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Konrad Agnas: Rite Of Passage

Read "Rite Of Passage" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

For Konrad Agnas it is all about the pulse, and you may be thinking it is because his day job description is drummer. We have heard him at the drum set in Alberto Pinton's trios, quartet, and sextet, Johan Lindström's Septett, a large version of the Angles, and various other assemblages. With Rite Of Passage he ...

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Eric Zolan: Calder's Universe

Read "Calder's Universe" reviewed by Kyle Simpler

by Kyle Simpler

Musicians spend years practicing to become proficient. Technical ability is an important aspect of playing an instrument, but in order to really communicate a message, a musician needs to love the music as well. Guitarist Eric Zolan is obviously someone who has not only spent a great deal of time practicing but listening to music as ...

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Henry Godfrey Jazz Orchestra: Attitude & Gratitude

Read "Attitude & Gratitude" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

There are five songs on Attitude & Gratitude, drummer Henry Godfrey's Boston-based Jazz Orchestra's second album, and each one is a tribute to people, places or circumstances that have helped Godfrey grow as a musician and as a person. In order, they are “For McCoy" (honoring pianist McCoy Tyner and other jazz legends who ...

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David Larsen: The Peplowski Project

Read "The Peplowski Project" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

The Peplowski Project was a labor of love for saxophonist David Larsen, a longtime admirer of fellow reedman Ken Peplowski who sits in with Larsen's impressive quartet on each of the album's eleven numbers, playing clarinet on six, tenor saxophone on five. As for Larsen, he plays his Gerry Mulligan-flavored baritone sax on ...

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Melvin Smith: Perseverance

Read "Perseverance" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

Perseverance, Florida-bred saxophonist Melvin Smith's seventh album as leader of his own group, is a hard-blowing session on which he shows (again) that he is one of the leading bop-based reed masters on today's scene. On soprano or tenor, Smith displays a clarity of purpose and storehouse of astute phrases that serve him well at any ...

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Song of the Day

Something

Album: Something
By Phillip Haynes
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2020
Duration: 5:02

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Martin Wind/Peter Weniger/Jonas Burgwinkel: Gravity

Read "Gravity" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

All definitions of gravity lead to Martin Wind. The celebrated bassist embodies an undeniable force, exhibiting a certain pull and a centering importance in any scenario. Those strengths have served him well as a first-call foundation for the jazz elite and as a noted leader (or co-leader) on more than 20 albums, and they're magnified on ...

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Hadar Orshalimy: Witchcraft

Read "Witchcraft" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco

New York-based Israeli songstress Hadar Orshalimy offers her second album Witchcraft (The Jewish Women of the Great American Songbook), containing nine often-recorded and well-known standards, all written by Jewish women. This project is a follow-up to her critically-acclaimed debut It Never Was You (Self-Produced, 2019) which presented a repertoire of music from famous Jewish composers. This ...

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Alexander McCabe: Cuba Bella

Read "Cuba Bella" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco

Veteran New York-based saxophonist, pianist and composer Alexander McCabe is primarily an industry musician with extensive TV and movie credits as well as several previous recordings of his own. He presents his eight album as leader, the playful Latin-styled Cuba Bella, a vocal Spanish language project with music by McCabe and lyrics from his Cuban-born wife ...

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Joe Locascio: Book of Days

Read "Book of Days" reviewed by Geannine Reid

by Geannine Reid

Pianist and composer Joe LoCascio has released his seventh album, titled Book of Days. The album was recorded in Houston's famed Wire Road Studios and featured his long-time collaborator Woody Witt on saxophone, bassist Richard Mikel and drummer Daniel Dufour. The project was initiated by Witt, who asked LoCascio to play a few gigs with these ...


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