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The Art (de Vivre) of the Trio

by Geno Thackara
August 12, 2017

Amaury Faye Trio Clearway Pias Jazz Village 2017 Following several years of studying and reputation-building in his native France and beyond, Amaury Faye makes an accomplished and overdue step foward with Clearway. It was largely a standards affair on his leader debut Big Moe Trio (Greenworks, 2010). Here the French ...

Article: Album Review

Garth Alper: Stratus

Read "Stratus" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
August 11, 2017

The fourth album as leader from pianist Garth Alper, Stratus, is a nine-piece musical portrait painted on a canvas of seven original colors and two re-imagined standards designed in the good ol' fashioned straight-ahead tradition. Dr. Alper, coordinator of Jazz Studies at the University of Louisiana (UL) in Lafayette, draws on a handful of faculty members ...

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Je Chante

August 10, 2017

Album: Je Chante
By Daniel Roure
Label: Self Produced
Released: 0
Duration: 02:33

Article: Album Review

Dan Montgomery: Storyteller

Read "Storyteller" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
August 9, 2017

Young bassist Dan Montgomery makes a splashy entrance onto the landscape of recorded jazz with Storyteller, a brash, audacious offering of classic modern jazz featuring nine original compositions performed by a core quintet of fellow classmates from the University of Miami's (UM) Frost School of Music. A bassist/vocalist and educator from Rochester, NY, Montgomery is currently ...

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The Mica Bethea Big Band: Stage 'N Studio

Read "Stage 'N Studio" reviewed by Jerome Wilson

by Jerome Wilson
August 8, 2017

A young composer from Jacksonville, Florida, Mica Bethea shows an impressive command of big band writing and arranging on this set. Traces of all the usual modern large ensemble influences can be heard in his work, but he also brings his own ideas to the table and creates something fresh and energetic. This is ...

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Smells Like Teen Spirit

August 8, 2017

Album: Contigo
By Andromeda Turre
Label: S T A R B I L T R E C O R D S
Released: 2024
Duration: 4:08

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Looking Back

August 7, 2017

Album: Looking Back
By Alfredo Dias Gomes
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2016
Duration: 4:07

Article: Album Review

Andrew Butt Trio +: Blueberry Ash

Read "Blueberry Ash" reviewed by Barry O'Sullivan

by Barry O'Sullivan
August 6, 2017

Blueberry Ash is predominantly an album of original compositions by Australian based saxophonist Andrew Butt. Pleasingly, it contains one added gem--"Love Song From Apache" written by David Raskin and Johnny Mercer, a rarely recorded tune that was a favourite of the great Coleman Hawkins, whose rendition on his album Today and Now is a true masterpiece ...