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Joe Elefante's Wheel of Dharma: Return of the Light
by Jack Bowers
The second act of Joe Elefante's laudable jazz career was born in tragedy: the loss in 2024 of his wife of sixteen years to cancer. It was then that Elefante, who once led the world-class Joe Elefante Big Band, decided to leave his long-time position as a schoolteacher and return to his first love, jazz, and ...
Eshaan Sood Presents The Sonic Alchemists: The Sonic Alchemists I: Dream River
by Andrew Hunter
Guitarist Eshaan Sood came to jazz by the most unlikely and brutal of routes. Born and raised in New Delhi, India, he was expecting to begin a career as a graphic artist until he lost his sight in a terrible car accident that he was lucky to survive. Rather than despairing, he moved his ...
Zahili Gonzalez Zamora: Overcoming
by Andy Crowther
Zahili Zamora's journey from Cuba to Boston via Southeast Asia is reflected in her aptly titled five-track album, Overcoming. A pianist, composer and now educator, she tackles her fears and difficult life experiences head-on in the work, through sound, emotion and rhythm. At 22 Zamora was in a high-calibre all-female band that toured often ...
Richard Guba: Songs for Stuffed Animals
by Richard J Salvucci
Ok, admittedly, the title is not going to attract many rational listeners. As one understands, the Songs for Stuffed Animals is explained by a band performing tunes for stuffed animals that accompany children during a busy day. Ok. That may well be the case, but the local stuffed animals are not saying. There are quite a ...
Lettuce: Lettuce with the Colorado Symphony
by Joshua Weiner
Over three decades, the Boston-born funk band Lettuce has delighted audiences worldwide and amassed a discography boasting eight studio albums and three live albums. They have shared members and concerts with the prolific jazz/funk trio Soulive, hit #1 on the Billboard Jazz chart with 2015's Crush (Lettuce Records), and been nominated for the Instrumental Album of ...
William Hill III: Keep it Movin'
by Paul Rauch
The story surrounding the young Detroit pianist William Hill III reads like many in today's jazz world--raised in the fertile ground of a dynamic local jazz scene and then on to New York to pursue the music. This is the case even when that local scene is one of the most prolific in the history of ...
Dimitris Zafeirelis: Dimitris Zafeirelis & Giorgos Gavalez Duo Jazz Parafono 1997
by Fran Kursztejn
Dimitris Zafeirelis has enjoyed well-earned acclaim in his hometown of Athens as one of the foremost guitarists, jazz composers and musical innovators his country has to offer. He has been active for at least half a century, playing everything from bop, fusion, classical, operetta and rock, all with that distinct national flavor and unrelenting style which ...
Bob Dee's Cosmosis: New Moon
by Glenn Astarita
Bob Dee's Cosmosis releases New Moon as an instrumental album that explores modern creative jazz with soulful undertones. Led by guitarist and composer Bob Dee, the project features seven tracks that blend exploratory melodies with rhythmic depth, displaying the group's considerable technical abilities. The opener “Prajñā," sets a radiant tone with John Isley's luscious ...
Joseph Nowell: Themes and Variations
by Marco Iacoboni
In un panorama jazzistico spesso dominato da formazioni complesse, l'album per pianoforte solo di Joseph Nowell emerge come un'opera di raffinata intimità e profonda introspezione. Lontano dal virtuosismo fine a se stesso, questo lavoro si rivela un'esplorazione meticolosa del suono e della struttura, in un dialogo continuo tra composizione e improvvisazione. Pubblicato inizialmente in ...
Bruce Gertz: Octopus Dreams
by Jack Bowers
Veteran bassist and composer Bruce Gertz, who has more than 20 albums under his belt in a career spanning more than half a century, wrote and arranged every number on his latest recording, Octopus Dreams, wherein his skills in every realm are essential to its outcome. As a bassist, Gertz is sharp and ...
