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Jack Bowers' Best Jazz Albums Of 2025
by Jack Bowers
2025: Another year which proves that jazz is not only alive and well but flourishing in its own little corner of the musical world. The number of splendid new recordings by groups large and small was as plentiful as ever and, even better, spanned the globe from the U.S. to Europe, Asia to Latin America, and ...
Brad Goode: Polytonal Big Band: The Snake Charmer
by Jack Bowers
"Polytonal," according to Webster's, denotes “the simultaneous use of two or more musical keys." Denver-based trumpeter and educator Brad Goode makes full use of that technique on The Snake Charmer, the debut recording by Goode's well-named Polytonal Big Band. When all has been written and played, two things are clear: first, Goode is a world-class big-band ...
Goose Chase
Album: Polytonal Big Band: The Snake Charmer
By Brad Goode
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 08:48
Brad Goode: Polytonal Big Band: The Snake Charmer
by Neil Tesser
I try to avoid hyperbole. I'm not all that comfortable out on a limb. But I'll still wager you've never come across a big-band album like this. Perhaps you've heard orchestras that use dissonance and unexpected note clusters as their operating system. Maybe you've encountered soloists who ply their playing with extended technique and ...
Polytonal Big Band: The Snake Charmer
By Brad Goode
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Goose Chase; The Snake Charmer; Just a Thought; Ornithology; Pentacles; Cabin in the Sky; Hypnotic Suggestion;
I Can't Forget About You.
