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Article: Album Review

Andrew Rathbun: Numbers & Letters

Read "Numbers & Letters" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

Toronto-born saxophonist/composer Andrew Rathbun is no stranger to pushing the boundaries. He has released a dozen superb modernistic CDs under his own name, perhaps most notable of these his nod to his fellow Canadian, writer Margaret Atwood, Sculptures (Blue Moon, 2002), and 2009's and Where We Are Now (Steeplechase Records). Rathbun, on all of his previous ...

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Article: Interview

Orrin Evans: Hot Irons In The Fire

Read "Orrin Evans: Hot Irons In The Fire" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke

by R.J. DeLuke

A pianist with great chops, great touch and an attack that fancies many influences from fierce swing to gospel, Orrin Evans is one of the outstanding creative musicians on the New York City scene. His work, no matter what the context--and he loves different contexts--is downright riveting at times. But for the 38-year-old who ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Jeff Cosgrove: Alternating Current

Read "Jeff Cosgrove: Alternating Current" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

"Playing music is like doing heart surgery," bassist William Parker told interviewer Radhika Philiip in Being Here: Conversations on Creating Music (Radio.org, 2013). “Every time you hit a note, someone's life is on the line, and so you can't fool around." Serious intent and intense focus are the cornerstones of these playful dialogues between ...

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Article: Album Review

The Dan DeChellis Trio: Strength And Anger

Read "Strength And Anger" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

On Strength And Anger, Pianist Dan DeChellis' continues his original explorations within the trio format, building on his work on such albums as My Age Of Anxiety (Self Produced, 2012), The Getback (Self Produced, 2009), Organic Material (Self Produced, 2008), and Climbing (Self Produced, 2006). The seventeen songs presented herein--most in the three-to-five ...

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Article: Album Review

Alan Chan Jazz Orchestra: Shrimp Tale

Read "Shrimp Tale" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

Light flourishes, grand pronouncements, fleeting and flitting figures, sudden shifts in mood, and wide emotional arcs are part and parcel of the music created by the Alan Chan Jazz Orchestra. Chan, a classically trained pianist who came up in Hong Kong, hopped all over the United States while honing his writing skills. He ...

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News: Recording

Grammy-Winner Marlow Rosado Y La Riqueña To Release Their Newest Salsa Duro Album, “salsanimal,” July 29

Grammy-Winner Marlow Rosado Y La Riqueña To Release Their Newest Salsa Duro Album, “salsanimal,” July 29

The best music is that which reaches beyond its original genre. It can move people deeply, even when the composer and listener are separated by oceans. Such a work is the latest release by Marlow Rosado, “Salsanimal.” With over two decades' experience in the music industry, Grammy- winning pianist, composer, and producer Marlow Rosado has developed ...

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Article: Album Review

Michael Dease: Relentless

Read "Relentless" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

While rising star trombonist Michael Dease's previous albums have all been small group affairs, much of his sideman work has marked him as something of a large ensemble specialist. He's put his slide to good use in numerous big bands and jazz orchestras, including those led by Christian McBride, Charles Tolliver, Roy Hargrove, Rufus Reid, and ...

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Article: Album Review

Steve Lehman: Mise en Abîme

Read "Mise en Abîme" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

There's much ado about the co-mingling of styles, languages, and genres in saxophonist Steve Lehman's music. A good amount of what's been written about his work has focused on his use of spectral music techniques and live electronics, the specially-made microtonal vibraphone that Chris Dingman plays, and the way Lehman mixes it all together to create ...

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Article: Interview

Yaron Stavi: Profoundly Bassist

Read "Yaron Stavi: Profoundly Bassist" reviewed by Sammy Stein

by Sammy Stein

Yaron Stavi is a bassist who has performed all over the world with many musicians, playing double and electric bass and crossing genres into rock, classical, jazz and World Music. He studied in Berlin and played with orchestras around Europe, North America and Asia, and was principal bassist with the Mahler Youth Orchestra under, among others, ...

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Article: Album Review

Andy Biskin Ibid: Act Necessary

Read "Act Necessary" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

Act Necessary is clarinetist-composer Andy Biskin's fifth album, where he integrates the jazz idiom into Americana, slapstick fare, funk and other disparate genres. He's an artist who stands out among his peers as he goes against the grain, while always mingling wit and whimsy into his overall musicality. Biskin's amiable and bubbly clarinet work forges an ...


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