Wendel With Gilad Hekselman: October
by Mike Jacobs
Ben Wendel's 2015 The Seasons was initially a video-only project featuring the saxophonist in a different duet for each month of the year. The project was so successful, it later spawned a tour and a studio album [The Seasons (Motéma Music, 2018)] that featured Aaron Parks, Gilad Hekselman, Matt Brewer and Eric Harland. “October," with guitarist Hekselman, was ...
Jon Herington: Kernel Of Truth
by Mike Jacobs
From Jon Herington's Pulse and Cadence (ESC, 2008)--[which is itself a re-release of Herington's Japan-only solo debut, The Complete Rhyming Dictionary (Glass House, 1993)]--"Kernel of Truth" features the future Steely Dan touring guitarist with stalwarts Peter Erskine, Jim Beard, Victor Bailey and Arto Tuncboyaciyan in what may be one of the most interlocking arrangements ...
Tim Motzer & Markus Reuter: Sound of the Sun
by Geno Thackara
It stands to reason that if the sun has an actual sound, it would be a very slow and subtle one. This would be right in the wheelhouse for Tim Motzer and Markus Reuter--well, one wheelhouse among several, since their experimental ambition can also get plenty wild . This ambient meditation from their first duo album ...
Marilyn Mazur's Shamania: The Birds Are Early Out
by Ian Patterson
A modern tribe of female voices--ten in all--that thrives on exploring the rhythms of body, voice and instruments. Shamania, founded in 2015 by drummer, percussionist and composer Marilyn Mazur, brought together kindred spirits from Denmark, Norway and Sweden. From the album Rerooting (CYH Records, 2022), “The Birds Are Early Out" captures the fearless exploratory spirit of ...
