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Kayo: I Wish You Love

Read "I Wish You Love" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
July 4, 2011

Should jazz challenge conventions or uphold traditions? While opinions vary on this matter, pianist Kayo Hiraki leans toward the latter school of thought on this all-standards affair. As the daughter of a classical pianist, Hiraki had music flowing through her veins at birth and proved to be a child piano prodigy. She honed her craft at ...

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For The Meantime

July 4, 2011

Album: dhyana
By Andréa Wood
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2011
Duration: 8:18

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Kayo Hiraki: I Wish You Love

Read "I Wish You Love" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
June 30, 2011

Japanese pianist Kayo Hiraki is in search of her audience. She has self-released a smart set of standards in the trio format that is garnering attention from all quarters of the jazz writing world. A ballad specialist, to be sure, Hiraki resists the modern impulse to deconstruct, keeping the tunes intact and in congress with the ...

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As the Crow Flies

June 30, 2011

Album: Loose Cannon
By Jonathan Waller
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2011
Duration: 03:50

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Jeremy Noller: Music Notes

Read "Music Notes" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
June 29, 2011

What do Illinois and West Africa have in common? More than is apparent, at first glance. Originally from Libertyville, Illinois, drummer Jeremy Noller has studied with the great saxophonist Bunky Green, traveled and performed abroad, and gigged in New York since 2003. An educator whose influences include Wayne Shorter, Noller is also a student of the ...

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Chuck Weirich: You Don't Know Me

Read "You Don't Know Me" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello

by Nicholas F. Mondello
June 28, 2011

The great trumpeter Arturo Sandoval once commented that Trumpet Evolution (Crescent Moon, 2003) was one of his most challenging musical efforts. In that tour de trumpet, Sandoval brilliantly performed selections made famous or associated with great trumpet players--from Louis Armstrong to Maynard Ferguson to Wynton Marsalis--with all the nuance, phrasing and sound of the original artist. ...

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KoMHtA: KoMHtA

Read "KoMHtA" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
June 26, 2011

Multi-instrumentalist Mark Huotari and his fictitious band-mates execute a delightful sequence of musical events on the download-only KoMHtA. With traces of classic British progressive-rock and psychedelia amid a contemporary slant, the music is constructed on layered instrumentation, whispery themes and sublime melodies. Huotari's affable arrangements boast polytonal treatments and catchy hooks, although he doesn't ...

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Rachael And The Red Socks: Melodies And Time

Read "Melodies And Time" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
June 25, 2011

Melodies And Time creates a quandary for those who seek to put music into neat little boxes. It begins with a hint of Lal Waterson, one of Britain's finest and most underrated songwriters; adds arrangements worthy of Robert Kirby's work with Nick Drake; and melds pastoral tones with African instruments. There are touches of jazz and ...

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Tom McMahon: Spring 2011

Read "Spring 2011" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
June 24, 2011

Instruments often tell stories through music, but it's rare that a story can spawn an actual instrument. When author Frank Herbert's Dune hit book store shelves in the '60s, he probably never imagined that his book would become a movie or a television mini-series, but that's not the only thing that came to life from the ...