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Russ Johnson Quartet: Reveal

by Troy Dostert
July 21, 2023

While he has appeared on seemingly countless releases as a sideman, trumpeter Russ Johnson remains chronically under-recorded as a leader. It thus comes as a cause for rejoicing whenever one sees his name at the top of a release. Thankfully, Calligram Records has helped redress that problem with Reveal, Johnson's latest offering featuring a quartet with ...

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Darius Jones, Lakecia Benjamin, Teddy Edwards and More

by Jerome Wilson
May 3, 2023

This show features saxophonists such as Darius Jones, Teddy Edwards, and Lakecia Benjamin, the big band music of Horace Tapscott, and a lot more. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Henriette Muller “Memories of a ...

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Meditations On Mingus

By Ethan Philion

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Once Upon a Time There Was a Holding Corporation Called Old America; Haitian Fight Song; Self- Portrait in Three Colors; Pithecanthropus Erectus; Prayer for Passive; Resistance; Meditations on a Pair of Wirecutters; Remember Rockefeller at Attica; Better Git It In Your Soul.

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Re-Collect

By Jeb Bishop

Label: Not Two Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Exordium / Salt; Sweat The Grub / On The Floor; Razorlip; Lungfish; Sometimes; Backfire.

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Jeb Bishop Flex Quartet: Re-Collect

Read "Re-Collect" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
July 30, 2020

Trombonist Jeb Bishop doesn't have a whole slew of leadership dates to his credit in spite of being active on the scene since the early 1990s. His most high profile gigs have been as part of the Vandermark 5, and also Peter Brötzmann's Chicago Tentet, though he also has Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra and the ...

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Two Islands III

April 22, 2020

Album: Atwood Suites
By Andrew Rathbun
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2018
Duration: 9:57

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Russ Johnson

Born: July 8, 1965

Brooklyn based trumpeter Russ Johnson is an active performer in the jazz, improvised, and contemporary classical music scenes throughout the U.S. and abroad. In addition to leading his own groups, and co-leading The Other Quartet and New Math, Russ is currently touring as a member of Lee Konitz' new nonet and the Steve Swallow/Ohad Talmor "L'Histoire du Clochard" sextet. In addition, Russ has performed with a long list of musical heavyweights including; Kenny Wheeler, Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano, Richie Beirach, Mark Ribot, Charles Earland, David Liebman, Joe Maneri, The Jazz Passengers, Oliver Lake, Myra Melford, Anthony Davis, Mick Rossi, Elvis Costello, Debbie Harry, Michael Bublé, Curtis Fowlkes, Roy Nathanson, Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, Brian Blade, Dick Oatts, Aretha Franklin, Tony Malaby, Jenny Scheinman, and Mat Maneri. Russ is also active as an educator/clinician, having taught at colleges and universities across the U.S

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Andrew Rathbun: Atwood Suites

Read "Atwood Suites" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
January 24, 2020

Sassofonista e orchestratore canadese, Andrew Rathbun ha 47 anni e una ricca carriera alle spalle, svolta negli Stati Uniti con studi al New England Conservatory sotto la guida di Ran Blake e dal 1997 professionalmente a New York in vari contesti. A partire dal debutto del 1999 con Scatter Some Stones, ha inciso alcuni dischi da ...

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Paul Dietrich Jazz Ensemble (featuring Clarence Penn): Forward

by Troy Dostert
March 28, 2019

There's something to be said for acknowledging one's artistic debts. It's a trait especially prominent in jazz, where musicians paying tribute to their forebears is commonplace, a way to sustain the tradition and recognize its continual evolution. Trumpeter and composer Paul Dietrich has certainly done that with the debut recording from his large ensemble, Forward. Although ...

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Piotr Baron, Benjamin Deschamps & More

by Maurice Hogue
January 2, 2019

Pianist Jacob Sacks summoned some of the best musicians he could find to create Fishes, his latest release for Clean Feed. Saxophonists Ellery Eskelin and Tony Malaby, bassist Michael Formanek and drummer Dan Weiss tackle Sack's quirky compositions and ideas and the result is a great recording. Also in this episode, music from a live performance ...