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Monty Alexander: No Woman No Cry
by Geno Thackara
A regular dose of Monty Alexander is good for the soul. He always has an inner positivity running through everything he touches--much like his most-admired heroes, such as fellow Jamaican icon Bob Marley. Combine the spirits of the two, as with a heart-stirring take on the warmest of Marley songs, and you've got a special kind ...
Ed Motta: Minha Vida Toda Com Você
by C. Andrew Hovan
If you thought bossa nova and samba was all there is to know about Brazilian music, let me introduce you to Ed Motta. A true renaissance man, Motta has big ears and melds into his own unique style everything from spiritual jazz to Steely Dan. He also is a master of many instruments, as you can ...
Cécile McLorin Salvant: Mélusine
by Pedro Keul
Mélusine is a figure of European folklore, a female spirit of fresh water in a holy well or river. She is usually depicted as a woman who turns into a half-snake each Saturday as a result of a childhood curse by her mother. Not by coincidence, is also the name of the 2023 album (on Nonesuch ...
The Van Gelder Sound: A Legacy of Jazz Recordings
by Brian Eaton
Rudy Van Gelder (a.k.a. RVG) was one of the most influential recording engineers in jazz. Largely self-taught, he was a true industry pioneer as one of the first well-known examples of an engineer operating a home recording studio and even constructing his own custom-built audio mixer in the early years. As an innovator and perfectionist, he ...
Michael Hedges: Aerial Boundaries
by Geno Thackara
For all the people that do crazy things with the guitar, there have been precious few that actually invented new ways to play it. The late Michael Hedges did it with an organically grown hodgepodge of a style that he called “heavy mental," all acoustic tones and wicked smarts. This fellow could make one guitar into ...
Gary Willis: Emancipation
by Mike Jacobs
From former Tribal Tech bassist Gary Willis' album Bent (Alchemy, 1998), this one was so frequently heard around the house when my kids were young, they ended up making up their own lyrics to it. Featuring Steve Tavaglione, Scott Kinsey and Dennis Chambers, it a short but oh-so-sweet album-closer that you really don't want to end. ...
Band Of Other Brothers: Babko
by Mike Jacobs
2016's Band of Other Brothers debut album City Of Cranes may have flown under many a radar but it's lineup alone--Jeff Babko, Will Lee, Jeff Coffin, Nir Felder and Keith Carlock--demanded attention from those that spotted it. And with tunes like the thrilling Felder showcase “Babko," it showed the supergroup was no jackelope. ...
Gina D'Soto's Sublime Blueprint for Life!
by J. Michael Harrison
Late summer of 2021, emerging and very much in demand saxophonist Emilio Modeste and his gifted band of young jazz warriors filmed a beyond impressive and very memorable NPR Live Session in our performance studio. Emilio's session also introduced us to the magic that is indeed Gina D'Soto! We immediately invited Gina to return for a ...
