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Wendy Pedersen & Jim Gasior: We Two

Read "We Two" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco

Long-time friends and two of South Florida's most enduring and favorite performers for a decade and more, vocalist Wendy Pedersen and pianist Jim Gasior present a session of light vocal jazz on We Two, their first solo album together offering new interpretations of the music from Rodgers & Hammerstein, Irving Berlin, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, the ...

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Rhythm Future Quartet: Travels

Read "Travels" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

Gypsy jazz started, in terms of popular recognition, with guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stephane Grappelli, and their lively and supremely swinging Qunintette du Hot Club du France. The group recorded hundreds of tunes in the thirties and and forties, released on the 78 rpm discs that were the recorded music mode at the time, and ...

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James Bruce Moore: Soul’s Journey Home

Read "Soul’s Journey Home" reviewed by Jim Olin

by Jim Olin

James Bruce Moore is back to pluck his guitar as well as heartstrings with his new album, Soul's Journey Home. Fresh off the success of his debut album Lisbeth, Moore sounds renewed, and ready to share to the world more of his thoughts on life and love. In Soul's Journey Home, the Toronto-based singer/songwriter ...

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The Rhythm Surf Monkeys: Reinvented

Read "Reinvented" reviewed by Jim Olin

by Jim Olin

The Rhythm Surf Monkeys' new album Reinvented is a collection of powerful rock tracks imbued with AOR, blues, and jazz elements. There is no song-skipping on this one. Every track has a compelling message, engrossing music, and pervasive appeal. The brainchild of songwriter/guitarist Jim Hiltz, the band has created an album that will reverberate in the ...

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Album: To Brasil and Bacharach: A Tribute
By Mary D'Orazi
Label: Self Produced
Released: 0
Duration: 05:23

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Interplay Jazz Orchestra: Detour

Read "Detour" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

Making a big band album is no easy feat, what with the organizational aspects, the musical demands, and the costs associated with such a venture. But as difficult as all of that may be to deal with, the real trick is in sustaining and developing this type of ensemble. Extrinsic benefits for participation are few, as ...

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Yvonnick Prene: Breathe

Read "Breathe" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

Yvonnick Prene has called New York home since 2007, but jazz fans in and around the Big Apple and beyond can be forgiven if they lacked awareness about his harmonica skills until more recent times. His first album--the inviting Jour de Fête (SteepleChase Records, 2013)--took a while to arrive, so the only way to learn about ...

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Ari Erev: Flow

Read "Flow" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco

Flow is the third recording as leader from prominent Israeli pianist Ari Erev and follows the themes of “time" and “change" that titled his previous albums. On this endeavor, Erev designs a project that reflects his affinity for the percussive Latin sound by including a touch of Afro-Cuban rhythms as one of the elements in a ...

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Fernanda Cunha: Olhos De Mar

Read "Olhos De Mar" reviewed by Budd Kopman

by Budd Kopman

While vocalist Fernanda Cunha might seem to be a newcomer here in the States, Olhos de Mar is actually her sixth release dating back to 2002. Samba, bossa nova, the Brazilian ethos itself, including the language, all have a sensuousness which soothes life's troubles, and from this point of view, Olhos de Mar is ...

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Adison Evans: Hero

Read "Hero" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian

In the span of mere 5-6 years saxophonist Adison Evans has forged a versatile career. Her approach to all genres of popular music and jazz has the same exuberant spirit and impeccable musicianship. Hence she embodies the oft quoted, or rather misquoted, genre defying adage “There are only two kinds of music good and bad" and ...


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