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The Interplay Jazz Orchestra: My Love You're Free

by Dan Bilawsky
February 6, 2014

Is there any sound as glorious as that of a big band in full swing? While that question is somewhat rhetorical, there's no question about the fact that the big band was once synonymous with all that was right, good and adventurous in jazz. While it's true that these large ensembles haven't ruled ...

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Yasam Hancilar Band: Here's To Life

Read "Here's To Life" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
February 4, 2014

A singer from Istanbul, Turkey and student in the Jazz Vocal Department of the Amsterdam Conservatory, Yasam Hancilar realizes a dream with Here's To Life, his self-produced debut album as leader fronting an acoustic quartet of young, up and coming players. A passionate jazz enthusiast who favors the mainstream, straight ahead sound, Hancilar reprises the music ...

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Scott Sawyer: Dreamers

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by Jeffrey Uhrich
February 4, 2014

With a warm and inviting sound, guitarist Scott Sawyer offers an intriguing and engaging collection of songs in Dreamers, his latest release on Doll Records. Sawyer's style of playing is complex yet tastefully restrained and nuanced, reminiscent of guitar legends Jim Hall and Wes Montgomery. By doing so, he allows the song itself to ...

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Eyal Lovett: Eyal Lovett: Let Go

Read "Eyal Lovett: Let Go" reviewed by DanMichael Reyes

by DanMichael Reyes
February 3, 2014

Israeli-born, Berlin-based pianist and composer Eyal Lovett has played the part of the consummate student up to this point. Lovett has studied with some of jazz's greatest luminaries like Hal Galper, Sam Yahel, George Cables, Ari Hoenig, and Jane Ira Bloom to name a few. As a performer he has shared the stage with the likes ...

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Bob Dorough: Eulalia

Read "Eulalia" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
February 3, 2014

Cherry Hill Township is located in Perry County about 50 miles west of Little Rock. Cherry Hill is also the birthplace of singer Bob Dorough, born December 12, 1923. Dorough left Arkansas soon after, his family moving to Texas, where he would begin his musical education that, 70 years later would bring him to Eulalia, his ...

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Tarun Balani: Sacred World

by Dave Wayne
January 31, 2014

Jazz fans of a certain age were most likely introduced to the world of Indian music via the recordings of John McLaughlin who, with the group Shakti, introduced American listeners to the dazzling virtuosity of musicians such as violinist L. Shankar, and percussionist Zakir Hussain. Shakti's music extended the compositional style that characterized his previous group, ...

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Bob Ross: Arriving

Read "Arriving" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
January 29, 2014

Arriving, while low-key in many ways, is something of a signal flare, sending out notice of an on-the-rise leader located in Ohio. Newcomer guitarist Bob Ross graduated from Morehead State University with a Bachelor of Music in 2008 and completed his Master's degree in Jazz Studies at The University Of The Arts in 2010. A year ...

Song of the Day

Zarastrus

January 28, 2014

Album: Through birds, through fire, but not through glass
By Ikarus
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2014
Duration: 05:07

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Griffith Hiltz Trio: This Is What You Get

Read "This Is What You Get" reviewed by Dave Wayne

by Dave Wayne
January 27, 2014

Groovy, somewhat off-kilter jazz is the order of the day for the Griffith Hiltz Trio, a young Canadian band comprised of reedman Johnny Griffith, multi-instrumentalist Nathan Hiltz, and drummer Sly Juhas. One novel aspect of their music is tied into the group's instrumentation. Hiltz simultaneously plays guitar while holding down the bass lines using pedals, just ...