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Dojo: Road Trip

Read "Road Trip" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
February 26, 2014

Fusion--long a dirty word in jazz circles--has enjoyed a renaissance in the last decade. In part it's due to the advocacy of lables such as Abstract Logix but the root cause is surely the fact that cross-pollination is increasingly the norm. And whilst fusion mightn't mean quite the same thing it did in the 1970s, these ...

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Vince Lewis & Barbara Martin: Fresh Air

Read "Fresh Air" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
February 26, 2014

Guitarist Vince Lewis and vocalist Barbara Martin, longtime friends and musicians, join forces for an intimate trio recording of staid standards and compelling originals on Fresh Air. Joined by bassist Paul Langosch, who lends a solid and unobtrusive foundation, Lewis and Martin deliver a program this is as well crafted as it is spontaneous and crisply ...

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Scott Sawyer: Dreamers

Read "Dreamers" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
February 25, 2014

Creative musicians are dreamers by their very nature, but not the garden variety type; plain old dreamers simply imagine possibilities while musical dreamers imagine and realize them. They follow thoughts, concepts and ideas from inception through completion, ushering in life with their hands, hearts and minds. They sow the seeds of harmony, melody, rhythm, nuance and ...

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Yasam Hancilar Band: Here’s to Life

Read "Here’s to Life" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
February 25, 2014

Turkish vocalist Yasam Hancilar sings like an engineer. That should come as no surprise as he studied engineering before beginning his education and career as a jazz singer. It might be safe to assume that Hancilar is equally left- and right-brained, an assumption supported by his recording of standards, Here's To Life. Hancilar is uniquely analytical ...

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Jeff Baumeister: Pretty Melodies, for people who dig that sort of thing

Read "Pretty Melodies, for people who dig that sort of thing" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
February 24, 2014

Pianist Jeff Baumeister can't be accused of being enigmatic with an album title or rushing into a recording. It took him eight years to create this frankly titled follow-up to his debut--Useful Music (Wahbo Records, 2005). Baumeister's first album received some favorable reviews, but the pianist wasn't looking to tread on the same ...

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40 korn snø - (40 grains of snow)

February 24, 2014

Album: Snøkorn (Snow grains)
By Thomas Torstrup
Label: Self Produced
Released: 0
Duration: 06:28

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Trio Shalva: Breeza

by Dan Bilawsky
February 23, 2014

Trio Shalva's debut recording--Riding Alone (Self Produced, 2011)--captured a band at the dawn of its being. Yes, the group had formed in 2009, two calendar years before that album was released, but the music for that record was recorded in 2010, presenting a band that was basically just starting on its way. Now comes Breeza, the ...

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Matt Newton: Within Reach

Read "Within Reach" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
February 20, 2014

The piano only has 88 keys but an infinite number of possibilities are trapped within those black and white beauties. The instrument just sits and waits for the right people to come along and discover these yet-to-be-heard sounds. Judging from this album, Matt Newton is one of the right people. On Within Reach, ...

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Lauren Kinhan: Circle In A Square

Read "Circle In A Square" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
February 20, 2014

Vocalist Lauren Kinhan is the alto quarter of vocal ensemble New York Voices and the leader of two previous solo outings, Hardly Blinking (Orchard, 2000) and Avalon (Koch, 2010). She was most recently hears on New York Voices holiday offering, Let It Snow (Five Cent Records, 2013). Kinhan's solo recordings are all originally composed by the ...

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Natalie Cressman: Turn The Sea

Read "Turn The Sea" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
February 19, 2014

Trombonist/vocalist Natalie Cressman follows-up her excellent debut recording, Unfolding (Self Produced, 2012) with her fully realized yet completely different Turn the Sea. Cressman is a busy artist recently appearing on many projects as disparate as anchoring the horn section of Trey Anastasio's band and appearing on recording dates led by Peter Apfelbaum and Josh Roseman to ...