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Article: Album Review

Alex Pinto: Unconditional

Read "Unconditional" reviewed by Dave Wayne

by Dave Wayne

Now resident in Seattle, guitarist Alex Pinto has shifted his musical focus somewhat from his previous recordings, All India Permit (Pursuance Records, 2014) and Inner State (Pursuance Records, 2011). Whereas All India Permit was, as one may gather from the title, a synthesis of jazz, rock, and the music of India (Pinto's ancestral homeland), and Inner ...

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Evan Woodle: Nth

Read "Nth" reviewed by Dave Wayne

by Dave Wayne

An integral part of the fecund and fascinating Pacific Northwest jazz scene, percussionist Evan Woodle is a charter member of several of the region's most innovative bands: Heatwarmer, Chemical Clock, and Operation ID to name a few. Each of these groups plays a sort of hybrid music that's difficult to describe without using hyphens and multiple ...

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Miho Hazama: Time River

Read "Time River" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi

Sono anni importanti per il jazz orchestrale. L'emergere di giovani arrangiatori e bandleader iniziato di recente con Jason Lindner, Darcy James Argue, Ryan Truesdell, Kyle Saulnier e altri non s'è fermato, anche grazie al ruolo formativo del New England Conservatory e della Manhattan School of Music. È da lì che vengono alcuni dei nomi ...

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Oscar Perez: Prepare A Place For Me

Read "Prepare A Place For Me" reviewed by Mark Sullivan

by Mark Sullivan

The heart of this album is found in pianist/composer Oscar Perez's trio with bassist Thomson Kneeland and drummer Alvester Garnett. Their four tracks showcase the cohesive sound they have developed together, Perez's elegant pianism matched by his empathetic partners. It's a modern piano trio, with a conversational style and all members contributing. There's enough ...

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Tomeka Reid: Tomeka Reid Quartet

Read "Tomeka Reid Quartet" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian

As an accomplished composer and improviser, cellist Tomeka Reid, is an integral part of Chicago's creative music scene. In addition to being an educator, Reid is a versatile and tireless performer both in her hometown and beyond. Moreover her unique style graces the works of such luminaries as flutist Nicole Mitchell, multireed player Anthony Braxton as ...

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Article: Live Review

Grace Potter at the Paramount

Read "Grace Potter at the Paramount" reviewed by Mike Perciaccante

by Mike Perciaccante

Grace Potter The Paramount Huntington, NY December 10, 2015 Grace Potter's performance on Thursday, December 10th at the Paramount in the tony Long Island town of Huntington, NY was a high energy performance much akin to a tent show revival. The audience members all came to worship and by the end ...

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Romain Collin: Press Enter

Read "Press Enter" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian

French pianist Romain Collin's third release as a leader, Press Enter, can easily serve as a soundtrack for an art house flick. This is very natural for Collin who has both written music for several films and proved himself an accomplished performer. Collin uses intricately constructed harmonic fragments to build captivating sonic mosaics thus most of ...

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Article: Live Review

Difford And Tilbrook at the Paramount

Read "Difford And Tilbrook at the Paramount" reviewed by Mike Perciaccante

by Mike Perciaccante

Difford And Tilbrook The Paramount Huntington, NY December 12, 2015 Christmas came approximately two weeks early to Long Island this year. The Paramount (located in Huntington, NY), the venue ranked by Billboard magazine as one of the best concert venues in the country, was the site of a fantastic show sub-billed ...

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Article: Live Review

Bobby Zankel Quartet at the Philadelphia Art Alliance

Read "Bobby Zankel Quartet at the Philadelphia Art Alliance" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer

Bobby Zankel/ Dave Burrell/ William Parker/ Andrew Cyrille QuartetPhiladelphia Art Alliance Ars Nova Workshop Philadelphia, PA December 18, 2015 When you bring together four of the most passionate avant-garde jazz musicians, something interesting is bound to occur. In this concert, the musicians were not only top shelf but, in ...

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Article: Album Review

Dave Wilson: There Was Never

Read "There Was Never" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

Saxophonist Dave Wilson cuts an imposing figure on the cover of There Was Never, his fourth album in total and his first on the Zoho Music imprint. There's intensity fixed on his face, with eyes closed in concentration and embouchure set for attack. And then there's his tenor saxophone. It has a larger than life presence ...


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