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When I Return: The Weight of Bloom

Read "The Weight of Bloom" reviewed by Daniel Mège

by Daniel Mège
June 9, 2026

In an ample, John Coltrane-like gesture, the primordial song takes flight, ultimately culminating in the sublime “Part III: Rise." At this point, the sounds are capable of drawing us back to the beginning of the album. But let us rewind. When I Return is a septet whose singular voices met in the early 2020s ...

Article: Live Review

James Francies, Joel Ross and Immanuel Wilkins at The New School

by Paul Reynolds
March 8, 2026

James Francies, Joel Ross, Immanuel Wilkins and The Blue Note All-Stars The New School New York, NY March 5, 2026 What does a jazz program do when three of its faculty record for the famed Blue Note Records? If you're The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, you create a ...

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The Parable Of The Poet

By Joel Ross

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Prayer; Guilt; Choices; Wail; The Impetus (To Be And Do Better); Doxology (Hope); Benediction.

Article: Album Review

Joel Ross: The Parable Of The Poet

Read "The Parable Of The Poet" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
April 22, 2022

The story of jazz is part musical and part social, the two strands interacting to shape, on one hand, the sound we hear and, on the other, the demographic who make it and constitute its audience. Viewed from London, the semiology surrounding New York-based vibraphonist Joel Ross' octet, heard on his third Blue Note album, The ...