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Jake Noble: Letting Go Of A Dream

Read "Letting Go Of A Dream" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
August 24, 2024

Making art is about a search for authenticity, a search for the truth. But the truth is complicated, and our perceptions of it can change over time. The concept for Letting Go Of A Dream, the debut recording from New Orleans-based bassist Jake Noble, began as a tribute to some of his well-chosen truth-telling heroes: pianist ...

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Melinda Rose & Frenchy Romero: I'm On My Way

Read "I'm On My Way" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
August 22, 2024

A co-led date from vocalist Melinda Rose and pianist Frenchy Romero seemed to be preordained. The two grew up mere blocks away from each other in Miami, connected as teens and bonded immediately over a love for jazz, and developed a strong rapport at a weekly jam session. As their lives moved forward, they stayed in ...

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Kim Cass: Levs

Read "Levs" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero
August 22, 2024

Cosa c'entrano Karlheinz Stockhausen, Arnold Schoenberg e Pierre Boulez con l'arte visiva e con l'inchiostro delle partiture? Ce lo spiega nelle sintetiche e un po' enigmatiche note di copertina lo stesso Kim Cass, bassista dalle frequentazioni eccellenti e dalla mente aperta. Poi, si sa, quello che conta è il risultato finale, dove la miscela degli ingredienti ...

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Now And Not Yet

August 22, 2024

Album: The Roots Beneath
By Phil Merriman
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Duration: 5:25

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Papaya

August 21, 2024

Album: Papaya
By Alex Bird
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Duration: 02:43

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Sergio Pereira: Bossa+

by Edward Blanco
August 20, 2024

New York-based Brazilian guitarist/composer and vocalist Sergio Pereira unveils an album of light Brazilian music on Bossa+, continuing his exploration of bossa nova, samba, choro and other Brazilian styles, melding them with an ambient classical jazz sound that is well beyond the familiar traditional music. Proud of his cultural heritage and the impact of music on ...

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Tickled Pink

August 20, 2024

Album: Tickled Pink
By Corinne
Label: iProdigy
Released: 2024
Duration: 3:10

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Emmet Cohen: Vibe Provider

Read "Vibe Provider" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
August 19, 2024

All round shaman, musical advocate, and positive vibe provider, Nigerian-born Michael Olufunmilola (Funmi) Ononaiye (1968-2023) was known and beloved by everyone in the artistic and social circles of Manhattan's music scene. He was an A&R rep at Atlantic Records. He was a DJ, percussionist, and chief programmer at Jazz at Lincoln Center. He had a deep ...

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David Larsen: Cohesion

Read "Cohesion" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
August 19, 2024

Baritone saxophonist David Larsen has produced one of the finest albums of pure hard bop music on the jazz landscape of today. Cohesion contains a treasure trove of fresh new original material from Larsen and tenor saxophonist Darryl Yokley. Larsen leads the driving, dark and impassioned sounds of hard bop. His pronounced baritone voice is best ...

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Nancy Reed & Spencer Reed: Happying

Read "Happying" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright

by Katchie Cartwright
August 19, 2024

The jazz world encompasses a multitude of local communities. Jazz came to Delaware Water Gap and the Pocono Mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania via the inns and summer resorts for which the region has been known since the second decade of the 19th century, attracting New Yorkers and Philadelphians seeking summer refuge and fresh woodland air. By ...