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Album

Soft Winds and Roses

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Your Song (Elton John/Bernie Taupin); (They Long to Be) Close to You (Burt Bacharach/Hal David); Secret Heart (Ronald Eldon Sexsmith); Sweet Happy Life (Luiz Bonfa/Norman Gimbel/Antonio Maria); A Wish (Valentine) (Fred Hersch/Norma Winstone); How Deep Is Your Love (Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb); Pussywillows, Cat-Tails (Gordon Lightfoot); Here, There and Everywhere (John Lennon/Paul McCartney); You and I (Norman Gimbel/Vinicius de Moraes/Carlos Lyra); And I Love You So (Don McLean); Until It's Time for You to Go (Buffy Sainte-Marie); Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye (Leonard Cohen); Snow (Randy Newman); Both Sides Now (Joni Mitchell).

Album

Sparkbird

By Emilie-Claire Barlow

Label: Empress Music
Released: 2023
Track listing: Over the Rainbow; Fais comme l’oiseau; Skylark; Where Will I Be?; Little Jazz Bird; Bird of Beauty; Pajaros de Barro.

Album

Senza Reza

By Reg Schwager

Label: Celler Live
Released: 2023
Track listing: Another Happening; Rushbrooke; 4JT; The Orient; Tender Love; Blues for Josie Rose; Black Horse; Squagels; The Cat from Katmandu; Blues for Josie Rose (Live).

Article: Interview

Ryan Oliver: Zigging With A Jazz Maestro, His Secrets and Wisdom

by Kerilie McDowall
September 22, 2023

Tenor saxophonist Ryan Oliver of Canada's The Cookers Quintet, is no stranger to the art of touring the globe. For years he was an integral part of The Shuffle Demons, an adored Toronto jazz saxophone group known for their mid-'80s hit single, “Spadina Bus," written in humorous reference to the Toronto Transit Commission's ...

Article: Album Review

The Schwager/Oliver Quintet: Senza Resa

Read "Senza Resa" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
August 3, 2023

Even though Canada's admirable Schwager/Oliver Quintet carefully dots every “I" and crosses every “T" on Senza Resa, something else seems to be missing, and that something could be a clear sense of purpose. This is an album on which everyone plays well, the songs are by and large respectable, and yet the whole somehow adds up ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Kait Dunton, The Pacific Jazz Group & Dee Daniels

by Joe Dimino
July 23, 2023

We kick off the 812th Episode of Neon Jazz with a gem from The Pacific Jazz Group's 2023 eponymous release. Then buckle up for a full hour of tasty new jazz from Brian McCarthy's Nonet, The Harry Allen Orchestra, The Elec Set and The 14 Jazz Orchestra. There's also a new album from Kait Dunton entitled ...

Article: Album Review

The Schwager/Oliver Quintet: Senza Reza

Read "Senza Reza" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
July 20, 2023

Canada became the first country beyond the USA to have developed its own vibrant jazz scene. What do major jazz artists like Oscar Peterson, Maynard Ferguson, Gil Evans, Rob McConnell and Diana Krall have in common? They're all Canadians, like the players of The Schwagger/Oliver Quintet presenting their debut on Senza Resa, an Italian phrase meaning ...

Article: Live Review

Emilie-Claire Barlow At Nocturne Jazz and Supper Club

by Geoff Anderson
April 19, 2023

Emilie-Claire Barlow Nocturne Jazz and Supper Club Denver, Colorado April 5, 2023 The most prominent feature of Emilie Claire Barlow's music is its pure happiness. Disneyland bills itself as “The Happiest Place on Earth." But Barlow has the Imagineers beat and she does that without focus groups or prepackaged commercial products. ...

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