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Renee Rosnes: Kinds of Love
by Mike Jurkovic
Still riding high on the energy generated by her superwoman jazz group Artemis—Anat Cohen, Melissa Aldana, Ingrid Jensen, Noriko Ueda and Allison Miller— pianist Renee Rosnes, undaunted by the string of world crises but just as ruminative as the rest of us, elicits some of the most emotive and enthralling music of her career on Kinds ...
Orrin Evans: The Magic of Now
by Mike Jurkovic
Timing is everything, the old masters teach. So pianist/composer/bandleader Orrin Evans drops the brazen The Magic of Now just in time. Just in time for the world to open up, renew its commitment, and move forward. Just in time for all to engage in those necessary conversations about civil upkeep. Put plainly, The Magic of Now ...
Shuffle and Deal
Label: Smoke Sessions Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Shuffle and Deal;
Flight Path;
Over the Rainbow;
By Any Means;
Cook’s Bay;
It Might as Well Be Spring;
Boom;
God Bless the Child;
Burnin’;
Smile.
What Comes Next
Label: Smoke Sessions Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Simple As That; What Comes Next; Empty Streets; Harbor No Illusions; Dance In Your Blood; We'll Be Together Again; Con
Alma; Bolld Wolf Moon Blues; Newark News.
Time to Swing
Label: Smoke Sessions Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: The Good Shepherd;
Hesitation;
Darn That Dream;
Down by the Riverside;
One for Jimmy Cobb;
Lemuria;
Prelude to a Kiss;
Monk’s Dream;
The Star-Crossed Lovers;
Time Was.
The Intangible Between
By Orrin Evans
Label: Smoke Sessions Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Proclaim Liberty; This Little Light of Mine; A Time For Love; That Too; Off Minor; Into
Dawn; Tough Love; Im So Glad I Got to Know You
Mabern Plays Mabern
Label: Smoke Sessions Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Mr. Johnson; The Iron Man; Lover Man; The Lyrical Cole-Man; Edward Lee; It's Magic; The Beehive;
Rakin' and Scrapin'.
Peter Bernstein: What Comes Next
by Paul Rauch
In a world defined by uncertainty, the global jazz community saw an impressive number of important new recordings released during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. Most were recorded before the shutdown, and released thereafter. Guitarist Peter Bernstein hit Sear Studios in New York in June 2020, months after the onset of the pandemic, looking for inspiration. ...
Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band: The Intangible Between
by Paul Rauch
Pianist Orrin Evans has a deep understanding of the unshakeable bond between fellowship, humanity and the creative process. That knowledge has guided him through creating a remarkable catalog of music as both a leader and sideman, along the way, experiencing the fellowship of a collective of musicians he often refers to as “The Village."
Harold Mabern: Mabern Plays Mabern
by Mike Jurkovic
A tad more subdued than the barn-burning The Iron Man: Live At Smoke (Smoke Sessions Records, 2019), Mabern Plays Mabern still manages to jump full throttle from where that defining recording left us, with a lush, lyrical intensity and a vital, legacy-culling energy which plays as an exquisite coda to the pianist's long, outstanding career.
