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Lori Bell: Brooklyn Dreaming

Read "Brooklyn Dreaming" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
December 24, 2015

No matter where we go, our formative experiences travel with us. That's what Lori Bell appears to say with Brooklyn Dreaming. For her ninth album, this California-based flutist decided to glance eastward, recalling time spent soaking in the sounds of New York City with her musical family in her youth. The result? A love letter that ...

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Danny Mixon: Pass It On

Read "Pass It On" reviewed by Mark Sullivan

by Mark Sullivan
December 22, 2015

Despite his low profile, veteran pianist Danny Mixon has quite a history. His career has included stints playing with Betty Carter, Kenny Dorham, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Frank Foster, Grant Green, Pharoah Sanders, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Charles Mingus, and many others. Most of Pass It On finds him alternating between solos and trios. Many of the ...

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Claudia Franco: Soul Dance

Read "Soul Dance" reviewed by Chris Mosey

by Chris Mosey
December 19, 2015

Claudia Franco, one of the most promising of the new generation of Portuguese jazz vocalists, is concentrating for the moment on building up a following in the jazz clubs and nightspots of Lisbon, where she teaches music. “I haven't really considered the possibility of playing outside of Portugal," she says, “I'm focused on ...

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Michael Kocour: Spiffy

Read "Spiffy" reviewed by David A. Orthmann

by David A. Orthmann
December 18, 2015

Though a soulful swing-to-bop ethos reminiscent of the popular organ combos of the mid-to-late twentieth century is evident throughout, at its core Spiffy speaks to the malleability and open-endedness of the standard elements of jazz performance. Michael Kocour is the leader of the date, but the record's triumph is collective in nature. It's difficult to imagine ...

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Those Who Stay

December 17, 2015

Album: Those Who Stay
By Cícero Lee
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2015
Duration: 05:38

Article: Multiple Reviews

Playing It Forward: A Pair From Vibraphonist Anthony Smith

by Dan Bilawsky
December 11, 2015

There are two ways to look at the vibraphone: as an instrument with constructional properties that limit those who stand before it or as a portal to possibility that challenges players to rise above those limitations. Anybody with a pragmatic bone in their body understands and accepts the former as a truth of sorts, as yarn ...

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Fred Hughes Trio: I'll Be Home For Christmas

Read "I'll Be Home For Christmas" reviewed by Geannine Reid

by Geannine Reid
December 9, 2015

What would Christmas be without that familiar holiday sound scape of songs of yesterday? Well thankfully we will not have to find out, because jazz pianist Fred Hughes has released I'll Be Home for Christmas which is a set of 11 memorable classics that never grow old and will be a great addition to the holiday ...

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Velocity: Displacement Over Time

Read "Displacement Over Time" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
December 6, 2015

The band Velocity, with its recording, Displacement Over Time, explores the laws of physics with its music. If that sounds off-puttingly cerebral, not to worry. The Tacoma, Washington-based quartet's sounds travels crisp, tightly-woven modern jazz terrain not unlike that of pianist Chick Corea's Elektric Band: groove-centric drums and bass, a hot saxophone not quite out front ...