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Rallidae: Paper Birds

Read "Paper Birds" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
June 29, 2014

The British Trust For Ornithology helpfully explains that the Rallidae is a family of birds that includes such less-than-romantic species as the moorhen and the coot. Paper Birds is the debut release from a somewhat different Rallidae--a Brooklyn-based trio that combines improvisation with strong melodies and narratives. The Brooklyn Rallidae is led by Canadian ...

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Completing the Cycle

June 28, 2014

Album: Completing The Cycle
By Josh Maxey
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2014
Duration: 05:17

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June 27, 2014

Album: Music From The International Airport Hotel Lounge
By David Wright
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2014
Duration: 03:25

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Shake the Dust

June 25, 2014

Album: The Future Cannot be Born Yet, it is Waiting for the Past to Die
By King Capisce
Label: Self Produced
Released: 0
Duration: 05:49

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Juanito Pascual: New Flamenco Trio

Read "New Flamenco Trio" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
June 23, 2014

While the trio may be the most overused grouping in jazz, it's not nearly as common in flamenco music. But that's not a problem for guitarist Juanito Pascual, a man skilled at tweaking established formulas. This Minnesota-born flamenco phenom is well-versed in the traditions, techniques and history of flamenco music, but he isn't ...

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Joe Sullivan: Whisky Jack Waltz

Read "Whisky Jack Waltz" reviewed by Geannine Reid

by Geannine Reid
June 21, 2014

Trumpeter, composer, arranger and educator Joe Sullivan grew up in a large Franco-Ontarian family in the Northern Ontario town of Timmins. As a youth, music was a part of daily life. Sullivan began his formal training on piano and at the age of fifteen he also started playing the trumpet. In his formative years, Sullivan led ...

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Dub Colossus: Dub Colossus: Addis To Omega

Read "Dub Colossus: Addis To Omega" reviewed by Fiona Ord-Shrimpton

by Fiona Ord-Shrimpton
June 19, 2014

If you're a sucker for BIG horn sections, or something like the sounds of UB40 and Groove Armada, still have a 'lickle ting' for Bob Marley and Finley Quaye records and your Pops obsession with Two-Tone (as do we all surely), then you're probably going to like Addis to Omega from Dub Colossus produced by Dubulah ...

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IN Trio: Defining Moment

Read "Defining Moment" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
June 16, 2014

The focus of piano-less trio records, right or wrong, is inevitably placed on the inherent freedom of the format. But what of those who simply want to try out said grouping without purposely using it as a springboard to uncertainty and complete openness? Such groups are a rarity, receiving short shrift in the jazz press and ...

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Jeremy Fox: With Love

Read "With Love" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
June 15, 2014

Top-shelf vocal talents, beautifully crafted arrangements of classic songs, and a mile-long list of musicians to make said arrangements come to life. What's not to like? Jeremy Fox--a pianist/educator/arranger/vocal coach who's worked with everybody from trumpeter Terence Blanchard to vocalist Theo Bleckmann--put together a project that recalls the days of big-budget studio affairs ...

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Stéphane Escoms Trio+: Meeting Point

Read "Meeting Point" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
June 14, 2014

Pianst/composer Stéphane Escoms fronts a versatile trio on his self-produced sophomore album Meeting Point. The French native has studied with the legendary Cuban pianist Chucho Valdés and Bulgarian pianist Mario Stantchev. A prize-winning musician, Escoms has crossed borders and genres frequently in this early phase of his musical career. Where he has intersected and absorbed influences ...