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Curtis Taylor: Taylor Made

Read "Taylor Made" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello

by Nicholas F. Mondello

Taylor Made, from trumpeter, Curtis Taylor, presents seven tracks of fine post hard bop jazz. The music here is intelligent, inviting, and, lathered with superb solos. Taylor composed and arranged all seven tracks. “Kham's Dilemma" opens with a lyrical, yet exotic statement with Taylor's trumpet and Marcus Elliot's sax in unison over an ...

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Mercer Hassy Orchestra: Duke's Place

Read "Duke's Place" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

If much of the music on Duke's Place seems only vaguely familiar, that is probably because composer-arranger Mercer Hassy has taken more than a dozen songs written and/or made popular by Duke Ellington and his orchestra and turned them, for better or worse, inside out and upside down, playing with melody, harmony and rhythm but always ...

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Pearring Sound: My Multiverse

Read "My Multiverse" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann

Jeff Pearring has a diverse cross-genre musical background, influencing his development in understated but effective ways. The alto saxophonist/composer, a Colorado native, is based in Brooklyn and had been mentored by the late jazz improviser and pianist Connie Crothers, sharing her tenaciously unconventional approach. Pearring led a group that included Crothers, on her final studio recording, ...

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Aleka Potinga: Romania: Songs Of Love And Longing

Read "Romania: Songs Of Love And Longing" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

You can take singer/cellist Aleka Potinga out of Romania, but you cannot take Romania out of her musical soul. Classically trained in Bucharest, and Dublin-based since 2012, Potinga has slotted into the city's fluid jazz/improvised music scenes, working with Izumi Kimura, Ronan Guilfoyle, Tommy Halferty and Cello Ireland. Her debut album Person I Knew (Self-Produced, 2019) ...

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Keisuke Kishi: Midpoint Cafe

Read "Midpoint Cafe" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

Did drummer Keisuke Kishi, on a continent-spanning road trip, “get his kicks on route 66?" Possibly, though he--as anyone making the journey for the first time would--certainly had his eyes opened to wide-open spaces, stark, flat landscapes and pale blue skies. Bobby Troup wrote an R&B song in 1946 called “(Get You Kicks On) ...

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Billy Marrows and Grande Família: Penelope

Read "Penelope" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan

London-based guitarist and composer Billy Marrows brings us a new 12-piece chamber-jazz ensemble, Grande Família. It is a family affair with members of his extended family and a wider circle of close friends and musical associates making up the group. Their debut album, Penelope, is released in memory of Marrows' mother, Penny. Most of the music ...

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Dani Gurgel: DDG19 Big Band

Read "DDG19 Big Band" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright

by Katchie Cartwright

Dani Gurgel was born into a musical family in São Paulo. Her mother Débora Gurgel (a busy pianist and arranger) and father (an amateur jazz saxophonist) met on the bandstand. Following her own musical path, Dani skirted gender biases in jazz culture that might have limited her opportunities by learning to do and play “everything," as ...

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Mr. October

Album: Early Summer Evening
By Jim Josselyn
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Duration: 5:40

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Article: Album Review

Jill McCarron Trio: Gin

Read "Gin" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

Gin, pianist Jill McCarron says of the title of her second recording as leader of the Jill McCarron Trio, refers to the card game of that name, and not to the alcoholic beverage. She balances the joy of winning with the luck of the draw in her entrancing three-part suite. While McCarron leads an admirable threesome ...

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The Beauty of Everyday Life

Album: The Beauty of Everyday Life
By Mike Casey
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Duration: 06:20


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