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Ethan Iverson: Technically Acceptable
by Mike Jurkovic
The funhouse genius of pianist Ethan Iverson hits full nor'easter with Technically Accepted, an album so loaded with invention and cool it rises instantly to the pack of hands-down favorites for the still unformed year of 2024. Unbounded, Iverson's many quirks and instigations hurl madly around the house, the studio, the bodega down the ...
Between The Bars
By Behn Gillece
Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Between The Bars; Mindful Moments; Thinking Cap; Beatrice; It's Like Magic; Due Up Next; Lucid Vision; Apogee; Roamers; Horizons; Celestial Lullaby.
A Few of My Favorite 2023 Jazz Things (so far) - Part 3
by Ludovico Granvassu
Last week we focused our playlist on some of our favorite tracks from the first six months of 2023. Evidently two hours were not enough and we could not play them all... so here we are going through the rest of the best.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash ...
Hamid Drake, Michael Formanek, Francesco Bearzatti, Vinnie Sperrazza & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
This week we focus on three fascinating releases which celebrate the genius and legacy of Don Cherry, after starting with a tribute to Led Zeppelin, Emma Rawicz's new project, one of the best piano trios I've heard in a long time, lead by drummer Vinnie Sperrazza, and new music by Michael Formanek.Happy listening!
Microcosms
By Shawn Lovato
Label: ears&eyes Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Microcosms (opening); Modular Ascension (for alto saxophone); Serenity Amid Absurdity (for violin and guitar);
Splitting Hairs Part I (for drums); Splitting Hairs Part II (for piano and percussion); Splitting Atoms Part I (for
ensemble); Splitting Atoms Part II (for bass); Microcosms (closing).
Shawn Lovato: Microcosms
by Troy Dostert
Bassist Shawn Lovato's debut album, Cycles of Animation (Skirl, 2017), possessed a conceptual sophistication that went far beyond an imaginative slice of creative jazz. The same is evident on Microcosms, an album that involves giving his terrific ensemble the chance to develop minute gestures into larger, more determinate shapes. The constant ebb and flow that results ...
Caleb Wheeler Curtis: Heatmap
by Paul Rauch
It is mostly troublesome to make blanket assertions about jazz and the musicians that facilitate the art form. Such assertions are subjective at best, yet it would not seem unreasonable to assert that Caleb Wheeler Curtis is one of the more interesting alto saxophonists to emerge since 2000. His playing has a radiant, vocal quality to ...
No One is Any One
Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Reanimation (Zombie Tune); Josephine and Daphne; No One is Anyone; Pilot Light; Glass House; Peace of
Deoxygenated Sleep; Thomas; Graceful Without Grace; Chia-Sized Standing Desk; Harvey Pekar
Ember with Orrin Evans: No One is Any One
by Paul Rauch
To truly be in the headspace to appreciate the music of Ember, an understanding of the individuals making up the collective is paramount. The original compositions are not mind boggling, complex exercises brandishing the challenging dynamics of jazz composition in the 2020s. Refreshingly, the writing is open ended, containing melodies that come across as recitable mantras. ...
Time Is Thicker
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2020
Track listing: Get In The Car; Welcome Home; Tin Tin Deo; Low Bow Prelude; The Great Expanse; Abnegation; Bow
Leggend Releve; On A Clear Day You Can See Forever; Just One of Those Things.
