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On A Personal Note

January 25, 2014

Album: When I Return
By Cam Wharram
Label: Self Produced
Released: 0
Duration: 03:52

Article: Album Review

Kasper Staub Trio: Havnepladen

Read "Havnepladen" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard

by Jakob Baekgaard
January 23, 2014

There is no doubt that nowadays there is an increased focus on ecology and recycling, but Danish pianist Kasper Staub has gone the extra mile with his record Havnepladen (the harbor record). The album is pressed in 100 copies and each album has a sleeve that has been recycled from another record. Every cover was dampened, ...

Article: Album Review

Kiko Berenguer: Aire

by Bruce Lindsay
January 23, 2014

Spanish saxophonist Kiko Berenguer has a keen ear for a melody. He's also a lover of flamenco. Both of these characteristics are apparent from the opening bars of Aire, his third album as leader, which combines jazz and flamenco in a set of original tunes. The lightness of Berenguer's compositions and the energy that ...

Article: Album Review

Bob Dorough: Eulalia

by Dan Bilawsky
January 22, 2014

Hipness springs eternal from the mind, mouth and hands of Bob Dorough. The cool-as-can be Schoolhouse Rock! songsmith who's worked with everybody from trumpeter Miles Davis to precocious singer-songwriter Nellie McKay may have turned ninety in December of 2013, but age hasn't slowed him down too much; his wit is still razor-sharp and he still has ...

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Liberation Prophecy: Invisible House

Read "Invisible House" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
January 22, 2014

The Louisville, KY octet Liberation Prophecy doesn't record that often, but amid other duties, sessions, and educational activities the members realign for their second release Invisible House, following up the critically acclaimed Last Exit Angel (Self-Produced, 2006). Indeed, the band has crafted another winner here. Even though the artists coalesce several disparate genres under the hood, ...

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Trois Gnossiennes No. 1

January 21, 2014

Album: Piano Bench
By Alexander Baboian
Label: Self Produced
Released: 0
Duration: 4:36

Article: Multiple Reviews

Marcos Pin: Duology / Barbanza

by Chris Mosey
January 20, 2014

Marcos Pin is one of the most interesting jazz guitarists in Europe. On his latest album, Duology, the Spaniard teams up with pianist Yago Vazquez to explore the fast, fluid bebop tradition of such stellar axemen as Tal Farlow and Jimmy Raney. It follows hard on the heels of Barbanza, featuring a ten-piece ...

Article: Album Review

Myles Weeks: Sense Of Self

Read "Sense Of Self" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
January 20, 2014

William Shakespeare, from Stratford, identified seven ages of Man, from puking to mere oblivion. Clever chap, although his songwriting was a bit rubbish. Bassist Myles Weeks, from Baton Rouge, has his own ideas about those seven ages. He brings them to life on his marvellous debut album, Sense Of Self. Weeks, now resident in ...

Article: Album Review

Matt Criscuolo: Blippity Blat

Read "Blippity Blat" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
January 17, 2014

Matt Criscuolo is a restaurateur in Connecticut, but also a veteran alto saxophonist and not just a hobbyist with spare finances to record albums. With his fourth outing as a leader, he once again aligns some of the finest jazz artisans such as, pianist Larry Willis and French horn maestro, John Clark. Criscuolo possess a unique ...