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Article: Album Review

Marina Albero: A Life Soundtrack

Read "A Life Soundtrack" reviewed by Paul Rauch

by Paul Rauch

Attempts to characterize the music of Barcelona-born pianist Marina Albero seem to get lost in the details. She is not an artist who found herself within a passion for a particular form. That her music is the sum of her life experiences would be a factual description that would nonetheless fall short, given the far reaching, ...

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Jay Gordon's Blues Venom: Slide Rules!

Read "Slide Rules!" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

The first slide guitar recording (and first instrumental blues recording) was made by Sylvester Weaver for Okeh Records (No. 8109) in 1923, the A-side being “Guitar Blues" and the B- side “Guitar Rag." Since that time many practitioners have distinguished themselves as exceptional. Early players included Ur-bluesmen Charlie Patton, Son House and Robert Johnson. Middle players ...

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Article: Album Review

Charu Suri: The Book Of Ragas

Read "The Book Of Ragas" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

Charu Suri takes piano jazz and combines it with the sounds of her native India on The Book Of Ragas. The set is a freshening of the format, with vocalist Apoorva Mudgal, a performer of ghazals (lyric poems) and Sufi music, contributing. Suri first recording, 2019's Lollipops For For Breakfast (Amala Records), took its ...

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Article: Album Review

Yuriy Galkin: ...For Its Beauty Alone

Read "...For Its Beauty Alone" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

There has to be a term for recordings you listen to for the sidemen, but repeat for its leader. Let's call it 'bait and swing.' A perfect example is ...For Its Beauty Alone by Yuriy Galkin. The bassist's second release pares down the nonet heard on Nine Of A Kind (F-IRE, 2012) to just four. But ...

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Doug MacDonald & the Tarmac Ensemble: Jazz Marathon 4: Live at Hangar 18

Read "Jazz Marathon 4: Live at Hangar 18" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

As befits a Jazz Marathon, guitarist Doug MacDonald's Live at Hangar 18 embodies not one but two CDs, complete with shifting personnel and groups that range from quintet to septet. This is the fourth in a recorded series of marathons conceived by producer Don Thomson and led by MacDonald with a supporting cast that boasts a ...

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Article: Album Review

Ted Quinlan: Absolutely Dreaming

Read "Absolutely Dreaming" reviewed by Friedrich Kunzmann

by Friedrich Kunzmann

Toronto-based guitarist Ted Quinlan is a Canadian institution on the instrument and constantly in high demand. Over the years he has performed as a sideman alongside famed musicians such as Chet Baker, Jimmy Smith or Dave Holland, while keeping busy as a leader. His guitar tone varies from clean and smooth to fuzzy and rough, channeling ...

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Article: Album Review

Jamile: If You Could See Me Now

Read "If You Could See Me Now" reviewed by Martin McFie

by Martin McFie

Jamile grew up in Cachoeira do Sul (South Falls), a small town in Brazil towards the border with Uruguay. Her supportive family had no particular interest in music. Imagine her surprise, then, at finding her twenty-something self launching this debut album at Gianni Valenti's Birdland Theater in New York City. After completing her studies ...

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Article: Album Review

Bria Skonberg: Nothing Never Happens

Read "Nothing Never Happens" reviewed by Jerome Wilson

by Jerome Wilson

Canadian trumpeter Bria Skonberg has made a name for herself as a player who is adept in traditional jazz styles but can also dabble in modern forms of rock and pop music. Her previous CD, With A Twist (Okeh, 2017), was a fun mixture of hot jazz and bubbly 1950s and 1960s pop tunes sparked with ...

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Song of the Day

The Way She Moves

Album: The Way She Moves (Debut Single)
By Alex Bird
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2019
Duration: 4:55

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Song of the Day

Absolutely Dreaming

Album: Absolutely Dreaming
By Ted Quinlan
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2019
Duration: 06:42


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