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Anton Mikhailov: Today Yesterday

Read "Today Yesterday" reviewed by Jack Kenny

by Jack Kenny
September 8, 2025

Anton Mikhailov's life, like his music, reflects the complex and often tumultuous journey of an artist in Eastern Europe. Born in the conflict-ridden Horlivka, Donetsk region of Ukraine, his path led him from the Murmansk College of Art to Moscow and eventually to his current home in Tbilisi, Georgia. This nomadic existence and the emotional weight ...

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Dom Franks' Strayhorn: Duality Pt: 02

Read "Duality Pt: 02" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan
September 5, 2025

Having whetted our appetite with Duality Pt: 01 (Self-Produced, 2024), saxophonist Dom Franks, together with his band StrayHorn, returns with Duality Pt: 02, revealing another side of the saxophonist's impressive range as a composer. Whilst the first release leaned into funky Hammond grooves inspired by Larry Goldings and Joey DeFrancesco, this follow-up moves in a different ...

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Tobia Bondesan, Nazareno Caputo: The Hidden Idea

Read "The Hidden Idea" reviewed by Marco Iacoboni

by Marco Iacoboni
September 1, 2025

La prima idea che emerge da un primo ascolto di The Hidden Idea è la qualità della musica proposta dai due musicisti. Ed è evidente. Sarà per la bellezza sei suoni, sarà per l'attenzione e l'ascolto che Tobia Bondesan e Nazareno Caputo dedicano uno all'altro. Sarà per la dinamica e l'interazione spesso funzionale che si crea ...

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Emma Hedrick: Newcomer

Read "Newcomer" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
August 31, 2025

In the competitive world of young jazz vocalists, Emma Hedrick stands out as an artist who both respects tradition and offers a distinctive personal voice. On her confident debut album Newcomer, she channels seven years of lived experiences into 10 original compositions that serve as a musical memoir of that period, while never losing sight of ...

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Ted's Kick

August 29, 2025

Album: Gratitude
By Kevin Goss
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2020
Duration: 6:53

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Emma Hedrick: Newcomer

Read "Newcomer" reviewed by Kyle Simpler

by Kyle Simpler
August 25, 2025

As long as there are songs, there will be singers to sing them, but there is a slight difference between a singer and a vocalist. Singers, no matter how talented, tend to remain in the foreground with the band in support. A vocalist, however, uses the voice as an instrument, becoming an integral part of the ...

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Benny's Tune

September 5, 2025

Album: Buiksloterkerk
By Nick Adema
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Duration: 03:20

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Billie Davies: Retrospectives (In The Key Of Jazz)

Read "Retrospectives (In The Key Of Jazz)" reviewed by La-Faithia White

by La-Faithia White
August 23, 2025

Retrospectives (In The Key of Jazz) showcases a body of work by drummer Billie Davies that was created over a six year period. The musicians answered her call, recording albums and performing on her acoustic or hybrid drum set from 2012 to 2018. These pieces of music have never been released and are all improvisations that ...